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Today I am speaking with Charlotte Fuller. Charlotte is a Digital Transformation Consultant and works to support women in tech. She has a background in Corporate Strategy consulting and brings much of the knowledge from that experience into running her own growing business. In this generous conversation we hear how Charlotte made the shift from corporate to independent, how she established her business with growth in mind and how a focus on quality systems are the foundation for her success so far.
You can find out more about Charlotte on the links below.
Website l LinkedIn
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Wonu Owade is a Nigerian national who grew up in the United Kingdom and is now based in the Netherlands. She is a Fundraising consultant with expertise across the social impact and international development sector . She works across the board with a variety of organisations and trusts, foundations as well as bilateral and multilateral donors.
In this super useful conversation Wonu shares so generously about her consulting experience. How she was openminded about where her journey would take her, and how her route in was measured and quite gentle. We learn how she has benefitted from working across different topics and themes, and how she looks for clients who match her ethos and with whom there is a connection.
The agencies that Wonu mentions are:
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Local leadership is a concept that Aileen Thomson is passionate about. Aileen has a background in human rights, international law, transitional justice and peace and conflict. She is also Managing Director of the Tea Leaf Center, based in Thailand where she leads training in research skills for civil society organisations in Southeast Asia, and conducts M&E consulting work. Aileen brings considered thought and experience to her mission driven limited company. We find out how she has grown it since 2018, and what happened during the Covid pandemic. We learn how she built her client base and how slow growth is the secret to her success!
You can find out more about Aileen and the work of The Tea Leaf Center below.
Website: www.thetealeafcenter.orgTwitter: @athomson16 and @tealeafcenter
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thetealeafcenter
Email: [email protected]
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Today Helen and I are talking you through a useful framework you can use to reflect on your year. These are 6 questions to ask about your year as a consultant . You can also use these questions if you are working as an employee but wish to move into consulting as they may give you some ideas about the direction you could go in the future.
This is an episode where you need to find a quiet space, perhaps an hour to yourself. For us this is part of self-care. Make sure you have a pen, paper and something nice to drink. There's a lot of celebrating of yourself in this episode - something frankly we don't do often enough. Something we can forget as we go quickly from one thing to another.
So it's time to put a sign on your door and carve some space, and show yourself some appreciation!
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Dorothea Baur is an independent consultant, speaker, and lecturer on ethics, responsibility and sustainability. Her focus is on tech and finance where she helps companies align value with values.
In this far reaching conversation we focus on authenticity and integrity. We learn how showing up every day on Twitter helped Dorothea build her personal brand, by having an opinion and having conversations with a growing community of people interested in ethics and ESG.
We learn how she found liberation from the academic life in the 280 characters of Twitter, and how this led to her being referred to as an influencer and thought-leader in her field.
You can find out more about Dorothea below.
www.baurconsulting.ch
[email protected]
Linkedin
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Today I am speaking with Heather Burns. Heather is an independent ESG and sustainability consultant who for the past 15 years has helped companies and NGOs improve and report on their social, environmental, and governance performance. Today she helps consultants start and grow their own sustainability practices that have a positive impact. In this wide-ranging conversation, we hear how Heather’s journey into consulting started while she was blogging about environmental issues. She describes how her first client experience was a bit like building the plane as she was flying it. We explore the many skills a sustainability consultant needs including communication and the often underrated skill of influencing.
You can find out more about Heather on the links below:
Heather's Website
LinkedIn
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Emily Lomax is a founding partner of www.wrkwll.org. Workwell is a growing collaborative of associates based all over the world, all working to drive social change through a broad range of interventions such as strategy development, well-being, mentoring, change management, and diversity & inclusion.
In this vibrant conversation we hear how Emily focuses on showing up and being authentically herself and why this is so important. We get a bit down and gritty about the inside workings of the organisation and we hear more on why setting the intentions for our organisation is a vital step in growing something we love.
Websites | www.wrkwll.org or www.emilyis.co.uk Emily Lomax | LinkedInInstagram | @emilylomax2 and @wrk.wll Facebook | WRKWLL Twitter | @wrkwll
You can find out more about Emily and Workwell below.
