Right on the heels of this week’s San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Top Women of Influence in Silicon Valley award,  I learned on Friday that I have been inducted into Alan Weiss’s Million Dollar Consultant Hall of Fame.

According to Alan, the criteria for induction include:

• Serving as an exemplar to others in the profession.
• The highest levels of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
• Revenue and profit achievement and growth.
• Contributions of intellectual capital to the profession.
• Continual, challenging, personal and professional development.
• Risk taking and resilience.

This award is shared with only the top leaders in consulting worldwide. This year’s seven inductees, Suzanne Bates, Seth Kahan, Pat Lynch, Katherine Radeka, Scott Simmonds, Phil Symchych and me, join 13 other existing members of the Hall of Fame. I am the only member with a focus on strategic marketing consulting.

It really is a privilege to be  recognized by Alan Weiss, the man who has written more books on consulting than anyone in the world and who has been called “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America.” Furthermore, it is an honor to be associated with the 19 other top professionals who share this distinction.

Thanks to my family, friends, colleagues and clients who have helped me get to this level.

Linda