How do you gracefully exit a consulting firm?

Posted by Rowan 6 Comments

How do you gracefully exit a consulting firm when you have been a full time employee that has been consitently deployed for two years?

It is a relatively small but gowing market and all the players are known in most accounts. I wish to exit the firm and work for myself. However I don't want to alienate the accounts I have workled in and also be careful about the non-compete clause in the contract.

Go sit down with the owners/managers and explain why you need to leave, tell them that you very much appreciate the opportunity they have given you, and that you would like to keep the door open to them. You might be surprised at the reaction and help you will get. I have helped several former employees get started on their own and reemployed others as they and I found it beneficial.

I want to make a career in management consulting . I would like to get advice based on my short profile below?

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Rowan Shead based in Parramatta Sydney Australia I've been working in and with small businesses for 20 years I enjoy helping business to grow. I believe you should out think your competition rather than out spend them. My skills that I bring to the table, understanding how small business works. Copywriting - Direct Response, Technical Writing, White Papers Marketing - Strategic, Marketing that Work Selling - Creating Sales Process Internet - Google Adwords, Web 2.0, Optimising Websites, Setting Wordpress Blogs Project Management

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Scooter

Communication. Integrity. Legal review.
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Parabiosis

Quit being so nice and sensitive about it, and just be honest about it, which is where true biz integrity resides. State your exiting goals exactly as you have here in your post. You will be appreciated for your display of integrity and honesty.
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dickn2000

You can't!! You signed a non-competion clause… therefore I can't see how you can make a graceful exit. If you plan to compete in the same city, your problem is even more complicated.What is the length of the non-compete clause… the length of time you can't work in your field? You might get away with it if you move to another city, but if I were your employer I'd hound you until the non-compete clause had expired.
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sarayu

Thank the management what it has given it to you for the last two years and admit that the job is not giving the satisfaction, that it should give it you and you may seek other avenues for betterment. This if you give during the performance appraisal would be good.
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Mike T

Go sit down with the owners/managers and explain why you need to leave, tell them that you very much appreciate the opportunity they have given you, and that you would like to keep the door open to them. You might be surprised at the reaction and help you will get. I have helped several former employees get started on their own and reemployed others as they and I found it beneficial.
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keni

If you mean a Managment Consultancy like McKinsey or Boston, I don't think two years is long enough to have built the depth of experience to go it alone.

My own non-compete clause was just for clients that I was working with, not all business.
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