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Today I am speaking with Elizabeth Fitton Higgins and Eunchim Choi from the Mangrove Collective. The Mangrove Collective is a for-purpose international humanitarian and development consultancy, based in New Zealand and Singapore with a focus on the Pacific and Asia regions.
In this powerful conversation we learn how the lack of support for working mothers in a corporate NGO environment became a catalyst for one of the founding principles for The Mangrove Collective. We hear how the Collective practices a strong culture of support and collegiate thinking. We learn about the chaotic early days and how the MC turned it around to create a stable pipeline of work that they really love doing. And finally the Mangrove Collective have some great advice for those just starting out on their consulting journey.
Find out more about The Mangrove Collective below:The Mangrove Collective Website
Eunchim Choi Linkedin
Elizabeth Fitton-Higgins Linkedin
Jessica Smith Linkedin
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Today I am speak with Cat Ainsworth and Annie Legge from the Dot Project. Annie and Cat started Dot Project 6 years ago with the purpose of building strength through technology. They come from very different backgrounds but share a dislike of hierarchy and have created a cooperative that helps organisations position technology and human relationships as core organisational infrastructure.
It was a breath of fresh air talking to these two amazing women! We hear how it takes both bravery and patience to build a cooperative. We explore how Dot Project started, how it grew and how the cooperative principles inform everything that they do. We touch on Women in tech, the idea that growing something for impact rather than just for the sake of growth has been misunderstood in the past, but how the tide of investment may be turning.
You can find out more about Annie, Cat and the Dot Project below.
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Linkedin
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Today I am speaking with Kimberly Worsham. Kimberly is a water and sanitation specialist with over a decade of experience, and the Founder of the boutique consulting firm, FLUSH. She discovered a passion for toilets early as a child, where her curiosity led her to inspect the facilities of every restaurant she entered!
In this energetic and fast paced conversation we hear how Kimberly's unique background has led her to a novel and passionate approach to WASH. We learn how she decided to start a company so that she could have a bigger impact and take the Flush vision to more clients. We talk through some of the business systems, touch on the business model canvas, and Kimberly shares 3 excellent tips for you if you are considering setting up a company.
You can find Kimberly on the links below:
Website
Twitter
Linkedin
Instagram
And here is the link to the business model canvas
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This week I am delighted to be speaking with Clare Dickinson.
Clare has over 25 years experience of working in global health for clients such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund & UNAIDS.
In this super helpful conversation we hear how Clare deals with boundaries and prefers to work in a team rather than individually. We learn what a good team looks like, where trust is a vital component and we talk a lot about sleepless nights and how to avoid them!
You can find out more about Clare and NICHAD below.
Linkedin
NICHAD
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Today I am speaking with Jaymie Duke. Jaymie is a business development consultant and works with third sector organisations to source funding from institutional donors.
Jaymie's journey is an interesting one as she describes herself as a very committed 9-5 employee, who was reluctant to get into consulting. In this conversation we explore what prompted the move into consultancy, how she gradually added clients and how her focus is now on how to keep her pipeline bubbling and full of interesting work.
You can find out more about Jaymie and her work below
Third Sector Funding Website
Linkedin
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Sanne Thijssen. Sanne is the founder of Shake The Dust, an independent consultancy working on sexual and reproductive health and rights and meaningful youth participation. In this inspiring conversation we hear the details about Sanne's decision to become a consultant, and her decision to leave her full time job. And how it all started with some tears.
We talk about vulnerability, confidence and being professional and how we need all three of these to work as a successful consultant.
Thank you Sanne for such an honest conversation!
You can find out more about Sanne and her work below
Shake the Dust website
Linkedin
Twitter
Instagram
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Mara Tissera Luna. Mara is an Argentine and Italian child protection specialist with more than 10 years experience in qualitative research, policy analysis, and program evaluation. She works mainly in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Her research and policy analysis in Latin America, Europe, and Central Asia have produced over 20 publications.
Mara’s love of research is clear and in this wide ranging conversation we cover the importance of relationships and supporting those joining the consulting field. Mara shares her tips for connecting with those who are just ahead of you professionally and we delve into the boundaries around supporting others on their journey.
