A few years into building and growing his consulting practice, an executive I worked with told me something I didn't expect.
"That last mandate โ I would never have gotten it alone."
Not because he lacked the expertise. Because a fellow partner spotted the opportunity, made the introduction, and vouched for him in a room he hadn't been able to get into by himself.
That's the thing about going independent that doesn't get talked about enough:
The hardest part isn't the positioning.
It isn't the pricing.
It isn't even the first sales conversation.
It's the moment you realize that the infrastructure you relied on โ the colleagues, the institutional credibility, the warm referrals that just happened โ is gone. And now you have to build your own.
Most people try to do that alone in a quiet room. A few smart ones find a room full of people going in the same direction.
That's the room I'm opening next week.
Not a course. Not a coaching package. A place to explore, to compare notes, and maybe to get the mandate you wouldn't have landed alone.
YOU CAN JOIN THE WAITLIST HERE!
I'll send you details the moment the doors open โ before I tell everyone else.
Kind regards,
Dieter
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