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Kris Taylor is the founder of Evergreen Leadership and co-founder of LEAP Consulting, two independent consultancies.She founded Evergreen Leadership based on her strong belief that the world is in desperate need of leaders at all levels who are effective in our environment of complexity, uncertainty, and unrelenting change. The combination of her focus on results and depth in adult learning and change enables her leadership development work, in any form, to be high impact, sustainable, and focused on results that matter. Her firm specializes in fostering skills in agility, collaboration, relationship building, accountability, and creativity.She is author of The Leader’s Guide To Turbulent Times: A Practical, Easy-to-Use Guide to Leading in Today’s Times and Owning It: Take Control of Your Life, Work and Career.After spending 14 years at RR Donnelley, a Fortune 200 company where she fulfilled several roles from human resources to operations to a corporate role in L&D, Taylor went out on her own in 2004 and has been consistently earning more than $100,000 per year.On the faculty of Purdue University’s certificate program in entrepreneurship and innovation for five years, Taylor developed and taught a course on consulting, as well as a course entitled Your Entrepreneurial Career. It was there that she met Katie McNamee and together they co-founded LEAP Consulting in 2017 to enable other professionals considering, launching, or growing small independent consulting practices with practical advice, support, and guidance.Taylor holds a master’s degree from Krannert Business School at Purdue University and did her undergraduate work at West Virginia University.

Kris Taylor

Being a consultant has never been easier or more accepted than it is today. An independent consulting practice can generate significant income, provide you with flexibility and control over your schedule, and allow you to home in on the work you love most. Yet more than 50 percent of these practices fail in the first few years. If you’ve pondered the idea of going out on your own, you’ll want to join this webcast led by Kris Taylor, who has had a successful, six-figure consulting practice for 15 years, and Katie McNamee, who is approaching four years as a digital marketing consultant.
Taylor and McNamee will help you discern if you have what it takes to become a consultant and will share five indicators that independent consulting may not be for you. Departing from a full-time permanent role is a big step, and this webcast can help you determine if you should take the leap from corporate to consulting.
By participating in this webcast, you will learn:
• helpful and clear ways to judge if consulting is for you
• key indicators that consulting may not be for you
• ways to go forward if you decide to pursue independent consulting.

5 Ways to Know if Consulting is for You (and 5 Warning Signs it May Not)

Increasingly, professionals are choosing careers as independent consultants. Consulting provides freedom, flexibility, the ability to do the work of your choice, and income potential. Yet the burning question is, “Just how much income potential do I have?”
Two of the biggest questions that you’ll need to answer as a consultant are:
• How do I determine my market rate?
• How much income potential will I have?
In this webcast, Kris Taylor and Katie McNamee of LEAP will help you answer these questions. You will learn two research methods to determine your market rate as well as four factors that determine your income potential and how to leverage them to your advantage. Since income is such a critical factor, you’ll also identify the three common financial traps that trip up consultants and how to mitigate these risks.
If you are considering launching an independent consulting practice, this webcast will help you make informed financial decisions. If you already have a consulting practice, this webcast just may enable you to add income to your bottom line.

How to Determine Your Income Potential As an Independent Consultant

Running an independent consulting business can be difficult. Occasionally you could find yourself at a plateau—your business just isn’t where you want it to be. Sometimes you might feel like your business is running you rather than the other way around or wonder how to turn your stagnant business into a thriving one.
5 Ways to Break Through Your Consulting Business Plateau is for consultants ready to take their business to the next level, no matter where they are in their consulting journey. Learn from Kris Taylor, who has had a successful, six-figure consulting practice for 14 years, and Katie McNamee, who launched her marketing practice after college and has been doing the work she loves for more than three years.
By participating in this webinar, you will:
• Learn key ways to up-level your business.
• Reimagine who your ideal client is.
• Identify additional income sources.
• Sharpen your marketing message.

5 Ways to Break Through Your Consulting Business Plateau

Being an independent consultant has never been easier or more accepted than today. An independent consulting practice can generate significant income, provide you with flexibility and control over your schedule, and allow you to home in on the work you love to do most. Yet more than 50 percent of these practices will fail in the first few years.
If you’ve pondered the idea of going out on your own, you’ll want to join this webcast led by Kris Taylor, who has had a successful, six-figure consulting practice for 14 years, and Katie Workman, who has launched a successful practice in under a year.
Kris and Katie will help you discern if you have what it takes to go out on your own and will share five indicators that independent consulting may not be for you. Going out on your own is a big step, and this webcast can help you determine if you should take the leap from corporate to consulting. By participating in Kris and Katie's webcast, you will learn:

helpful and clear ways to judge if independent consulting is for you
key indicators that consulting may not be for you
ways to go forward if you decide to pursue independent consulting.
 


5 Ways to Tell If Independent Consulting Is For You--And 5 Indicators That It's Not!

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