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  1. From corporate salary to your first paid consulting invoice

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    From Corporate Salary to Your First Paid Consulting Invoice

    By Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD | Founder & MD of Globus HR Consulting Ltd

    So, you’ve taken the leap into HR consulting. You have years of experience, you know you can do the work, and you are looking forward to having more control over your future. Now comes the small matter of finding someone who will pay you!

    This is often where the doubt creeps in. You could advise a board or manage a complex restructure, yet suddenly sending a message about your own services feels uncomfortable. Sound familiar?

    I hear this from experienced HR professionals all the time. You haven’t lost your expertise by leaving employment. You are learning how to turn it into a business, and that takes practice.

    You already have more sales skills than you think. 

  2. The 5 Cs of Moving from Corporate HR to Consulting

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    Why the order you build your consultancy matters

    One of the first things many experienced HR professionals do when they decide to become consultants is work on a name, a logo or a website.

    I understand the temptation. Those things make the new business feel real.

    But a polished website cannot answer the questions that matter most: What kind of life do you want this business to support? Who do you want to work with? What problem will you solve for them? What will you charge?

    If you start marketing before you have those answers, you may spend time and money promoting a business you do not actually want to run.

    That is why I developed the 5 Cs of Corporate to Consulting®. It is the model I share in my book Leap into HR Consulting® and use in my work with HR and People professionals. The five stages are Confidence, Clarity, Credibility, Collaboration and Courage.

    They give you a practical order for turning your experience into a consultancy that fits your ambitions and your life.

  3. Flexibility was never about working less

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    Newsletter 2

    When I became a consultant in 1994, I wasn’t looking for an easier life.

    I was looking for a life that could flex when I needed it to.

    As a single parent raising two boys, I spent many years juggling clients, deadlines, childcare and the responsibility of creating a secure future for my family. After one caesarean, I took just two weeks off. Looking back, that says as much about the pressure I placed on myself as it does about my determination.