Find out more about Mara and her work below
LinkedIn
Mara's Website (in English) and Blog (in Spanish)Join the Facebook Group International Child Protection Consultants
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Anne Garbutt. Anne is an independent senior monitoring and evaluation consultant and an Associate of INTRAC. She has worked in international Development for 37 years, starting when she volunteered with VSO to lead a Midwifery training programme in Nepal for the W.H.O.
She has led large multi-country monitoring and evaluation exercises for government donors, but also works with many small civil society organisations.
She also develops and delivers training, coaching and mentoring in MEL and delivers INTRAC’s popular Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation training course. In this wisdom filled conversation, Anne shares generous insights from her decades of experience of working as a consultant. We talk about trust, listening and how to build relationships with our clients. We learn how this sometimes means we need to hold back our opinion, and how we can steer clients down a route that will ultimately work for them and get them the best result.
Please bear with us on the sound on the last 20 minutes or so - Anne sounds perfect.
I sound a bit like a Dalek! I had some mic issues - but the wisdom is wonderful and clear from Anne!
Find out more about Anne and her work below
Linkedin
INTRAC website
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More resources are available here:
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today we have the second part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace.
This is the second part in the series on difficult conversations where we learn how to navigate conversations that sometimes we simply don’t want to have. We talk about how to get in the right mindset, how to prepare and what words to use and importantly what words not to use. Nicole shares her expertise generously in this episode and it’s another one where you may want to take notes!
You can find out more about Nicole and her work on the links below.
Website
Linkedin
Instagram
5 Ways to Keep Calm and Confidently Navigate Crucial Leadership Conversations
Difficult Conversations Workshop
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More resources are available here:
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today we have the first part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace. There is a tonne of learning in here!
We learn how to navigate conversations that sometimes we simply don’t want to have.
We talk about how to get in the right mindset, how to prepare and what words to use and importantly what words not to use. Nicole shares her expertise generously in this episode and it’s another one where you may want to take notes!
You can find out more about Nicole and her work on the links below.
Website
Linkedin
Instagram
5 Ways to Keep Calm and Confidently Navigate Crucial Leadership Conversations
Difficult Conversations Workshop
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Juliette Sanchez Lambert. Juliette is a consultant, trainer and facilitator. She works on human rights, gender equality, diversity and inclusion and sexual violence prevention. She works for both public and private actors, mostly NGOs and international organisations. She is also the co-author of It’s Not That Grey, a practical guide which deconstructs the so-called “grey zone” of sexual harassment by giving concrete tools to identify, bust myths and fight harassment.
In this conversation we find out how and why Juliette started her consulting journey and what propelled her career forwards at the very beginning. But most of this episode is spent geeking out about Linkedin basics and how to use it as a consultant.
Juliette shares some super tips about how to make Linkedin work for you including some little known features you can use for free. She’s on a mission to demystify LinkedIn and dear listeners this episode is a valuable resource for you!! You can connect with Juliette below.
Find out more about Juliette and her work below
Linkedin
It’s Not That Grey - the report that Juliette mentions in this episode.
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Sue Dean. Sue is a Strategy and Business Development Consultant who has worked in both the NGO and Consulting sectors.
In this wide ranging and inspirational conversation, we learn about how building out her networks was key to getting a strong pipeline of work. We delve deeper into how to articulate your value and how to not underestimate your work. As Sue says being able to describe 'what’s in your tin’ is crucial to your consulting career.
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Chara Itoka. Chara describes herself as a generalist with in-depth knowledge of a range of disciplines including strategy development, manufacturing, social enterprise, and teaching.
In this energetic and generous conversation, we learn about Chara’s journey into consulting. We focus on boundaries and how learning to set these is a vital yet overlooked skill. We hear how Chara recognised a gap inside an organisation and how she pitched her consulting services as a solution. And how this led to a fruitful and impactful longer-term relationship.
During this conversation we learn the key to Chara’s consulting sweet spot.
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consulting life is for you.
It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________
The Consultant Clinic
This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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