Climb In Consulting
Nick Synnott
As a management consultant myself I’ve always been lucky to have mentors who have guided me through my career.
When I was in house I regularly had quality time with Senior Partners that helped me rapidly accelerate my career and has continued to help since I’ve gone out on my own.
While I had this great resource and knowledge bank to draw on I know many friends in Consulting aren’t as lucky with some only speaking with senior partners on a monthly or quarterly basis.
That’s why I created this podcast.
I wanted to help people like you who want to accelerate their careers in consulting by interviewing leaders in the field to share the advice, tips and strategies that they used to get to the top so that you can to so that you can too.
In each Episode I’ll be interviewing a senior figure in the industry so that you can learn from them. We’ll be going deep in to their background, how they succeeded and what their advice would be for you.
This podcast is brought to you by Create Engage the Digital Marketing agency for the disruptive Management Consultancy.
Digital Marketing has moved forward, but most consulting firms haven’t. Many Consulting firms still see their corporate blog as their sole Digital Marketing channel and find themselves frustrated when these blogs yield little if any results.
To help those of you who want to harness the power of Digital Marketing to grow your Consulting Business but don’t have the knowledge, capacity or in-house capability to do so I launched Create Engage, the first Digital Marketing agency for the Management Consulting Industry.
If you’d like to find out more about how Create Engage can help you use Digital Marketing to take your business to the next level then drop me an email at Nick@CreateEngage.co.uk or go to our website
www.createengage.co.uk where you can download our free case study that breaks down down the Digital Marketing strategies used by one successful Consulting firm to help them grow over 400% in just 3 years and gives you the secrets they used, so that you can apply them in your own firm.
When I was in house I regularly had quality time with Senior Partners that helped me rapidly accelerate my career and has continued to help since I’ve gone out on my own.
While I had this great resource and knowledge bank to draw on I know many friends in Consulting aren’t as lucky with some only speaking with senior partners on a monthly or quarterly basis.
That’s why I created this podcast.
I wanted to help people like you who want to accelerate their careers in consulting by interviewing leaders in the field to share the advice, tips and strategies that they used to get to the top so that you can to so that you can too.
In each Episode I’ll be interviewing a senior figure in the industry so that you can learn from them. We’ll be going deep in to their background, how they succeeded and what their advice would be for you.
This podcast is brought to you by Create Engage the Digital Marketing agency for the disruptive Management Consultancy.
Digital Marketing has moved forward, but most consulting firms haven’t. Many Consulting firms still see their corporate blog as their sole Digital Marketing channel and find themselves frustrated when these blogs yield little if any results.
To help those of you who want to harness the power of Digital Marketing to grow your Consulting Business but don’t have the knowledge, capacity or in-house capability to do so I launched Create Engage, the first Digital Marketing agency for the Management Consulting Industry.
If you’d like to find out more about how Create Engage can help you use Digital Marketing to take your business to the next level then drop me an email at Nick@CreateEngage.co.uk or go to our website
www.createengage.co.uk where you can download our free case study that breaks down down the Digital Marketing strategies used by one successful Consulting firm to help them grow over 400% in just 3 years and gives you the secrets they used, so that you can apply them in your own firm.
Episodes
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Feb 17, 2018 • 2h 17min
Episode 2 - Dom Moorhouse
Dom Moorhouse is a business advisor, angel investor and serial entrepreneur. In 2004 Dom founded Moorhouse Consulting which he grew from nothing to a business that he sold for c.£20,000,000 less than 5 years later.
After leaving Moorhouse Dom set up his advisory business ‘the 5 year entrepreneur’ to provide mentorship and guidance for owners of Professional Services firms on how they can achieve the same success that he did.
Dom is also an advisor and board member to multiple Professional Services firms and is currently focusing on his latest venture, Method Grid (www.methodgrid.com), which we discuss further in the Podcast.
We cover so many topics in this episode including:
The importance of life and career planning and how it has helped Dom achieve what he has
How Dom founded, grew and sold Moorhouse Consulting
The importance of cultural values that your team actually buy in to
Building high performance teams and some of the pitfalls to watch out for as your Consultancy grows
What you can do to ensure that the next Consultancy you move to is the right place for you
The importance of health and relationships in building a successful Consulting career
And so much more!
You can find out more about Dom on his Linked In page – www.linkedin.com/in/dom-moorhouse-2abb6a/ and his personal website www.DomMoorhouse.com
Specific things we discuss in the show:
The Definitive Business Plan by Sir Richard Stutely - http://amzn.eu/fpJZhpI
Managing The Professional Services firm by David Maister - http://amzn.eu/b695YsR
Strength In Depth - Pairs CrossFit race - https://strengthindepth.com
Tim Wigham - https://timwigham.com
Perpetual Insights (PI) Recruitment - http://www.perpetualinsights.com
Bath CrossFit - http://crossfitbath.com
Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker - http://amzn.eu/eHQbDhc
A C Grayling - http://www.acgrayling.com
Growth Mindset - Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential by Dr Carol Dweck - http://amzn.eu/8UBerxb
Show Me The Numbers by Steven Few - http://amzn.eu/aFgbpQ2
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte’s - http://amzn.eu/6TSIR91
Paul Collins - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pecollins/
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity By David Allen - http://amzn.eu/aC2KDRg
The Primal Blueprint: Reprogramme your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health and boundless energy by Mark Sisson - http://amzn.eu/8Tx47Sd
Method Grid – www.methodgrid.com
Feb 16, 2018 • 1h 8min
Episode 1 - Matt Cheung - Clarasys
Matt Cheung is CEO and Co-Founder of Clarasys. Since founding Clarasys in 2010 it has grown from an idea to a team of over 70 Consultants working across a range of industries including financial services, events, healthcare, utilities and information services. Matt is an expert in Agile programme delivery having spent the majority of his career delivering large, complex system programs using Agile.
We cover a huge range of different topics in this conversation including:
Why many Agile projects fail and what you can do to ensure yours doesn’t
Why you don’t need an expenses policy and what it says about your firm’s culture
How you can succeed when moving from a large Consultancy to a small one
What holds people back in Consulting and what separates the best from the rest
And so much more!
You can find out more about Matt on his Linked In page – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcheungclarasys/
And you can find out more about Clarasys at www.clarasys.com
Specific things we discuss in the show:
Trello – www.trello.com
The Agile Manifesto - http://agilemanifesto.org/
Matt’s Agile Primer - https://www.scrumguides.org/docs/scrumguide/v2017/2017-Scrum-Guide-US.pdf
The Lean Start Up by Eric Ries - http://amzn.eu/9qXbGK6
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - http://amzn.eu/7cdKA8Q
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - http://amzn.eu/6bIK4ir
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur - http://amzn.eu/9NddtpN
The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack - http://amzn.eu/5M0gA6I
