Indie (1-person) consultants seem to head towards one of two stable asymptotes: presenters and executive coaches.
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Presenters do defined in-out gigs with a deliverable (usu. report+ presentation). They are impulse function inputs.
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Coaches fade in/out with no clear deliverables, just conversations. They are like continuous forcing functions that smoothly start/end at 0.
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I don't like the moral hazards of presentation consulting or the faux-therapy mode of coaching.
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I've been trying to evolve towards "executive sparring partner" -- the content of a presenter, but the form of a coach.
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It is the work I like the most. It's honest, takes intelligence, does not require the pretenses of therapy, keeps moral hazards visible.
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In fact, I like it enough that I am considering dropping other kinds of gigs entirely and specializing my branding to "sparring partner"
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My presumption,is this 'sparring partner' the one who talks & walks (documents & analyses) the talk with the client for a defined time?
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