Personal perspectives on their work lives and ever changing priorities within the sector has led more people to consider a change to consultancy, perhaps mixed with part-time contracts, and portfolio working.
This interesting balance provides opportunity for experienced leaders to provide support to the sector whilst achieving a change in their own lives.
The session will explore some of the benefits and potential pitfalls in setting up and running a consultancy and consider how delegates might sell their services in the commercial world.
Areas covered include:
- Defining and articulating your USP
- The ethics of consultancy
- Effective consultancy
- Business planning
- Financial issues to consider
- Working as an ASCL consultant
- Competitor analysis
- Using social media
- Consultancy CVs
- Action planning
- Developing your networks
- Q and A