12 months ago I was a management consultant, working full time, advising big corporates as I had been for the best part of 20 years. I then made the decision to go freelance. It felt like the right time with both children at school but it still took some serious getting used to.
Through a series of relatively short conversations, Emma helped me to get my mind around the more daunting aspects of that phase. She helped me to think through the strongest aspects of my consulting offer so that I could specialise and offer value to clients in shorter amounts of time (since I had less available). Through our conversations, I was also able to unhook from the traditional sense of career success. We moved away from performance ratings, promotions, salaries towards a more balanced scorecard including time with my kids, exciting client work, and an opportunity to build a portfolio career. Working alone out in the market, the fear of failure inevitably creeps in and Emma had tips and tricks to control that.
Emma's approach is very natural. She could relate to a lot of my experiences which was helpful, and there were countless ‘penny dropping’ moments in the sessions - I’m not sure how she did that!