Women in Consulting
87 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to Women in Consulting! This podcast is for you if you a) want to work as an independent consultant or b) you are already working as a consultant. We speak to women from all over the world who work in international development and the social impact space. We dig deep on topics such as why become a consultant in the first place; how to get your first client and key skills that you need no matter what your technical expertise.Sometimes we geek out on what systems and tools you need to make sure you don't get overwhelmed. We are all on a journey and we have much to learn from each other on the way. A must listen to if you want to upskill and become a better consultant.
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09 Working as a consultant inside a consulting firm with Emma Haegeman.
September 01, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBToday I am speaking with Emma Haegeman. Emma works in gender and inclusion at Social Development Direct, a consulting firm based in the UK. She has worked as a consultant since the beginning of her career and in this conversation, we explore the difference between working as an independent and things to consider when choosing to work for a larger or smaller firm. We talk about collaboration and collegiate ways of working and how to juggle competing priorities. Emma shares her thoughts on...
08 Your Consulting CV with Nicki Davies-Jones
August 25, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBToday I am speaking with Nicki Davies-Jones. Nicki has been working in HR in the social impact sector for 20 years. She is currently the HR Director of Mission East, a Danish NGO. Previously she was HR Director at Traidcraft. Over her career, she has reviewed a lot of CVs, many of them for consulting roles. In this conversation, Nicki shares 5 tips on how to make your consulting CV shine and get you the roles you want. We chat about which CVS get rejected immediately and why, we del...
08 Your Consulting CV with Nicki Davies-Jones
August 25, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBToday I am speaking with Nicki Davies-Jones. Nicki has been working in HR in the social impact sector for 20 years. She is currently the HR Director of Mission East, a Danish NGO. Previously she was HR Director at Traidcraft. Over her career, she has reviewed a lot of CVs, many of them for consulting roles. In this conversation, Nicki shares 5 tips on how to make your consulting CV shine and get you the roles you want. We chat about which CVS get rejected immediately and why, we del...
07 Sourcing consultants: The view from the other side with Helena Rees
August 18, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBToday I am speaking with Helena Rees. Helena worked for a large global consultancy firm for 10 years and was responsible for sourcing consultants for a variety of projects. Her role focused on identifying suitable consultants and liaising on fee rates, CV preparation, and taking consultants through the bidding process. In this conversation, we go through the step-by-step process of what happens when a company bids for a project and how consultants are selected. Helena shares the worst C...
07 Sourcing consultants: The view from the other side with Helena Rees
August 18, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBToday I am speaking with Helena Rees. Helena worked for a large global consultancy firm for 10 years and was responsible for sourcing consultants for a variety of projects. Her role focused on identifying suitable consultants and liaising on fee rates, CV preparation, and taking consultants through the bidding process. In this conversation, we go through the step-by-step process of what happens when a company bids for a project and how consultants are selected. Helena shares the worst C...
06 Branding with Connie Hunter Jamieson
August 11, 2021 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBToday I am speaking with Connie Hunter Jamieson from Studio Stereo, a branding and design agency based in my home country of Northern Ireland. In this super helpful conversation, we chat about all things branding. Importantly, we learn the difference between branding and marketing. We learn how to figure out what we really need from our branding as an independent consulting practice and Connie takes us through the Studio Stereo process to understand what actually happens when we engage ...
05 LinkedIn: Use it like an expert with Katherine Ann Byam
August 04, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, we are so thrilled to learn from Katherine Byam's expertise in LinkedIn. Katherine shares some brilliant tips about how to start and improve our LinkedIn profile. We chat about how to optimise our profiles so that we can be found easily and she shares some key strategies to connect and build relationships with people and organisations we would like to work with. Katherine is a business resilience coach and strategic partner to leaders on sustainability, leadership, and d...
04 Personal finance principles with Jessamy Walker
July 28, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBToday I am speaking with Jessamy Walker. Jessamy is a financial planner based in the UK. One of the questions we get asked a lot in the Women’s Consulting Workshop is how to organise our finances as consultants. We wanted to explore how we can plan for the feast or famine that working as a consultant seems to bring. In this conversation with Jessamy we explore money mindset, what it is and why it's important. We chat through some principles that we can use as consultants to help make th...
