Consulting Skills...the why, and how to get started!

I've delivered this talk to several Meetup groups in Sydney. The slides are intended to help individuals identify the importance of personality types when communicating with others.

Included are some resources that people can use on the journey, and details for another of my Meetup groups called "Different Thinking for Better Results - Sydney". All are welcome to join us!

Stephen

Transcript

1. Consulting Skills The why, and how to get started. @stphnwallace http://au.linkedin.com/in/stephenwallace
2. Inspiration? • Entrepreneurial environment (DTBR) • Help people identify what they (really!) want • Provide support and mentorship • It’s all about the people skills! • Helpful for consulting as well?!
3. A bit about me… • Wide and varied consulting career • Independant • Runs six Meetups • 16 years Tae Kwon-do • Raised $$$ for charity ($1m on the cards!) • Iron Man March 2016 • Thinks differently….with a passion! • “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar
4. Who are you? • Who Are You? 1. Engineering? 2. Management? 3. Consultants? 4. Business owners?
5. What do you want? • Who would like to: • …command a higher salary ? • …get that promotion? • …move into consulting? • Now ask yourselves why?
6. Know your real “why”! • Your “why” is not likely to be your real “why”. • Reassuring to know that your ladder is against the right wall! • It’s worthwhile going through the exercise of documenting your “bucket list”!
7. OK, so you want something. Now what? • First….understand yourself • Second….learn how to work with others • Third….learn the art of structured questioning • Fourth….give us a test drive?!
8. Understand Yourself • Read books!
9. Personality Types
10. Now think about “the boss”… Your partner… obviously! Do you need to update the way that you communicate with them?
11. Personality Types
12. What’s next? • Learn to work with others • The art of structured questioning • Test drive DTBR?
13. http://www.meetup.com/Different-Thinking-For- Better-Results-Sydney @stphnwallace http://au.linkedin.com/in/stephenwallace