MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Abilities

Vision & Goal Setting

Write one sentence describing the client impact you want to create, why does this matter for your long-term vision?

Break one business growth goal into three smaller milestones, focus on progress, not perfection.

Replace a vague client task with a specific outcome and deadline, make progress measurable.

Set a weekly checkpoint: “Am I moving toward my consulting vision or just completing tasks?”

Write one consulting goal on a sticky note and place it where you’ll see it daily.

Share your primary consulting goal with a peer, saying it aloud creates clarity and accountability.

Strategic Thinking

Take a client challenge and ask: “What long-term impact could solving this have?” Write one sentence today.

Block 15 minutes to map the ripple effects of one client decision, note who is affected now and later.

Before your next planning call, note the bigger picture, what’s truly at stake for your client’s future?

Ask yourself before a project: “What does success for this client look like in six months?”

Add a “so what?” column to your notes, challenge yourself to connect insight to client action.

Read a new industry article, extract one trend and ask how it could shape your clients in 12 months.

Innovation Management

Identify one recurring obstacle in your consulting work and brainstorm three fresh ways to reframe it.

Ask a peer consultant how they solved a similar problem, apply one lesson to your current work.

Spend 10 minutes sketching a draft tool or model for a client, no polish, just capture the concept.

Challenge yourself to ask in a session: “What if you didn’t…?”, see what new options emerge.

Use a random word generator, relate the word to a client challenge and explore new associations.

Add a new page to your resource doc: “Ideas We Haven’t Tried Yet”, list five fresh client options.

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