04 Personal finance principles with Jessamy Walker
July 28, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBToday I am speaking with Jessamy Walker. Jessamy is a financial planner based in the UK. One of the questions we get asked a lot in the Women’s Consulting Workshop is how to organise our finances as consultants. We wanted to explore how we can plan for the feast or famine that working as a consultant seems to bring. In this conversation with Jessamy we explore money mindset, what it is and why it's important. We chat through some principles that we can use as consultants to help make th...
03 From employee to consultant. Mindset with Torrey Peace
July 21, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBToday I am speaking with Torrey Peace - Torrey is a professional coach based in Kenya, with twelve years’ experience in international development. She facilitates rising and established leaders in the aid world and among her busy coaching practice runs the aid for aid workers leadership podcast. In this insightful conversation, she helps us delve deeper into the mindset needed to be a consultant. We consider our mindset around the topics of failure, time, and money and the surrounding limi...
03 From employee to consultant. Mindset with Torrey Peace
July 21, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBToday I am speaking with Torrey Peace - Torrey is a professional coach based in Kenya, with twelve years’ experience in international development. She facilitates rising and established leaders in the aid world and among her busy coaching practice runs the aid for aid workers leadership podcast. In this insightful conversation, she helps us delve deeper into the mindset needed to be a consultant. We consider our mindset around the topics of failure, time, and money and the surrounding limi...
02 Negotiation with Mrids Palat-Becker
July 16, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBToday I am speaking with Mrids Palat Becker. Mrids is a Mentor and Money-Mindset Coach at Women Ask For More. Get your notebooks out because, in this bumper conversation, we discuss all things negotiation and money. Mrids helps us understand what we need to consider when we negotiate as consultants. This is such a valuable episode. We talk about the money mindset, the fear of rejection, and cultural differences around negotiations. Often as consultants, we are so focused on our techn...
02 Negotiation with Mrids Palat-Becker
July 16, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBToday I am speaking with Mrids Palat Becker. Mrids is a Mentor and Money-Mindset Coach at Women Ask For More. Get your notebooks out because, in this bumper conversation, we discuss all things negotiation and money. Mrids helps us understand what we need to consider when we negotiate as consultants. This is such a valuable episode. We talk about the money mindset, the fear of rejection, and cultural differences around negotiations. Often as consultants, we are so focused on our techn...
01 Transitioning from a full-time role into consulting with Pauliina Mapatha
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome back to Women in Consulting! This season we'll be exploring some of the behind-the-scenes foundations you need to think about when you are setting up as an independent consultant. In this episode, I'm speaking with Pauliina Mapatha. Pauliina describes herself as a Finnish, extrovert lovepat, based in South Africa. She is a mum of 2 cross-culture kids and a certified Coach and Nutrition advisor. She brings 20 years as a development consultant in various fields and understands f...
Season 2 Trailer
July 04, 2021 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBThe short and sweet episode about what is to come in Season 2 of the Women in Consulting Podcast. Thanks for joining us!! If you like our podcast we'd love it if you'd leave a review. It helps other people find us. You can leave a review here. The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private Facebook group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consultin...
Season 2 Trailer
July 04, 2021 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBThe short and sweet episode about what is to come in Season 2 of the Women in Consulting Podcast. Thanks for joining us!! If you like our podcast we'd love it if you'd leave a review. It helps other people find us. You can leave a review here. The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private Facebook group for women who are working in consulting. You are welcome if you are an experienced consultant, if you are just starting or if you need some support to figure out if this consultin...
013 Confidence in consulting with Pallu Modi
June 16, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBToday I am speaking with Pallu Modi. Pallu has 25 years of experience in international development with government, consulting firms, academia, and social enterprises. She focuses on longer-term consultancies working on strategy and business development. In this wide-ranging conversation, we hear how Pallu relies on patience, optimism, and confidence as a consultant. She shares how she remains open to new opportunities and uses her skills across sectors for a truly interesting and fulfil...
013 Confidence in consulting with Pallu Modi
June 16, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBToday I am speaking with Pallu Modi. Pallu has 25 years of experience in international development with government, consulting firms, academia, and social enterprises. She focuses on longer-term consultancies working on strategy and business development. In this wide-ranging conversation, we hear how Pallu relies on patience, optimism, and confidence as a consultant. She shares how she remains open to new opportunities and uses her skills across sectors for a truly interesting and fulfil...
