How to Turn Young Consultants Into Confident Project Leaders With Debbie Crouse

Look into the "3 Ways to Generate Leads With Your Podcast" E-book for free here on our website! (https://ghapodcast.com)**********************************************************************In this episode, we go deep into what it actually takes to turn a promising junior into someone you can trust with a client project. Debbie Crouse has spent her career leading complex programs at Intuit, Facebook (via PRO Unlimited), Box, and high-growth startups, then translating that experience into training that rising professionals can actually use the next day.Today, Debbie focuses on empowering young professionals through group workshops, 1:1 coaching, and self-paced courses like Project Management QuickStart and Take Control of Unruly Meetings.Her work sits at the intersection of project management, process improvement, and leadership communication, exactly where most consulting firms struggle as they scale.If you’re building a consulting team, Debbie offers a practical lens on how to build project leadership as a capability, not a personality trait. We’ll talk about stakeholder management, meeting hygiene, operating mechanisms, and how to build a culture where junior team members don’t just “support the project” but actually lead it.**********************************************************Proposed Interview Structure:1. You’ve held leadership roles in tech, startups, and now training. What originally pulled you into project and program management, and what made you decide to focus specifically on developing young professionals?2. When you look at the young consultants and early-career professionals you coach, what core problem are you helping them solve, and why does that matter so much to you?3. Who typically brings you in today, HR, L&D, team leads, or business leaders, and what kinds of professionals are you usually working with inside those organizations?4. How do clients usually find you? What have you found works best for attracting the right companies and emerging professionals into your workshops and programs?5. When a company is considering working with you, what does the path from first conversation to signed engagement usually look like? How do you structure the scope so organizations immediately understand the value?6. Once you’ve delivered the initial workshop or coaching engagement, what do you do to ensure clients keep coming back and that those relationships grow over time?7. Where do you find yourself most stuck right now as a consultant and trainer, if at all?8. Looking ahead a few years, where do you see the biggest opportunities in project leadership development, especially for teams relying on younger consultants to run complex projects?*********************************************************************Know more about Debbie CrouseWebsite Link: https://cwtrainingandconsulting.com/Connect with Debbie Crouse LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbiechildscrouse/Email: [email protected] to be a guest on Consulting Leaders:https://ghapodcast.com/application-to-be-a-guest-on-consulting-leaders/