Creating Your Independent Consulting Practice with Will Bachman

Will Bachman is the Cofounder of Umbrex, a community for independent management consultants. He started the community after leaving the leading management consulting firm, McKinsey, and starting his own independent management consulting practice. He is passionate about helping independent professionals thrive through his 340+ episode podcast called Unleashed. In this episode, you will learn how to better position yourself, the importance of being specific, and how to have better client discovery conversations.

Episode 144 of the Portfolio Career Podcast podcast, hosted by David Nebinski, Will Bachman, titled "Creating Your Independent Consulting Practice with Will Bachman" was published on January 14, 2021 and runs 38 minutes.

January 14, 2021 ·38m · Portfolio Career Podcast

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Will Bachman is the Cofounder of Umbrex, a community for independent management consultants. He started the community after leaving the leading management consulting firm, McKinsey, and starting his own independent management consulting practice. He is passionate about helping independent professionals thrive through his 340+ episode podcast called Unleashed. In this episode, you will learn how to better position yourself, the importance of being specific, and how to have better client discovery conversations.

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Will Bachman is the Cofounder of Umbrex, a community for independent management consultants. He started the community after leaving the leading management consulting firm, McKinsey, and starting his own independent management consulting practice. He is passionate about helping independent professionals thrive through his 340+ episode podcast called Unleashed.

In this episode, you will learn:

- why the independent consultant market is growing

- how to think about your career and relationships with a five-decade horizon

- the importance of being specific as an independent professional; and

- how to have better client context discovery conversations.

As always, this episode with notes is available on my website

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