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Life’s Finally Working… So Why Am I Holding My Breath?

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It’s working. A year in and its WORKING! I have a client I love . I’m adding real value, watching ideas turn into action, seeing the change from the inside. I recently ran a leadership workshop to help align their five-year growth plan and left thinking, “Yes. This is exactly what I’m meant to be doing.” This is the kind of work I set out to create when I went solo. The kind that quiets the imposter syndrome for a minute. The kind that reminds me, I do actually know what I’m doing. And yes, I know it’s been six months since my last blog... Not because I didn’t want to write, but because nothing felt urgent enough to pull me away from the momentum. Then suddenly I realised, I was stuck in a different way. Not because things weren’t working… but because they were. And still, I’ve been holding my breath. Here’s the honest part. I Know I Need More As much as I love my current client, one client doesn’t cover everything. I need more work. I know that. I feel that. There are financial goals ...
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Leading with Grit, Grace, And Big Girl Panties

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Leading with Grit, Grace, And Big Girl Panties From Cop Aspirations to Leadership Confusion Let me take you back. Picture me, fresh-faced and full of ambition in the UK. I had it all figured out (or so I thought). I was going to join the police service— with the goal of moving into forensics, solving high-profile crimes, all while looking exceptionally professional in a perfectly pressed suit.  Sounds dreamy, right? Well, life had other plans, as it so often does. Fast forward a couple of years, and there I was, in the fast-paced world of financial services, heading up a sales team for a company, despite the small fact that I had failed maths. I know, the irony. If I couldn't count, then maybe I could sell the idea of counting. The subject I could barely pass in school—was now the foundation of my daily grind. Over the next years and the many different positions, I held, I seemed to find myself working for bosses who fit a familiar mold: Slightly chubby (sorry not sorry), ...
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The Time Management Puzzle: Balancing Clients, Focus, and My Inner Crit

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The Time Management Puzzle: Balancing Clients, Focus, and My Inner Critic (With JUST a Dash of Anxiety) As a newly (self-)appointed consultant, I pictured myself confidently managing my (modest) client base, brimming with purpose and poise. Reality check? Even with just a few clients, I’m mentally exhausted—juggling their needs feels like managing my kids’ extracurricular schedules. It turns out the challenge isn’t just managing the workload. No, no. That would be way too straightforward. Instead, it’s the mental gymnastics of leaping from one client’s strategy to the next, each with completely different expectations, timelines, and requests. One moment, I’m immersed in Client A’s long-term vision for 2030, and the next, I’m buried under Client B’s HR policies. It’s like trying to change gears in my 2012 Jeep—my brain’s gearbox might actually need oiling. And then there’s the whole time allocation dilemma. Can—or rather, should—I charge for all those back-and-forth emails? What about t...
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Starting a Consulting Business – The Rollercoaster of Freedom (With Extra Loops of Anxiety!)

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This is ME, Candice Grover, a consultant, right before realising that starting a consulting business means juggling clients, proposals, and imposter syndrome... and still thinking, 'How hard can it be?'" HA! Retrenched and at a Crossroads – What the Hell Now?! So there I was, sipping lukewarm coffee (which felt like a metaphor for my life at that moment), when I got the news: I was being retrenched. Yep, no job, no payslip, and absolutely NO clue what was next. Cue the emotional rollercoaster—complete with a few loops of “OH Shit, what now?!” On one hand, there was the lure of safety: brushing up my CV, hunting for another full-time gig, and jumping back into the glorious world of office politics, performance reviews, and meetings that absolutely could have been emails. On the other hand, there was this wild, nagging thought in the back of my head: “What if I start my own consulting business?” You know, something where I call the shots, set my own schedule, and finally sto...
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