worksheets: build your own personal business...

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Worksheets: Build Your Own Personal Business PlanThe instructions in these worksheets mirror those in the e-book I want to be a consultant.

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Please print these worksheets out so that you can write all over them. There are two versions of these worksheets: a word document for making your own personal business plan, and a pdf with the full set of questions.Instructions for download are included in my e-book I want to be a consultantEnjoy!

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Personal Business Plan Grid

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What I want How critical it is (LMH)

How soon I want it (0 - 5 years)

My Highly Personal Performance Indicator

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n.b. this grid is available in word / docx format – find the link and password in the e-book you purchased

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The Personal Business Plan Grid

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1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 yearsn.b. this grid is available in word / docx format – find the link and password in the e-book you purchased

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About the author – Cindy TonkinCindy Tonkin is the Consultants’ Consultant. She is a management consultant with more than 25 years of experience. She specialises in soft skills for clever people, and has a niche with data analysts. She runs several consulting brands, improvises, creates visual art and hangs out with her 2 cats, Kevin and Jenny, in Newtown, NSW Australia.Cindy’s first book, the Australian Consultants’ Guide helped more than 6000 consultants set up their business.

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Cindy gives consultants and managers tools to make doing business with people easy. She is one of the best-educated NLP-trained consultants operating in the business environment with masters-level qualifications from the Université de Paris VIII. Cindy has worked for big

consultancies such as Andersen Consulting and boutique consultancies like her own. She also has practical, on-the-floor experience implementing organisational change from Chief Executive to Supervisor Level.Her clients include major consultancy firms, public service organisations and other companies with internal consultants.

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She has written a fleet of books on how to make consulting businesses work more effectively, and how to be a better consultant. She has a loyal and consistent client base: in this century all of her business has been repeat or referral.

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Connect with CindyTwitter: cindytonkin Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/consultantsconsultant Blog: consultantsconsultant.com.au Favourite her at Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/AragonGrayEmail: cindy@cindytonkin.comTelephone: +61 412 135 426

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Take the next steps! What next?Go sniff around Cindy’s blog at consultantsconsultant.com.au. Sign up there for Cindy’s occasional newsletter on all things consultingBuy another book – this is part of a series, available at all online retailers and on Cindy’s site. I want to be a consultant It’s official! Setting up your Australian consultancy practice properly Essential consulting templates and documents

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Marketing your consultancy without cold calling Set up your consulting office quickly and simply Setting up your consulting systems so your practice endures

Cindy has also written a number of other books:For general business people Office Politics: You don’t have to play but you must know the rules to stay off the field! Presentation Mastery: Persuade, Inform and Inspire

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Persuading, Pitching and Engaging: Presentation Tips for Managers, Trainers and Salespeople: a review of Recent Books

The Quick and Easy Guide to Documenting What you Do

For consultants Consulting Mastery: The Ability Myth – being good is not enough Australian Consultant’s Guide: setting up and running your consulting business profitably

and painlessly Stay Cheerful: 89 things to do between Consulting Assignments

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Ten More Ways to Promote Your Consulting Business Consultants’ Companion: Improving Your Consulting Business 30 Minutes a Week Making Your Consultancy a Business, Not a Job Consultants’ Companion: Improving your Consulting Business 30 minutes a week

For NLPers NLP Skeleton Guide: all the practitioner patterns step-by-step NLP Skeleton Guide II: all the master practitioner patterns step-by-step NLPer Business Pack: What they don’t teach you in prac