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® because you are at a point of professional transition. The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™ is a private, paid strategic assessment and advisory engagement designed for accomplished women who are 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, consulting viability, independent authority, 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.
This is not an introductory call. It is a focused, high-level conversation designed to determine strategic alignment, consulting viability, independent authority, 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 conversation is strategic, discerning, grounded in lived experience, and designed to assess fit on both sides. It is not a coaching call, a sales pitch, a brainstorming session, or a general advisory session.
During this conversation we assess:
- Consulting Alignment
- Consulting Viability
- Timing
- Transition Readiness
- Decision Readiness
- Risks & Obstacles
- Strategic Next Steps
What This Conversation Is Designed To Do
This conversation is designed for you if:
- You are in, or approaching, your final corporate role.
- You are discerning how to translate your leadership, expertise, and experience into independent work.
- You are asking: Can your expertise realistically be translated into a viable consulting business?
- You want clarity before committing time, energy, or capital in the wrong direction.
- You value structure, precision, and experienced guidance over trial and error.
Who This Is For
The SMART START Consultancy Blueprint & Build Experience™
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™.
The SMART START Consultancy Blueprint™ is the first phase. The Build Experience follows the Blueprint and is not sold independently.
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation does not obligate either party to proceed into SMART START.
The investment to apply for the Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™ is $2,500. This fee is non-refundable and reflects the level of discernment, preparation, and seniority this work requires.
The SMART START Consultancy Blueprint™ is the first phase. The Build Experience follows the Blueprint and is not sold independently.
The Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation does not obligate either party to proceed into SMART START.
The investment to apply for the Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™ is $2,500. This fee is non-refundable and reflects the level of discernment, preparation, and seniority this work requires.
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:
If you are ready to explore what comes after corporate with clarity, structure, and experienced guidance, this is the appropriate next move.
Apply for your Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™.
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
If you are ready to explore what comes after corporate with clarity, structure, and experienced guidance, this is the appropriate next move.
Apply for your Get Started Consulting Clarity Conversation™.
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® is a global brand supporting accomplished women as they transition from corporate success into independent consulting leadership. What began as a multi-award-winning, internationally ranked podcast has evolved into a strategic ecosystem for women who are ready to design what comes next with integrity, intelligence, and sustainable value.
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, multi-award-winning podcast host, best-selling author, and sought-after speaker with over 40 years of experience guiding visionary leaders. Her work supports women in clarifying direction, structuring high-value consulting models, and creating well-resourced lives aligned with their accumulated wisdom.
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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