Women in Consulting – Details, episodes & analysis

Today I am speaking with Charlotte Fuller. Charlotte is a Digital Transformation Consultant and works to support women in tech. She has a background in Corporate Strategy consulting and brings much of the knowledge from that experience into running her own growing business. In this generous conversation we hear how Charlotte made the shift from corporate to independent, how she established her business with growth in mind and how a focus on quality systems are the foundation for her success so far.

You can find out more about Charlotte on the links below.

Website l LinkedIn


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Wonu Owade is a Nigerian national who grew up in the United Kingdom and is now based in the  Netherlands. She is a Fundraising consultant with expertise across the social impact and international development sector . She works across the board with a variety of organisations and trusts, foundations as well as bilateral and multilateral donors. 

In this super useful conversation Wonu shares so generously about her consulting experience. How she was openminded about where her journey would take her, and how her route in was measured and quite gentle.  We learn how she has benefitted from working across different topics and themes,  and how she looks for clients who match her ethos and with whom there is a connection. 

The agencies that Wonu mentions are: 

Fair Development
Abbey Solutions International

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This week I am delighted to be speaking with Clare Dickinson.

Clare has over 25 years experience of working in global health for clients such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Global Fund & UNAIDS.

In this super helpful conversation we hear how Clare deals with boundaries and prefers to work in a team rather than individually. We learn what a good team looks like, where trust is a vital component and we talk a lot about sleepless nights and how to avoid them!

You can find out more about Clare and NICHAD below.

Linkedin
NICHAD

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Today I am speaking with Jaymie Duke. Jaymie is a business development consultant and works with third sector organisations to source funding from institutional donors. 

Jaymie's  journey is an interesting one as she describes herself as a very committed 9-5 employee, who was reluctant to get into consulting. In this conversation we explore what prompted the move into consultancy, how she gradually added clients and how her focus is now on how to keep her pipeline bubbling and full of interesting work.

You can find out more about Jaymie and her work below
Third Sector Funding Website
Linkedin
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

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This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Today I am speaking with Sanne Thijssen. Sanne is the founder of Shake The Dust, an independent consultancy working on sexual and reproductive health and rights and meaningful youth participation. In this inspiring conversation we hear the details about Sanne's decision to become a consultant, and her decision to leave her full time job. And how it all started with some tears. 

We talk about vulnerability,  confidence and being professional and how we need all three of these to work as a successful consultant.

Thank you Sanne for such an honest conversation!

You can find out more about Sanne and her work below
Shake the Dust website
Linkedin
Twitter
Instagram
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

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Today I am speaking with Mara Tissera Luna. Mara is an Argentine and Italian child protection specialist with more than 10 years experience in qualitative research, policy analysis, and program evaluation. She works mainly in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Her research and policy analysis in Latin America, Europe, and Central Asia have produced over 20 publications.  

Mara’s love of  research is clear and in this wide ranging conversation we cover the importance of relationships and supporting those joining the consulting field.  Mara shares her tips for connecting with those who are just ahead of you professionally and we delve into the boundaries around supporting others on their journey. 

Find out more about Mara and her work below
LinkedIn
Mara's Website (in English) and Blog (in Spanish)

Join the Facebook Group International Child Protection Consultants 

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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Sign up here for the Women's Consulting Workshop weekly newsletter, 3 good things.
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

And we'd love it if you can put a review where ever you listen to podcasts.

Today I am speaking with Anne Garbutt. Anne is an independent senior monitoring and evaluation consultant and an Associate of INTRAC.  She has worked in international Development for 37 years, starting when she volunteered with VSO to lead a Midwifery training programme in Nepal for the W.H.O. 

She has led large multi-country monitoring and evaluation exercises for government donors, but also works with many small civil society organisations.  

She also develops and delivers training, coaching and mentoring in MEL and delivers INTRAC’s popular Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation training course. In this wisdom filled conversation, Anne shares generous insights from her decades of experience of working as a consultant. We talk about trust, listening and how to build relationships with our clients. We learn how this sometimes means we need to hold back our opinion, and how we can steer clients down a route that will ultimately work for them and get them the best result.

Please bear with us on the sound on the last 20 minutes or so - Anne sounds perfect.
I sound a bit like a Dalek! I had some mic issues - but the wisdom is wonderful and clear from Anne! 

Find out more about Anne and her work below
Linkedin
INTRAC website
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Sign up here for the Women's Consulting Workshop weekly newsletter, 3 good things.
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

And we'd love it if you can put a review where ever you listen to podcasts.

Today we have the second part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace.

This is the second part in the series on difficult conversations where we learn how to navigate conversations that sometimes we simply don’t want to have. We talk about how to get in the right mindset, how to prepare and what words to use and importantly what words not to use. Nicole shares her expertise generously in this episode and it’s another one where you may want to take notes!

You can find out more about Nicole and her work on the links below.

Website
Linkedin
Instagram
5 Ways to Keep Calm and Confidently Navigate Crucial Leadership Conversations
Difficult Conversations Workshop
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
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The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Sign up here for the Women's Consulting Workshop weekly newsletter, 3 good things.
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

And we'd love it if you can put a review where ever you listen to podcasts.

Today we have the first part of my conversation with Nicole Posner. Nicole is a Communication and Conflict Expert and works with small business owners and leaders supporting them to have challenging conversations in their business or workplace. There is a tonne of learning in here!

We learn how to navigate conversations that sometimes we simply don’t want to have.
We talk about how to get in the right mindset, how to prepare and what words to use and importantly what words not to use. Nicole shares her expertise generously in this episode and it’s another one where you may want to take notes!

You can find out more about Nicole and her work on the links below.

Website
Linkedin
Instagram
5 Ways to Keep Calm and Confidently Navigate Crucial Leadership Conversations
Difficult Conversations Workshop
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
________________________________________________________________________________________

The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Sign up here for the Women's Consulting Workshop weekly newsletter, 3 good things.
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

And we'd love it if you can put a review where ever you listen to podcasts.

Today I am speaking with Juliette Sanchez Lambert. Juliette is a consultant, trainer and facilitator. She works on human rights, gender equality, diversity and inclusion and sexual violence prevention. She works for both public and private actors, mostly NGOs and international organisations.  She is also the co-author of It’s Not That Grey, a practical guide which deconstructs the so-called “grey zone” of sexual harassment by giving concrete tools to identify, bust myths and fight harassment.

In this conversation we find out how and why Juliette started her consulting journey and what propelled her career forwards at the very beginning. But most of this episode is spent geeking out about Linkedin basics and how to use it as a consultant.

Juliette shares some super tips about how to make Linkedin work for you including some little known features you can use for free. She’s on a mission to demystify LinkedIn and dear listeners this episode is a valuable resource for you!!  You can connect with Juliette below. 

Find out more about Juliette and her work below
Linkedin

It’s Not That Grey - the report that Juliette mentions in this episode.
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More resources are available here:
https://www.womensconsultingworkshop.com/learning
________________________________________________________________________________________

The Women's Consulting Workshop is our free private 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 consulting life is for you.

It is a judgment-free zone to ask questions, share, learn and connect with each other. ________________________________________________________________________________________

The Consultant Clinic

This is a brand new way to work with us. If you have a question related to your consulting practice, or you want to check in with an experienced consultant, you can book a call with Janet for an hour. This is a completely confidential, solutions-focused deep dive into what is on your mind. You can find out more here
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Sign up here for the Women's Consulting Workshop weekly newsletter, 3 good things.
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Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email: janet@womensconsultingworkshop.com

And we'd love it if you can put a review where ever you listen to podcasts.