Growth and development

Prepare a 3–5 page paper that meets these requirements:
Develop your vision for your future consulting business. Your vision should define the following:
What is your specialty or niche area?
Who are your target client or clients?
Identify strategies for your future consulting practice:
Based on your research about and understanding of your specialization or niche, what are strategies to help you be successful and thrive as a consultant in your chosen area?
What are your knowledge and skills around these competencies relevant to carrying out effective psychological consultation: legal, ethical, cultural, and professional capabilities (communication, writing, analytical skills, et cetera)?
Craft an action plan for marketing your future consulting practice. Conduct a self-assessment of your skills and strengths and respond to the following:
What are your strengths and weaknesses regarding your ability to market yourself and your services?
Are there areas where additional professional development will be needed?
What are the costs and feasibility issues in developing your marketing options?
Develop three strategies to help keep your energy high and avoid consulting burnout.
What will you need to keep focused, energized, and engaged in your practice? Draw on research in the field as well as your self-knowledge of your work style and motivation.
Guidelines for Professional and Personal Growth, and Effectiveness as a Consultant
Block, P. (2011). Flawless consulting: A guide to getting your expertise used (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
Chapter 18, "The Heart of the Matter," pages 299–315.
This final chapter offers overall guidelines for consultants regardless of the setting or consultation project.
Kilburg, R. R. (2002). Shadow consultation: A reflective approach for preventing practice disasters. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice And Research, 54(2), 75–92.
Although this is an older article, it still has a powerful message about the examination of one's work.