What actually happens in a thirty minute intro call

The free intro call has the same shape every time. Here is exactly what to expect, so nothing about it feels like a pitch.

People book the intro call with two worries. The first is that they will be sold something. The second is that they should have prepared. Both are understandable, and both are unnecessary, so let me describe exactly what happens.

The first five minutes

We introduce ourselves as people, not as roles. Where you are based, what your week looks like, why this conversation is happening now rather than six months ago or six months from now. I say a little about how I got here, because I think you should know who you are talking to.

This part is short, but it is not filler. Transitions are personal, and a conversation about one has to start on a human footing or the rest of it will not work.

The middle fifteen minutes

This is the heart of the call, and mostly I am listening.

I will ask where you are stuck. Not where you want to go, not yet, but where the ground is actually giving way. Then what you have already tried, because you have almost certainly tried things and I want to know what did not move.

Then the two questions that matter most. What would a good outcome look like for you, concretely, in a year? And what does it cost you, in energy, in confidence, in time, to stay where you are?

You will probably hear yourself say something you had not put into words before. That happens in most calls, and it is the reason the call exists.

The last ten minutes

Now, and only now, I tell you what I think.

If I believe I can help, I recommend one program and explain why that one and not the other two. I tell you what it includes, how the sessions work, and what it costs. I do not present a menu and wait for you to choose, because you came for a recommendation, not a catalogue.

If I do not think I am the right person, I say so, and where I can I suggest who might be.

Either way, we agree a date by which you will decide. Not on the call. Nobody should make a decision like this in the last two minutes of a video conversation.

What you do not need to do

You do not need to prepare a document. If you have a current CV or LinkedIn profile and want to share it, that can help me listen more precisely, but the conversation works without it.

You do not need to know what you want. Many people book the call precisely because they do not, and that is a perfectly good reason.

You do not need to decide anything on the day.

Why it is free

Because the fit matters more than the sale. If we work together, it will be for several months, in conversations that go quite deep. Both of us should want that, and thirty minutes is the honest way to find out.

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