The Path to Become a Consultant | Ben Armenta & Alejandro Sanoja | B2B Thought Leadership

In this episode, we discussed with Ben Armenta, CEO and President of Stalwart MC about the process, the obstacles and the experiences that have to do with enterprising in the consulting business.

Some of the topics we cover are:

- Welcome to our podcast (0:00:00)
- From teacher to CEO (0:01:26)
- What makes a good consultant? (0:03:09)
- The ""traditional"" path to becoming a consultant (0:05:59)
- Understanding the fear of taking risks and how to asses them  (0:10:12)
- Getting comfortable with discomfort (0:19:30)
- Dealing with ""the noise"" when making decisions and taking risks (0:24:04)
- When should we listen to our intuition? (0:31:00)
- Sharing your opinion and analyzing ""success factors"" (0:36:08)
- Milestones to become a thought leader (0:42:26)
- Being open minded to learn and listening to the client's expectations (0:48:14)
- Working on substance and form as a thought leader (0:52:20)
- What not to do when starting your consulting business (0:57:30)
And more!

About Ben Armenta:

Ben is an experienced business and IT consultant in the Greater Houston area. Since the early 2000's, he has worked to help organizations face their toughest challenges head on. Along with having led many large scale complex system projects, Ben has designed and led behavioral change strategies to drive step-change improvements for organizational effectiveness and enabling better customer experiences.

Ben guided numerous growth initiatives, business process transformations and change management efforts, promoting user adoption on both technology and business process engagements. He has operated as a local managing executive, successfully building practices and focusing multi-disciplinary teams to achieve shared outcomes.

Visit his website: https://www.stalwartmc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benarmenta/