One of the reasons independent consultants leave traditional corporate jobs is to achieve a work-life balance. But then, what ends up happening in practice, is you get bogged down by the day-to-day and your schedule is constantly hijacked. The result is that you’re left feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled. 

This is definitely not what you intended to create but it’s possible to correct this imbalance. Listen in as I share the 3 specific tools that you can implement to protect your work-life balance.

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What makes the difference between an independent consultant who has an endless flow of leads compared to the independent consultant who is struggling to create those leads, and to create that momentum in their consulting business?

It’s not exceptional selling skills, a great personality, or that they have a great network.

There is ONE difference between the independent consultant who has an overflowing stream of leads coming to them, versus the consultant who's struggling to figure out how to attract leads, how to create a pipeline, and how to get to the place where it no longer feels like a struggle. Listen in as I dive in and reveal what this difference-maker for lead generation is.

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As you work through your annual business plans, you’re probably looking for that competitive edge. You’re probably asking yourself “how can I decrease downtime in between projects, improve the profitability of my current projects and win new projects to drive additional revenue?”

In this episode, I will provide you with a tool you can use to improve and sustain your business results for this year and beyond. Listen in as I share the business metrics that you should be tracking for your consulting practice in order for you to drive out more efficiency, more profitability, and to continue growing in your consulting business so that you make more money, make more impact, all while working less.

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Setting yearly goals isn’t always exciting. It can feel overwhelming and daunting. There’s one major adjustment that you can make to your planning process to create the feeling of inevitability for yourself and your business.

Want to know more? Tune in as I share exactly how you can make achieving this year’s consulting business plan inevitable.

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If you're like me and you love planning, then this is a really exciting time as you close out the current year and start thinking about the new year and what you want to achieve. 

After all, if we don't know where we want to head, we're never going to get there. We all know this, but a lot of times, we let planning fall by the wayside.

So on today's episode, I want to share a process with you that will help you to get very clear on your IC business vision so that you can achieve more than you ever have in the year to come including the trifecta, making more money, making more impact and working less.

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When it comes to your consulting business, do you have a regular routine of evaluating your results? As entrepreneurs, to know where you’re going, it’s important to look at where you’ve been. That's why year-end business reviews are so important. The year-end review is the difference between you having a successful year or you hitting a plateau. Conducting a year-end review process makes you aware of what you want to amplify, eliminate or adjust. 

Listen in as I share how to conduct a year-end review process that's both effective and fun for you and your business, as you move forward into the next year.

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Looking to grow your impact in the next 12 months? Then this conversation is for you!

Today we’re joined by McLean Robbins. McLean comes to us with a well-rounded experience and vantage point as she is the Vice President of Enterprise Marketing at MBO Partners and an independent consultant herself. McLean interacts with independent consultants on a daily basis and meets with enterprise leaders regularly so she has gained first-hand insights from people who are buying the services that you sell. 

McLean shares insights that she's gathered through the State of Independence study, the longest-running comprehensive look at the independent workforce. McLean shares the study results, along with her perspective, so you know how to stand out and thrive as an independent in the current corporate landscape.

Grab a notebook to take some notes because she's got lots of great nuggets to share.

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Spending the time to think strategically and purposefully is a critical component to the success of your consulting business. When you’re not making strategic thinking part of our success habits, you're basically acting like an employee would and waiting on your client to tell you what to do. The result is other people are managing your priorities and ultimately the strategy of your business.

And so in this episode, we're going to dive into strategic thinking, which is one of the most, if not the most important success habits you could have as a business owner, to make sure that you are incorporating it effectively as you're running your business.

Listen on to learn how to make your strategic thinking practice consistent and effective.

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I’m frequently asked questions about coaching such as “what is a coach”, “who needs a coach” and “what are the benefits of working with a coach?” As a coach myself who’s coached 100s of different people, and also as a client who has had my own coach for the last six years, I want to give you a well-rounded perspective of what it looks like to be coached from both of these points of view. You’ll get an understanding of the tangible and intangible benefits of working with a coach.

And, if you’re considering a coach, I’d love to connect with you to discover what working together could look like. I invite you to schedule an Independent Consulting Success Blueprint session with me. This is a 1-hour call where we will start with an initial assessment to figure out where you are in your business and then based on that assessment we will take a deeper dive to identify your obstacles, how to overcome them and then outline a roadmap for you to progress toward your overall goal. For more details, go to https://www.melisaliberman.com/ic-blueprint. 

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As a coach, I’m honored to work with independent consultants to grow their businesses. As a coach, I see common themes and mistakes almost every IC makes in their business at some point. 

One of these themes I see across almost all ICs is under-earning.

The issue with under-earning is that you can often look outside yourself for things to blame and for external justifications. However, as an independent consultant, you're creating your under-earning and you’re doing this in five very subtle ways that I want to share with you in this episode. Listen in to learn more.

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