NEW TO INDEPENDENT CONSULTANCY

We are a community of independent consultants called Accredited Partners (APs). The majority of our APs were once senior executives looking for that next position. Some found themselves the victims of the latest restructuring, others had hit the promotion ceiling or the time span until their next promotion was just too long.

Leaving that support network behind can be very daunting.

You have to do everything for yourself. So exactly how do you set up your own consultancy? How do you sell what you do to others? What type of business structure should you use?

Six months in, most find that working for yourself is far less daunting
than being employed.

Being independent means being in control of your own destiny, you decide how much work you do and for whom.

You decide on your work/life balance

In order to achieve your current position you must have been doing something right.

Your experience leads us to believe you would be successful.

Regarding the technical skills needed to do consultancy, you already know if you have those.

We help take away the unknown. In addition to other ongoing benefits, the first thing we do is provide a five day residential induction course that will:

• show you how to define your niche, because successful consultants are experts in their niche market
• show you how to market and sell yourself
• how to set up your company
• explain the different approaches to consultancy you can take
• how to get the most out of the other services that we offer in order to provide the income stream that you require.

This induction is delivered to small groups which allows the course to be targeted to your exact needs.

At the end of the five days you will have already hit the ground running.

Minimum Turnover Guarantee
To further reduce the "first year worry" you can even have a contracted guarantee of your first years minimum turnover. If you do not achive the minimum, ICFBA funds the difference.

A written guarantee of your
first years turnover

Whilst working with a client you often need access to other specialists; ones that you can trust. We are a young community, but with hundreds of years experience within our APs. So a major benefit of joining us is a support group of quality assistance that you can trust to deliver what they say they will.

Plus, there is a range of services that every client needs (insurance, telecoms, data backup etc). We have a number of relationships with trusted service providers who address these needs and for which they provide you with a residual income stream.