Get Started Consulting
Clarity Conversation
Private strategic evaluation | $2500 Investment
For high achieving women at a corporate inflection point.
You have arrived at Wickedly Smart Women® at a point of professional transition.
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation is a private, paid strategic assessment and advisory engagement designed for high achieving women discerning what comes next after corporate leadership and whether consulting is the right structure for that next chapter.
This is not an introductory call.
It is a focused, high-level conversation designed to determine strategic alignment and next-step clarity.
You are not here for motivation.
You are here because your experience may have positioned you to establish independent authority and determine whether consulting is the right strategic path forward.
You are here because something is shifting.
The real questions are:
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation exists to examine those questions deliberately and professionally.
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation is a private, paid strategic assessment and advisory engagement designed for high achieving women discerning what comes next after corporate leadership and whether consulting is the right structure for that next chapter.
This is not an introductory call.
It is a focused, high-level conversation designed to determine strategic alignment and next-step clarity.
You are not here for motivation.
You are here because your experience may have positioned you to establish independent authority and determine whether consulting is the right strategic path forward.
You are here because something is shifting.
The real questions are:
- Is it time to orchestrate your exit or begin preparing for it?
- Can your expertise realistically be translated into a viable consulting business?
- If so, how do you pursue it without compromising income, authority, or positioning?
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation exists to examine those questions deliberately and professionally.
What Comes After Corporate
This is a strategic evaluation of two decisions happening at once:
These decisions should not be improvised.
- Exit Strategy
Whether and how to transition out of corporate immediately, gradually, or in phases without destabilizing your financial or professional standing. - Consulting Viability
Whether building a high-value consulting business is strategically appropriate for you now, and what that would realistically require.
These decisions should not be improvised.
During this conversation we asses:
- Consulting Alignment
- Consulting Viability
- Timing
- Transition Readiness
- Decision Readiness
- Risks & Obstacles
- Strategic Next Steps
What This Conversation Is Designed To Do
This conversation is for you if:
- You are in, or approaching, a late-stage corporate role.
- You sense your tenure is closing or you are actively planning an exit.
- You are considering consulting or advisory work.
- You want to evaluate both exit and startup decisions together, not separately.
- You value precision over experimentation.
- You recognize that your expertise may extend beyond your current role and are considering how to formalize it as independent authority or consulting viability.
Who This Is For
During this private Clarity Conversation, we will:
- Clarify where you are in your corporate lifecycle.
- Evaluate timing and exit orchestration considerations.
- Examine whether consulting is strategically viable at your level.
- Examine how your expertise may translate into independent consulting authority and, where relevant, thought leadership.
- Identify risks that could undermine positioning, pricing, or transition timing.
- Determine the most appropriate next step based upon the assessment and findings.
What We Will Examine Together
The Smart Start Consultancy Blueprint & Build Experience™
The Smart Start Consultancy Blueprint & Build Experience™ is a structured, multi-phase engagement for high achieving women transitioning from corporate leadership into independent consulting authority.
It is designed to:
This is not a course, content access or an open-enrollment program.
For women evaluating whether consulting is the appropriate next chapter, the Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™ serves as the strategic assessment process through which fit, timing, viability, and next steps are evaluated.
When alignment is established and both parties determine that moving forward is appropriate, the participant may be invited to engage in the SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ or SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ & Build Experience™.
It is designed to:
- Establish strategic sequencing for exit and launch
- Architect your consulting business before public positioning
- Define your authority, model, and client structure deliberately
- Design and build the framework for your first high-value offer so it is market-ready
This is not a course, content access or an open-enrollment program.
For women evaluating whether consulting is the appropriate next chapter, the Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™ serves as the strategic assessment process through which fit, timing, viability, and next steps are evaluated.
When alignment is established and both parties determine that moving forward is appropriate, the participant may be invited to engage in the SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ or SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ & Build Experience™.
Should alignment be established and you choose to move forward following the assessment, your full $2,500 investment will be applied as a credit toward either the SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ or the SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ & Build Experience™.
This conversation is decision-focused and strategic, designed to assess fit on both sides.
This conversation is not:
Because you are at an inflection point, this conversation prevents two common errors:
The purpose is clarity before commitment and intelligent sequencing of what comes next.
This conversation is decision-focused and strategic, designed to assess fit on both sides.
This conversation is not:
- A coaching session
- A brainstorming call
- A free advisory consult
Because you are at an inflection point, this conversation prevents two common errors:
- Exiting prematurely without a viable second act
- Delaying action when conditions are already aligned
The purpose is clarity before commitment and intelligent sequencing of what comes next.
This is a $2,500 paid evaluation.
Engagement Terms
Included With The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™
Your participation includes:
This is more than a conversation. It is a structured strategic assessment designed to provide clarity regarding consulting viability, independent authority, and your most appropriate path forward.
- 75-Minute Private Strategic Assessment
- Recording
- Transcript
- Consulting Clarity Findings Summary
- Professional Recommendation
- $2,500 Credit Toward the SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ or SMART Start Consultancy Blueprint™ & Build Experience™ should you choose to engage
This is more than a conversation. It is a structured strategic assessment designed to provide clarity regarding consulting viability, independent authority, and your most appropriate path forward.
Wickedly Smart Women® supports high achieving women at the point where corporate leadership no longer represents their final chapter.
The brand is built around one core premise:
Professional exits and second-act consulting businesses should be designed deliberately not improvised.
Through strategic evaluation and structured engagement, we support women in translating decades of corporate authority into independent consulting leadership including, where appropriate, the development of independent thought leadership without diluting positioning, income, or influence.
The brand is built around one core premise:
Professional exits and second-act consulting businesses should be designed deliberately not improvised.
Through strategic evaluation and structured engagement, we support women in translating decades of corporate authority into independent consulting leadership including, where appropriate, the development of independent thought leadership without diluting positioning, income, or influence.
About Wickedly Smart Women®
Anjel B. Hartwell is an internationally recognized business advisor, media host, author, and strategic thought leader with more than four decades of experience across diverse industries.
Her work spans business strategy, consulting architecture, leadership evolution, and the translation of accumulated expertise into independent authority.
While her broader body of work extends well beyond corporate transition, she is particularly known for her ability to help high achieving professionals evaluate pivotal inflection points with clarity and precision especially when considering whether and how to convert corporate experience into high-value consulting leadership.
Her work spans business strategy, consulting architecture, leadership evolution, and the translation of accumulated expertise into independent authority.
While her broader body of work extends well beyond corporate transition, she is particularly known for her ability to help high achieving professionals evaluate pivotal inflection points with clarity and precision especially when considering whether and how to convert corporate experience into high-value consulting leadership.
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