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In this episode Sarah talks about giving 1% every day. In the first part of this podcast Sarah encourages you to look at your business using her 5 Cs model and marking on a scale of 1-10, which is further explained. Your score will help you to address your strengths and weaknesses and enable you to set yourself 3 things you would like to achieve in the next 30 days. The release date of the podcast...

October is National Menopause Month and a topic close to Sarah’s heart. Today for this special longer edition, she is joined by Dee Murray, Founder of Menopause Experts, Sue Benoke, MD of Smarter Business Consulting and Kate Madison-Greenwell MCIPD, Director of People Efficient. Dee discusses her social enterprise Menopause Experts, and talks about her own personal experiences with the Menopause....

In Episode 11 Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD talks about how all new businesses start with small acorns, and that it’s ok to have one or two clients to get going. Sarah reminisces on starting her business when she had no clients. There was no social media, so it was doubly important to get out and about and network. During the pandemic this hasn’t been possible, but being able to meet your clients face...

In this episode Sarah talks about credibility, and why it’s so important. This leads into how consistency and professional presence is key, in order to build trust with those that choose to buy from you. Sarah gives some great tips on how to ensure your LinkedIn profile is as good as it can be. She is joined by Julia Crawford, MD of People Pillar Ltd, who came along to the Leap into HR virtual Boo...

In this episode Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD talks about how to charge for your consulting services and products. This is a question often asked by new and experienced consultants in the webinars she runs. Sarah will take you through 8 key points on pricing options including passive and referral income, one to one, and one to many. Today Sarah is joined by consultant Emma Johnson FCIPD. Emma launched...

Join Sarah for this latest podcast when she talks about clarity and why it’s so important when you are starting out as a consultant, refreshing or changing direction within your business. As a business owner, there is realisation you can’t just concentrate on the HR side which you know inside out, but you also have the likes of finance, marketing and IT too. Sarah explains why you should look at s...

In this episode Sarah Hamilton-Gill talks about how you can get the best out of the Summer months and continue to grow and build your presence, including by optimising your LinkedIn profile, ready for a busy Autumn. Being able to take time to measure successes by setting just a few key metrics is essential and Sarah gives you some ideas for these. Sarah is joined by one of her Bootcamp Graduates D...

In our 6th episode Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD discusses working relationships and the expectations clients will have of you as their “HR expert”. She goes into greater detail on how it is essential to build honest, open and loyal relationships with your clients, whilst having the confidence and knowledge to be able to handle any of those difficult to have conversations. Today Sarah’s guest is Jenni...

In the 5th podcast Sarah Hamilton-Gill FCIPD discusses how you know if HR consulting is right for you. Additional insight is also offered through Sarah’s free self-reflection questionnaire ( https://leap-into-consulting.mykajabi.com/ICR4U-Questionnaire-Sign-up) , which will help you to start to answer the questions yourself. Also discussed are other psychometric tools available such as motivationa...

In this episode Sarah Hamilton-Gill answers some of the questions she is regularly asked including what’s it like being a consultant, how many years’ experience do I need before I can become a consultant, and more! Sarah is joined by Hilary Salisbury, one of her bootcamp graduates, discussing her experiences not only with the boot camp, but the clarity gained during her journey from employment to...

In episode 3 of the Leap into HR Consulting podcast Business Coach Sarah Hamilton-Gill is joined by HR Consultant Steve Carpenter who attended one of Sarah's virtual Bootcamps. Sarah shares some of the key reasons why you might want to go into HR consulting based on her 27 years of experience and research. Steve talks about his journey into HR consulting. There's also some exciting news about an e...

In this episode Sarah Hamilton Gill, founder and head Business Coach of Leap into HR Consulting discusses questions such as ‘Is consulting a good idea right now?’ And ‘Is it a good time to launch into being self-employed?’ She is joined by guest Polly Rathbone. Sarah’s self-published her book "Leap into HR Consulting: How to move successfully from corporate to consulting” quickly took the Number O...

Sarah Hamilton-Gill, FCIPD is the Founder of Globus HR Consulting Ltd and Lead Coach of Leap into Consulting coaching programmes . In her early years in HR Consulting, it was a challenge to juggle a busy consulting diary with being a parent to two babies. It soon became clear that without the support and the flexibility gained from being a business owner that she would have missed her boys growing...

Sarah Hamilton-Gill, FCIPD is the Founder of Globus HR Consulting Ltd and Lead Coach of Leap into Consulting coaching programmes . In her early years in HR Consulting, it was a challenge to juggle a busy consulting diary with being a parent to two babies. It soon became clear that without the support and the flexibility gained from being a business owner that she would have missed her boys growing...