The Consultant's Maturity Model - Find Your Place On The Roadmap
If you're not sure where to improve to advance in your consultancy efforts, this maturity model might help.
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The Journey To Become An Industry-Leading Consultant
I suspect a lot of consultants get stuck doing what they’ve been doing and hoping the results improve.
There’s a very strong possibility that’s not going to happen. If you’re not systematically improving yourself as a consultant, you’re almost certainly going to stall at a fairly low level.
Reflecting on the journey I’ve been on and the journey I’ve seen others go on, I’ve published a maturity model (I’m aware this is somewhat meta) to help guide you and others.
There’s a lot of information here, so be sure to download it here.
The independent consultant’s maturity model features four phases (emerging, sustainable, elite and industry-leading) and benchmarks progress against six areas.
Expertise and specialisation.
Website and personal brand.
Business structure.
Processes and pricing.
Promotion and sales strategy.
Clients and services.
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