To be successful as a consultant, you must be different; you must be strong; and you must be committed.

Be different: To start, you must be able to answer two questions that get at core positioning: What do you do? And how is that different from what others are doing?

Be strong: Teams with tactical capacity beat individuals every time. Get a partner or ally so you can be better together and avoid the consultant roller coaster.

Be committed: Consultants must be committed to customer satisfaction, continuous improvement and business development.

As a successful consultant once stated:

“We live to help our clients solve really complex problems. If it was easy, they’d do it themselves.”