09/05/22
Listening Time:
44 min
Episode 176: Enjoying Consulting More Than Being an Employee—with Elizabeth Silleck La Rue
You can enjoy being a consultant...if you don't act like an employee. There are so many gifts you can give yourself when you become a consultant and put being an employee behind you. But it will only feel different if you make good choices.
In this Craft of Consulting podcast episode, I interview Elizabeth Silleck La Rue who shares differences between being an employee vs a consultant and how you can make sure it looks the way you want.
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Elizabeth Silleck La Rue
Episode Details
Elizabeth Silleck La Rue found dramatic differences between working for someone else and consulting. In this episode, we talk about:
Choosing who you work with as a consultant
Shifting power dynamics
Diversifying your clients
Being solid about your values and boundaries
Enabling personal authenticity
Enjoying the variety of consulting work
Crossing sectors to create new lens for clients to look at things
Expanding your network
Calling out bad behaviors when consulting
For more information about Elizabeth Silleck La Rue:
Website: https://www.silleckconsultingservices.com/
All In: Why I’ll STILL Never Go Back to Being An Employee and How Life as a Consultant is Just Better: https://medium.com/@SilleckConsultingServicesLLC/all-in-why-ill-still-never-go-back-to-being-an-employee-and-how-life-as-a-consultant-is-just-338275c773b6
Professionalism as a Racial Construct by Leah Goodridge: https://www.uclalawreview.org/professionalism-as-a-racial-construct/