Jacq Hackett Consulting Pty Ltd was established in 2000 and provides consulting services to NSW public health agencies.
Under the umbrella “Public Sector Consulting” Jacq provides training, support, and mentoring to public sector consultants who have recently started their business or people on the cusp of making the move.
Following an extensive career in public and community sector health agencies in NSW and SA, Jacq made the transition to consulting in 2000.
Jacq has a depth of understanding of the healthcare operating environment, government systems and processes, and the people, passion, and politics of the sector. She has an extensive portfolio of consulting projects under her belt and has worked on complex system challenges in major hospitals, community health settings, health bureaucracies, and the not-for-profit health sector.
Jacq is passionate about the delivery of high-quality, equitable, and affordable healthcare and contributing to making the Australian public health system the very best it can be. She understands its challenges and complexities and thrives in environments where critical thinking and insightful communication are needed.
Having earned her stripes as a veteran of public sector consulting, Jacq is now passionate about contributing to the development of the next generation of public sector consultants. Through her mentoring and training programs, she has supported hundreds of people who are in the process of transition or in their first years of consulting to reap the rewards of working for themselves.
Jacq’s book Consult invites you into the often closed shop of the consulting world. You’ll learn what you need to know to get you started on the right track, as well as practical tips and simple steps for developing your consulting expertise over time.
Learn How To Write Compelling Consulting Proposals That Win More Public Sector Projects.
Five video training sessions focusing on some of the essential building blocks of developing a successful public sector consultancy business.
Launchpad will prepare you to launch [or re-launch] your public sector consulting business by guiding you step by step through
The Masterclass series distils over two decades of consulting experience into the most comprehensive online training program available, tailored specifically for public sector consultants.
The Accelerator is an 8-week group mentoring program designed to teach you everything you need to know to start or grow a profitable, sustainable public sector consulting business. In the Accelerator, we focus on skill development, business development, and mindset development.
Fundamentally, I think that the best thing about the program was having access to you and your generosity in sharing all of your experience, but also your templates, your business IP, and your learnings and your insights. That was just so valuable.
The program showed me that mindset is terribly important. You can have all these professional skills that you’ve developed as an employee over many years, but the mindset work required when you transition to consulting deserves an equal or more even greater amount of time to all the other learning. You need to value it and do something about it so that you have the confidence to put yourself forward as a consultant and run your business.
It was very beneficial to have someone who was independent and could view the project with a critical and unbiased eye.
I was particularly impressed with Jacq’s efforts to understand the context, her ability to be flexible when project needs changed and her in depth analysis and understanding of the issues
Working with Jacq was a most rewarding and enjoyable experience. I could not have asked for a more committed, competent and agreeable person to work with. In recommending Jacq to other health service managers I would highlight her commitment and dedication to the task, her superlative report-writing skills and her tact at managing stakeholders.
Jacq is an extremely competent and focused consultant who delivered on all aspects of the project. In recommending Jacq to other health service managers I would highlight that she has very strong interpersonal and team skills, is focused, meets timelines, has excellent report writing skills, strong industry knowledge, and is very easy to work with.
The Accelerator was great value for money and a great investment. Thinking about making the investment can be a bit like thinking about doing boot camp – you think it might be good for you and you should probably do it one day. But I would say don’t put it off. Because like boot camp you think ‘why didn’t I do that a long time ago’. It’s also something that can set you apart from other consultants by adding another layer to your existing skills and experience.
The training modules are brilliant. It’s such an impressive effort to have distilled 20 years of experience as a public sector consultant into those modules. They step out very clearly the kinds of things you should be thinking about; tips for beginners; traps for new players; processes and frameworks you can use, not just to shape your thinking but to help you do what it is that you need to do in managing and delivering a project.
This course is a godsend! While I had full confidence in my experience and abilities gained from my (government) career, I had NO idea how to translate these into a profitable consultancy business. Jacq’s program provided everything I needed…it’s the best investment I made as I set up my business and I highly recommend it.
I joined the group as I know Jacq has a wealth of knowledge and experience in public sector consulting and I wanted to learn from that. I found the sessions really helpful and motivating and I gained practical tips that I can use as a consultant. If you have recently made that move, or if you’re thinking about making that leap, this program is definitely for you.