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What if the answer to surviving this job market wasn’t to search harder, but to stop going at it solo?

This week I’m diving into a concept that has been showing up in my algorithm on repeat and honestly, I can’t stop thinking about it: the consulting collective. I first came across the term in a reel by Janel Abraham (@janelabrahami) and it immediately clicked for me in a big way.

A consulting collective is a small, intentional group, ideally two to three people max, where each person brings a distinct skill set to the table. Together you market and sell your services as a package to clients or companies. It’s not a partnership in the traditional sense. It’s more like a built-in force multiplier, where everyone does what they’re actually best at and no one person has to carry the whole thing.

I’m already doing a version of this with a partner focused on integrated medical clinic marketing. We have two doctors on our roster and we’ve divided the work exactly where our strengths are: I handle the website and the brand aesthetic, she handles the systems, the logistics, and the automation side. Two people, two skill sets, one clean offer.

In this episode I walk through:

What a consulting collective actually is and why the two-to-three person max rule matters

How to think about skill set division so you’re doubling down on what you’re best at, not just splitting tasks

The passive income angle, including how my partner and I are building self-paced workshop resources for doctors so we’re not trading time for every dollar

How to use LinkedIn to find the right collective partners, not just clients

Why this model is worth seriously considering if you’re mid-career, in between roles, or tired of building alone

This isn’t about being everything to everyone. It’s about pairing up with the right people so that together you can offer something more valuable than either of you could alone.

If this landed for you, I’d love to know. Come find me and let’s keep the conversation going:

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