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We take your success personally.

Work for yourself, not by yourself.

The Network of Consulting Professionals is Australia's community for independent consultants with business experience. Proven methods, peers who have built what you are building, and support that lasts. Be part of something bigger.

Members of The NCP in discussion around a lunch table at the 2020 Convention
Members of The NCP in discussion around a lunch table at the 2020 Convention

Members in discussion, The NCP Convention 2020

Your expertise got you here. We help you build what comes next.

You are good at what you do. That is the asset on which everything is built.

Everything else changes. Your job came with a team to test your ideas, judgement you trusted, and the security of a structure.

Now you are building a practice, shaping your week, and opening conversations with prospective clients.

We have stood where you are standing, and there is a proven way forward. It is faster than the hard way: doing it solo. You can join The NCP at any stage of your independent practice, and be part of something bigger.

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Members at the monthly Forum, February 2025.

Peers. Methodology. Genuine support.

What sets us apart.

Peers

Peers

Bring a challenge and someone here has usually met it before.
Methodology

Methodology

Tested tools for finding work, structuring it and growing a practice.
genuine support

Genuine support

Relationships built over years with members who take each other's success personally.

See who is already in the room

Some will do what you do. Others bring what your client needs next.
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Pam Macdonald
HR
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Michael Boyens
AI strategy
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Cath Maguire
Digital marketing
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Kevin Lovewell
Business broking, business valuation
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Dr Ina Peukes
Environment
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Greg Bull
Operational excellence, frontline leadership
Portrait of Lisa Guglielmino
Lisa Guglielmino
Leadership, business development planning
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Bill McLellan
Business transformation
Meet our members

What membership delivers

Your business. Built to last.

Success Mentoring, the Business Board, and a way of working that has built practices before, so you get there sooner than you would alone.

Deliver more. Always.

A consultant's toolkit, and colleagues who will test your thinking before it reaches the client. The work goes out stronger than one person could make it.

Get found. Get chosen.

It is your name on the business card now. Members bring each other into their engagements, and we help clients find you: marketing support and a public directory.

Stay sharp. Stay ahead.

Breakfasts, online sessions, the Monthly Forum, and one-to-one conversations, at different times and places. Time to think alongside people who know the work.

Your people. Your peers.

Your old team stood behind you. So will this one — a flexible team around you when you need one. There is always someone glad to hear from you.

“‘We take your success personally’ is much more than a tagline. It expresses not just how our members work, but how they support each other. I’ve found the members of The NCP truly live up to this.”

Greg Bull, President

From our members.

“At our breakfasts, the discussions vary depending on who is around the table, and it is often the ad hoc conversations that lead to business opportunities, whether through referrals or joint projects.”

Michael Paterson, Local government tendering

“The most valuable aspect was accelerating my learning curve and helping me set solid foundations for my business. I was able to avoid many of the typical early-stage mistakes and build with more clarity and intention from the start.”

Dr Ina Peukes, Sustainability

“The NCP gives me a forum for knowledge sharing, analysis, collaborative partnerships and peer support. Online dialogue with Queensland & Victorian associates provides independent, informed, effective and practical perspectives.”

William Bass, Growth strategies

“Consultants are often the last to apply their own advice. The Success Mentoring Program gave me the outside perspective I give my clients. Ian challenges assumptions I’d stopped noticing.”

Dr Stefan Smith, Operations

“I needed trusted partners for my clients’ strategies. The network offered that and a lot more. I love the methodologies, the support and above all the insightful conversations that open my mind to new perspectives.”

Françoise Garnier, Strategic marketing

“Some of the people at our online breakfasts have been challenging my thinking for twenty years, and they still do. With only a handful of us, a conversation can go deeper than with a crowd.”

Michael Boyens, AI strategy

If this is the community you've been seeking,
we would like to meet you.

Members and guests seated at long tables at The NCP's tenth anniversary celebration, August 2025

Members and guests at The NCP's tenth anniversary celebration, August 2025.

Nine members on a Zoom call, giving a thumbs-up at The NCP Online

The NCP Online, August 2026.