May 16Consultancy tips 101: Working from homeWorking from home today is very normal. Covid — 19 forced many companies to work virtually and all of a sudden remote working was the best way to conduct business. The days of ‘You must go to an office!’ are behind us. It has become very common that many companies…Work From Home3 min read
May 9What you need to know about charging your consulting ratesWhether you are a novice consultant or beginner, how to charge your consulting fees is not as easy as we may think. There are many assumptions, such as, ‘the client has a budget and should pay what they normally do with other consultants’ or ‘there is no need to ask…Consulting2 min read
May 24 Ways to fast track an invoice paymentYou know that point where you have done the work but you get paid late? You might have been expecting the payment as soon as possible because you had already sent an invoice and even planned on what you were going to do with it. There is an old saying…Consultation3 min read
Apr 25Consulting Tips 101: Where to beginWhen you go to the doctor to check up on a medical issue, we call it consulting. Yes? But what if I told you that helping or advising someone using your skills and expertise is consulting? Would it make more sense to know what consulting is? Once you figure out…Consulting3 min read
Apr 13What to consider when venturing into consultingOne day you wake up and realize the 8 to 5 job is not cut out for you. You want to have the freedom to make your decisions. You want to set your own work schedule. You want time to work for you. You want to be even, maybe, have…Consulting3 min read
Apr 8Do you set deadlines for yourself?Do you set deadlines for yourself? You have 10 clients. All of them want their work to be done now. All of them want results. You start asking yourself whether you are doing the right thing. You start questioning your worth. …Consulting2 min read
Mar 214 Productive Tips for ConsultantsHave you ever looked at your to-do list and wanted to call it a day before you even began? We have all been there. Procrastinating even on the most simple of tasks. In the end, we rush our tasks or skimp some and end up not achieving our targets. We…Consulting2 min read
Mar 10Why you Need a Routine as a ConsultantYour time is very precious. No one, not even you, should be the death of your time. You’ve had the phrase that we all have the same 24 hours in day but not everyone accomplishes much of it. Do you need a routine? Maybe you thought you can ‘wing it’…Consultant3 min read
Dec 21, 2020The Gig EconomyI have been in this Information Technology (IT) consultancy industry for 10+ years. It didn’t just start out like that, “a story for another day”, but that is where I am at the moment. In a nutshell, over a long period of time you get good at doing “something”, hone…Gig Economy4 min read