Well, I'm thinking about trying consulting so I started to offer free consultations to get better at it - see my profile. I can't think of a lot of generic adv

Well, I'm thinking about trying consulting so I started to offer free consultations to get better at it - see my profile. I can't think of a lot of generic advise: Sure, people I've talked to over the last 13 months of doing this face more or less the same problems, but how to best deal with them depends entirely on their situation, the people they work with and their own personality and skills. One of the most eye opening things I've learned about is Cynefin from Dave (!) Snowden - wish someone had told me about it when I just started. On the more generic side, I think the most important thing I wish someone told me is to not be _too_ humble, to trust my intuition and experience and be proud of my brand of management, not apologetic for not doing things the way somebody else read they're supposed to be done. Depending on your personality, I might as well recommend to be _more_ humble though - the balance is key for me.