012 Becoming an accidental consultant with Winnie Sseruma
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBWinnie Sseruma has been working as an international consultant for over two decades. She focuses on health training, community research, programme evaluations, and technical assistance. Mostly she supports community-based organisations responding to issues of social justice, women in leadership, and HIV and AIDS. In a deeply personal and engaging conversation, Winnie describes how she became what she calls an 'accidental consultant' and how she spent 3 years immersed in the HIV world, from...
011 Human Rights consulting with Vicky Prais
June 02, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBVicky Prais is a human rights lawyer and independent human rights consultant based in London. She has worked in the human rights sector for 25 years and her professional experience extends to the UN, the Council of Europe, various NGOs, and many other organizations. Vicky took a big leap of faith in September 2019 and started her consulting journey. In this super practical conversation, we chat about what she did at the start of her journey spread the word about starting as an independe...
010 The Consulting Journey with Janet Whitelaw-Jones
May 28, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis week, we mix it up a bit and Helen interviews Janet! Janet has a health background and now works mostly in organizational development and monitoring and evaluation. She started working in international development in 1995 and her experience is based in the NGO and consulting space. In this conversation, Helen gets in under some of Janet's experience and delves deeper into her consulting journey. We talk about curiosity and using an iterative approach with clients; how asking qu...
010 The Consulting Journey with Janet Whitelaw-Jones
May 28, 2021 15:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis week, we mix it up a bit and Helen interviews Janet! Janet has a health background and now works mostly in organizational development and monitoring and evaluation. She started working in international development in 1995 and her experience is based in the NGO and consulting space. In this conversation, Helen gets in under some of Janet's experience and delves deeper into her consulting journey. We talk about curiosity and using an iterative approach with clients; how asking qu...
09 The 5 P's of Consulting with Paddy Siyanga Knudsen
May 19, 2021 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBPaddy Siyanga Knudsen is a Zambian national with over 16 years of professional experience as a Development Economist and migration expert. In this rich and value-filled conversation, we create The 5 Ps of consulting: Purpose, Patience, Partnership, Personality & Paddy! we dig into intuition and what that means for us as women working in consulting and how we bring our whole selves to work we talk about how important it is to find the champion within an organization and, how purpose i...
09 The 5 P's of Consulting with Paddy Siyanga Knudsen
May 19, 2021 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBPaddy Siyanga Knudsen is a Zambian national with over 16 years of professional experience as a Development Economist and migration expert. In this rich and value-filled conversation, we create The 5 Ps of consulting: Purpose, Patience, Partnership, Personality & Paddy! we dig into intuition and what that means for us as women working in consulting and how we bring our whole selves to work we talk about how important it is to find the champion within an organization and, how purpose i...
08 Pioneering as a female consultant with Irssa Ahuja
May 13, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBToday I am speaking with Irssa Ahuja. Irssa is highly skilled research and gender expert. And so much more! She shares rich examples of her work traveling to rural areas, conflict zones and working with diverse communities on topics such as human rights, women’s empowerment, and conflict resolution. Irssa shares her passion for this work and how it was a struggle to begin her consulting journey within the constraints of society in her home of Pakistan. In her words - 'someone has to be t...
08 Pioneering as a female consultant with Irssa Ahuja
May 13, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBToday I am speaking with Irssa Ahuja. Irssa is highly skilled research and gender expert. And so much more! She shares rich examples of her work traveling to rural areas, conflict zones and working with diverse communities on topics such as human rights, women’s empowerment, and conflict resolution. Irssa shares her passion for this work and how it was a struggle to begin her consulting journey within the constraints of society in her home of Pakistan. In her words - 'someone has to be t...
07 Storytelling with Natalia Alvarez
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBNatalia is a human rights lawyer who decided to use stories instead of legal arguments to make a change. She is a truly inspiring guest who speaks with wisdom and humility about her journey into consulting from academia. In this conversation we learn how intentional and deliberate Natalia is about choosing clients who align with her own values and founding principles; we discuss how the connection is at the root of almost everything; and what questions we can ask of our clients to help u...
