In this Fireside Chat episode, Leah chats with Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd Girl Out, The Curse of the Good Girl, and more. Listen in for an insightful conversation that answers the questions: how do our girlhood experiences show up in — and shape — our businesses today? And what do we need to un-learn if we're going to be successful and happy business owners?

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

When you’re past the "startup phase" of your consulting business, and you read stories of new business owners having huge successes, it can make you feel like you’re doing something wrong if you're not having the same results. But you're absolutely not doing anything wrong, you're just in a different phase: The Messy Middle. If you're in The Messy Middle, this podcast episode is for you.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

How do you reconcile your past corporate experiences with what you’re doing now in your business? How do you position them? And, of course, how do you get clients that allow you to do more of what you like? That's the topic of this episode. Listen in as Leah coaches a startup consultant through this process, and help her make sense of who she was then, vs. how she is now.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

Is it possible to have a consulting business and an incredible quality of life? Absolutely, and this week's guest is here to show you how. Join me to chat with Betsy Talbot, B2B copywriter for complex industries, as she shares how she's used value-based pricing, clearly communicating to her ideal client, and strong boundaries to craft a consulting business that support her life, not the other way around.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

As consultants working with clients, it's easy to believe we're limited in the influence we have on our clients and in our businesses, causing us to hold back (sometimes we hold back a little, sometimes we hold back a lot). In this powerful Fireside Chat episode, Leah chats with Professor Vanessa Bohns, author of the book You Have More Influence Than You Think, to talk about the ways each of us has more influence than we believe, and how we can use that influence in our businesses and in our lives.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

When we think about the stages of selling and the purchase funnel, we usually think about awareness, consideration, purchase... but there's one stage of the sales process that's nearly always overlooked, and it can prove to be the most valuable. Listen in as Leah helps a client with a sales challenge that illustrates how to maximize the Loyalty stage of the purchase funnel.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

It's the classic consulting paradox: When you’re not busy, you do business development to get clients. Then you get busy with clients, so you don’t do business development. So in this week’s episode, I’m sharing three tips on how to do business development, even when you’re busy with client work. (And it's not "block your calendar.")

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

The secrets that unlock selling often come from the most unexpected places. In this episode, Leah chats with a "business idol" who isn't from business at all: Dr. Deborah Tannen, whose work in sociolinguistics helped Leah, and now Leah's clients, feel more comfortable selling, build better client relationships, and get paid more for their work.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

Ever had a client that treats you less like an expert and more like an employee? If you're like most women consultants and coaches, the answer is yes. In this episode, Leah coaches a woman who's in that exact situation. She discovers that, when it comes time to renegotiate pricing with her client, she finds she's renegotiating a whole lot more than that. 

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.

We can care for our mental health every day, but sometimes protecting your mental health takes big moves, both literal and figurative. In this episode, Leah shares the two big moves she made to protect her mental health.

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When you're ready to break through to the next revenue level in your consulting business, here are three ways I can help you.

1. Connect with me on LinkedIn for weekly insights on landing better clients and charging for the value you deliver.

2. Get your copy of my Referrals on Repeat guide, and learn five strategies you can implement straight away to take control of the referral process and attract more of the right inquiries – no more sitting around hoping they'll happen. Get your free copy at smartgetspaid.com/referrals

3. Build a repeatable sales and marketing system that gets you better clients, better rates, and less stress in your consulting business.

If you're ready to stop leaving your success to chance, learn the proven system women consultants are using to attract ideal clients consistently and get paid for their value. Plus, you'll get help from me and my team every step of the way.

If you've been in business for at least two years, you're making at least $120k, and you want to implement a system that's designed specifically for B2B consulting businesses, email [email protected] with "BREAKTHROUGH" in the subject line and I'll get you the details.