Big Companies and Post-Mortems At a Fortune 500 company where I used to work, the project team would convene after a project ended to conduct a post mortem. I used to think "How morbid" -- to view a project like a dead body. But often we'd find out that we should've done something differently. We'd Read more...

Developing a Competitive Edge as a Consultant... ...for me, it's constant. I'm always building skills, content, and knowledge in my field. And then there are other areas of expertise, such as marketing (honing my website for the 50th time, for example) or running my business (tipping my balance sheet, etc.), or expanding my business (making Read more...

As I mentioned in my previous post, two different articles on blogging appeared in my in-box just as WIC was preparing to launch its new blog. One was from RainToday.com, covered in Part I of "To Blog or Not to Blog;" and the other came from the Silicon Valley WebGuild, the topic of this posting. Read more...

Coincidentally, as the women of WIC worked to launch our first blog -- to coincide with WIC's 10th anniversary celebration on October 16 -- two different articles on blogging reached my inbox. One was from a favorite e-newsletter of mine, the Rainmaker Report by RainToday.com, and the other came from the Silicon Valley WebGuild. Look Read more...

I'm asked this frequently: I'm new to consulting. I've got a lot of experience in my field, and I know I can be a good consultant, but I don't know where to go to find consulting assignments. There are four key things you should have to get consulting assignments: People need to know you're out Read more...

Welcome to the new Women in Consulting (WIC) blog. As president of WIC, I'm excited about this new resource and hope you will be, too. We at WIC are dedicated to providing a place to connect and share with other like-minded professionals who are interested in building strong businesses. WIC was founded 10 years ago Read more...