A disguised sales book masked as a guide to consulting.

I think the entirety of section 1 could be reduced by 85% and would still drive home the same points. There is a ton of repetitive questions being asked and answered over and over again.

Section 2 had a couple of interesting points, I enjoyed the short piece on impostor syndrome as that is very real. We do run into a lot of reoccurring points and questions being asked again from section 1 sprinkled into section 2.

Section 3 was ok.

Section 4 had a couple good points if you are completely new to social media and networking.

Section 5 is full of bloat about success stories.

These sections also had a decent amount of links to more paid content like webinars and such which I don't like in books.

Overall, I think those HR folks strategic enough to want to explore consulting will already know 95% of the material in this book.

Although the author is based out of the UK so some of the terminology, etc. was not applicable, I still found a lot of value in this book. I am currently at a crossroads in my HR career and when I saw this book was available on NetGalley, I was very happy to have the opportunity to read and provide a review. I have been contemplating making the switch from public sector HR to private sector and wanted to have some additional flexibility while my children are young. Sarah is very detailed in outlining different options you may have with HR consulting and walks through the pros and cons. I found this book to be very practical. I am also very envious that Sarah was able to make her dream a reality of living in Corfu. Maybe some day I will join one of the retreats!

I buzzed through this book in an evening. Since I have prior experience working in an HR consultancy and have spft-launched ny own HR-business, I feel like this is a pertinent musing of what it means to own and operate such a venture.