Planting Seeds At times, even the best business development folks can feel like they are waiting the phone to ring, treating our growth like a lucky accident. We need to shift that mindset: growth isn't a surprise; it's the result of your behaviors. Let's stop waiting to see what grows and start being intentional about what we plant.

Now that the frost has lifted, it’s time to get out into the fields. For a consultant, this means shifting from a "worker" mindset—where you wait for instructions—to an entrepreneurial mindset, where you decide which crops are worth your labor.

If you’ve been staring at a fallow pipeline, waiting for a "sign" to move, this is your invitation to take the lead.

To help you map out your rows and commit to a strategy for the coming quarter, I’m opening a limited number of one-off individual strategy sessions. These 60-minute "sprints" are designed to solve a specific hurdle or sharpen your ability to plant with confidence.

We can't harvest what we feel uncomfortable planting.

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Tending our Growing Community

I'm spending my own "field time" this season moving from reflection to action. As many of you may know, my first quarter this year was filled with family hardships and grief. This has made me focus on what is most important and prioritize where I invest my time.

On the Boss insights Substack, we've been exploring how to say "no" after a season of uncertainty. I've been enjoying our new Cards & Conversations series and the Bosscraft Bulletin (a biweekly job and consulting opportunity round up).

Inside the Bosscraft Consultant Community, we are taking these insights into practice, with several upcoming live sessions:

• April 3: Beyond the Burnout (10:00 AM)
• April 15: Show Me Your CRM (11:00 AM)
• April 30 (TBC): Finding Your Boss Mindset (9:00 AM)

It's been great to be able to share my experiences with the community, and I'm looking forward to sharing that experience more widely at an Ask Me Anything collab with Devex.

It feels so good to strip away some of the guesswork for new and growing consultants.

Whitney

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