Craft of Consulting Podcast
Deb Zahn
The Craft of Consulting podcast helps accomplished professionals become successful, in-demand consultants while creating the lives they want. The show features consultants sharing their expertise and insights about how to be a successful, in-demand consultants; clients revealing what want--and don't want---from consultants; and the host, Deb Zahn, talking about topics that can help you succeed faster and balance your life.
Episodes
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Jun 20, 2022 • 46min
Creating Raving Fans to Drive Business Growth—with Jon Picoult
Customer experience expert and author Jon Picoult shares principles and strategies for helping your clients turn customers and employees into lifelong fans and doing the same for your consulting business.
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Jun 13, 2022 • 33min
Seven Keys to Becoming and Exceptional Consultant—with Rob Berg
Consultant and author Rob Berg shares key principals for developing as a consultant and doing exemplary work that brings personal and professional fulfillment.
Jun 6, 2022 • 36min
Helping C-Suites Excel in an Disruptive World—with Jacqueline Conway
Consultant Jacqueline Conway walks through the four critical fluencies CEOs and other executive have to develop to lead effectively in a highly disruptive and uncertain world.
May 30, 2022 • 34min
The Magic of Expert Learning and Development—with Eric Girard
Principal consultant Eric Girard shares how learning and development can help transform companies and when other consultants should bring in an expert.
May 23, 2022 • 33min
Making a Fully Remote Work Life Work for You—with Ali Pruitt
Coach Ali Pruitt talks about how to construct a fully remote work life that supports the life you want instead of causing stress and burn out.
May 16, 2022 • 31min
Becoming a Next-Generation Digital Transformation Consultant—with Charlotte Fuller
Consultant Charlotte Fuller talks about the path and necessary skills to becoming consultant who helps clients with digital transformation.
May 9, 2022 • 29min
A Consulting Business Model with Sustainability and Social Impact—with Kindred Motes
Consultant Kindred Motes shares insights on work-life balance in consulting, involving lived experiences in philanthropy, and shifting from top-down to bottom-up solutions. They discuss the importance of aligning business practices with values and making positive changes for sustainability and social impact in consulting.
May 2, 2022 • 46min
Selling Your Consulting Services to Human Beings—with Deb Zahn
Deb Zahn shares key reasons and examples of why formulas for getting consulting clients don't work and instead why adaptive skills will get more consulting clients to hire you.
Apr 26, 2022 • 28min
A Promise of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Consulting—with Heather Burns
ESG expert Heather Burns lays out the benefit and path for people to become successful ESG consultants.
Apr 18, 2022 • 35min
Anatomy of a Winning Consulting Proposal—with Deb Zahn
Host Deb Zahn shares how to approach and construct winning consulting proposals and answers common questions about what to do and not do in your proposals.
