A simple reset to stop sounding generic and start getting paid like an expert.
Early January has a funny pattern.
Executives who have spent decades making complex things happen suddenly sit down with a blank page, consider what they could offer as an independent consultant and try to answer one ...
A private, low-risk plan for executives who want options before they make announcements.
If youâre reading this with a full calendar, a strong title, and the quiet feeling that âsomething has to change,â youâre in good company.
This feeling often shows up after youâve built a successful career. L...
Career shifts succeed when they are shared, understood, and prepared for together â not when they are carried alone. The first real alignment happens at home, long before a business plan, a website, or a client conversation ever takes shape.
You can present a business case to a board.You can expl...
The Question That Keeps You Up at Night
If youâre a senior executive thinking about starting your own consulting business, youâve probably asked yourself:
What if I fail?What if no one hires me?What if I canât find clients?What if I run out of money?
When I left corporate life after decades of st...
âŚbut you can build it faster than ever before.
Last week, a reader asked me:
âDieter, how did you build trust when you launched your consulting business â especially after 20 years abroad?â
A great question.
And an even better opportunity to show you how trust is built today, not only how I di...
When senior executives leave a corporate role, most believe they face a simple choice:
Option 1: Another role in another company
Option 2: Some form of independent advisory
It sounds straightforward â but it never is.
After 20+ years working with executives across Europe, the US, and Latin Amer...
You wake up on a quiet Tuesday morning, coffee in hand, and glance at your calendar. Itâs full of meetings, calls, and reminders.
Today, something feels different.
For the first time in years, youâre asking yourself:
âWhat if I didnât have to follow the corporate roadmap?What if I could design my...
Senior executives who are preparing to take the leap into independence often ask me the same question:
âWhat kind of consulting business can I realistically build in five years?â
My answer is always the same. It is all about your decisions how you define this:
The clients and mentors you learn f...
I hear this question more and more often lately.
Especially from executives who spent 20+ years inside major organizations.
Theyâve led teams, owned budgets, driven international transformation. But theyâve never had to acquire clients themselves.
Never issued an invoice.Â
Never carried the full ...
99% of the executives I talk to want to start their own company. The exception actually does it.
Every week, I speak with executives who consider starting their own consulting business â âsomeday.â
They like the idea of independence.They like the sound of being their own boss.But they still keep ...
Over the years, Iâve spoken with hundreds of senior executives.
Almost all had the same dream:To finally work for themselves.
They imagined the upsides:
â Flexible scheduleâ Work they actually loveâ No politicsâ Freedom to choose projectsâ Staying relevant and impactful even at 60+
But hereâs the...
Over early coffee in Munich, a former COO slid a notebook across the table.Fourteen ideas: Strategy. Pricing. Transformation. M&A. Culture.âI can do all of this,â she said.
She wasnât wrong.Then she exhaled.âI just donât know where to start.â
Her problem wasnât lack of skill. It was too much of i...