07 Storytelling with Natalia Alvarez
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBNatalia is a human rights lawyer who decided to use stories instead of legal arguments to make a change. She is a truly inspiring guest who speaks with wisdom and humility about her journey into consulting from academia. In this conversation we learn how intentional and deliberate Natalia is about choosing clients who align with her own values and founding principles; we discuss how the connection is at the root of almost everything; and what questions we can ask of our clients to help u...
06 Always learning with Anna Christine Christiansen
April 28, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAnna Christine is a change and development consultant. She works with organisations facilitating change and enabling existing motivation and skills to be brought more fully into play. Her focus is on making quality, productivity, and job satisfaction come together in workplaces. In today's conversation, we explore how trust affects our consulting relationships and Anna Christine shares her method for proactively offering services to clients. We hear how Anna Christine used consulting as...
05 Being an academic and a consultant with Felicity Daly
April 21, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBFelicity describes herself as a researcher and advocate. She has focused on the gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights space for many years and has always had a strong desire to serve in her work. Purpose-driven organisations and institutions are important to her. In our conversation today we cover how she almost fell into consulting and what it is like working as a consultant alongside studying for a Doctorate in Public Health. We talk about timeline management, the impor...
05 Being an academic and a consultant with Felicity Daly
April 21, 2021 06:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBFelicity describes herself as a researcher and advocate. She has focused on the gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights space for many years and has always had a strong desire to serve in her work. Purpose-driven organisations and institutions are important to her. In our conversation today we cover how she almost fell into consulting and what it is like working as a consultant alongside studying for a Doctorate in Public Health. We talk about timeline management, the impor...
04 Know your worth with Judyth Engels
April 14, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBToday I am speaking with Judyth Engels. Judyth is a Digital Economy Consultant working on the African continent with various international development organizations. She has a private sector background started in HR and moved into the Digital Economy space early in her career. In this wisdom-filled generous conversation, we talk about so many things! We chat about negotiations around fee rates and really knowing your worth. We hear how Judyth overcame the first year of not getting any ...
03 Being generous with Lauri Robbins Ericson
April 07, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBToday I am speaking with Lauri Ericson. Lauri Robbins Ericson is an organizational leadership speaker and consultant with a focus on emotional and gender intelligence. She has worked with leaders, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, CEOs and purpose-driven change-makers all over the world. In this episode we chat about the reason she became a consultant in the first place and how adopting a generous approach lifts everyone up. We also explore her journey to being a Tedx speaker and how this ...
02 Just go for it! with Latoyaa Roberts
March 31, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBToday I am speaking with Latoyaa Roberts a communications and youth development consultant. This is an inspiring conversation, particularly if you are early in your career or you haven't started as a consultant yet. Latoyaa shares some great insights about how she got started and how she kept the work coming in. You can find out more about Latoyaa and her work below: LRTS Media and Business Solutions Instagram Company LinkedIn Personal LinkedIn ____________________________________________...
02 Just go for it! with Latoyaa Roberts
March 31, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBToday I am speaking with Latoyaa Roberts a communications and youth development consultant. This is an inspiring conversation, particularly if you are early in your career or you haven't started as a consultant yet. Latoyaa shares some great insights about how she got started and how she kept the work coming in. You can find out more about Latoyaa and her work below: LRTS Media and Business Solutions Instagram Company LinkedIn Personal LinkedIn ____________________________________________...
01 Making the leap to independent consulting with Helen Merati
March 17, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode, I talk to Helen Merati about her consulting journey. Helen has a background in international health and has worked in the sector for over 20 years. She worked in a consulting firm for 10 years supporting, managing, and contributing to consultancies in health systems strengthening, SRMNCH, HIV, and more. And then stepped into the world of independent consulting. In this episode, we learn about how Helen made the decision to work in consulting and why. And how she got her a...
01 Making the leap to independent consulting with Helen Merati
March 17, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode, I talk to Helen Merati about her consulting journey. Helen has a background in international health and has worked in the sector for over 20 years. She worked in a consulting firm for 10 years supporting, managing, and contributing to consultancies in health systems strengthening, SRMNCH, HIV, and more. And then stepped into the world of independent consulting. In this episode, we learn about how Helen made the decision to work in consulting and why. And how she got her a...