5-Day Live Challenge · April 27 to May 1

You Are Not the Problem.
Your Business Model Is.

In five days, I will show you how to design your Authority Offer: a short, intensive engagement that lets you go in, apply your deep expertise to create exceptional change, and step out as the obvious authority. Confidently, profitably, and on your terms.

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April 27 to May 1, 2026 12pm to 1pm ET Daily Live with Russell Raath
[Russell Headshot]
$65-75K
Per Engagement
30+
Years Consulting
6
Continents
Former Deloitte Consulting Harvard / John Kotter Partnership Bank of America (Financial Crisis) Multi-Billion Dollar Client Impact
80% of Solo Consulting Practices Fail
Within Two Years. Here Is Why.

Not because the people inside them are not talented. They fail because brilliant subject matter experts try to run a business on the same model that works for large firms. Long engagements. Hourly billing. Custom proposals for every prospect. That model requires teams, overhead, and institutional brand power. When a solo consultant adopts it, the result is predictable: feast or famine revenue, the acquisition-delivery paradox, isolation, and a growing suspicion that going independent was a mistake.

What you are living right now

  • The feast or famine cycle. Good months followed by silence. When you are delivering, marketing stops. When the engagement ends, the pipeline is empty.

  • Custom-building every engagement from scratch. No repeatable offer. Every new client means a new proposal, a new scope, a new price negotiation. You are selling your time, not a system.

  • Competing on price, not authority. Responding to RFPs, defending your rates, hoping to be selected. Positioned as a vendor when you know you should be positioned as an advisor.

  • Isolation and decision fatigue. No colleagues to test ideas. No feedback loop. Every strategic decision, from pricing to positioning, rests entirely on you.

  • Undercharging because you are unsure of your positioning. You know you deliver exceptional work. You just have not figured out how to articulate and price it in a way that reflects that value.

Where The Authority Offer takes you

  • Predictable, premium revenue from a repeatable engagement. The same offer, delivered multiple times per month, to different clients who seek you out.

  • A codified, proprietary methodology. Your expertise turned into a structured, 1 to 3 day intensive engagement that clients understand, value, and refer.

  • Five-figure fees that clients pay willingly. Because you are pricing on the value of the transformation, not the number of hours it takes to deliver it.

  • Short, decisive engagements that open doors. Go in, create exceptional change, get out. The kind of work that earns trust, generates referrals, and creates follow-on retainers.

  • A business that is simple, elegant, and emotionally sustainable. Fewer moving parts. More time in your zone of genius. A practice you can run for years without burning out.

What Is an Authority Offer?

It is the antidote to the broken consulting model. A short, intensive engagement built on your deepest expertise, designed to create visible, meaningful change for your client in days, not months.

A great consultant goes in, applies deep expertise to create exceptional change, and gets out. That is the Authority Offer.

Most consultants never turn their expertise into a structured, repeatable system. They sell "me and my brain" project by project, constantly reinventing proposals and scopes. The Authority Offer changes that. It is your codified method. The thing clients can understand, buy, and refer. It commands premium, five-figure fees while remaining ethical and sustainable.

This is what breaks the cycle of selling bespoke one-offs and creates a business with a spine.

Short and Decisive
A 1 to 3 day intensive engagement. No months-long retainers. No scope creep. Maximum impact in minimum time.
Premium and Ethical
Five-figure fees ($40K to $75K) priced on the value of the outcome, not hours worked. The better and faster you are, the more you earn.
Repeatable and Scalable
The same engagement delivered multiple times per month. A stable backbone that can be marketed, sold, and delivered again and again.
Five Days to Design the Engagement
That Changes Your Business.

Each day, we work live together. I open up exactly how I built a consulting practice that commands $65K to $75K per engagement, then guide you to build yours. You leave with a clear, actionable Authority Offer on the page.

Day 1
The Broken Model
My story and yours. We diagnose why the traditional consulting model is failing you and identify the foundation of your Authority Offer.
Day 2
Your Promise
Define the "change in a day" promise for your market. What is your expertise, what problem does a client face, how do you add exceptional value?
Day 3
Your Engagement
Architect your 1 to 3 day signature engagement. The structure, the flow, the deliverables, and the experience that makes clients say yes.
Day 4
Your Price and Your Path
Price your Authority Offer at $40K to $75K with confidence. Build your first outreach and conversion path to get in front of the right clients.
Day 5
Your Next Step
Everything comes together. Your Authority Offer is on the page. For those who want to go further, I share the path to work together.
[Russell Photo]

I built my Authority Offer. It is called The Ambition Playbook. This week, we start building yours.

I spent over a decade as President of the consulting division at Harvard's John Kotter partnership. Before that, I was at Deloitte Consulting. I helped lead Bank of America through the financial crisis. I have worked across six continents with leaders inside some of the most complex organizations in the world.

And then I went out on my own. And I experienced every single challenge you are facing right now. The feast and famine cycle. Custom-building every engagement. Competing for work instead of being sought out for it. The isolation. The self-doubt about pricing.

The solution was not working harder. It was building a proprietary system. I studied over 200 of the most ambitious leaders in history, codified what I found into a research-backed framework, and turned it into The Ambition Playbook. Today, organizations pay $65K to $75K for a single engagement. That is my Authority Offer.

The methodology I used to build my practice is the same methodology that will work for yours. Not so you can copy mine. So you can build your own.

$65-75K
Per Engagement
10+
Years at Harvard/Kotter
200+
Leaders Researched
30+
Years in Consulting
From Consultants Who Have Worked With Russell

"Russell helped me see that I was sitting on a goldmine of expertise but had no system to deliver it. Within weeks of working with him, I had a clear, premium offer that clients understood immediately."

[Name]

[Title, Company]

"I went from quoting hourly rates and chasing RFPs to commanding five-figure engagements that clients come to me for. The Authority Offer framework changed how I think about my entire business."

[Name]

[Title, Company]

"What Russell teaches is not theory. It is exactly what he does. Watching him deconstruct how he built The Ambition Playbook gave me the confidence and the structure to build my own."

[Name]

[Title, Company]

This Challenge Is Built for a Specific Person.

Not everyone. Not beginners. Not people looking for a quick hack. This is for experienced consultants who know they are capable of more and are ready to build the system to prove it.

This is for you if:
  • You have deep subject matter expertise, typically 10 or more years
  • You left a firm or corporate role to build your own practice
  • You are earning revenue but know you should be earning significantly more
  • You are tired of custom-building every engagement from scratch
  • You want to be known as the authority, not just another consultant on a shortlist
This is not for you if:
  • You are brand new to consulting with no client experience
  • You prefer long, embedded retainers and hourly billing
  • You are looking for a passive income scheme or side project
  • You are not willing to invest serious effort over five days
  • You want someone else's playbook instead of building your own
Five Days That Change How You
Think About Your Business.
General Admission
$200

One-time investment

  • Five live sessions (12pm to 1pm ET daily)
  • Daily action guides and worksheets
  • Lifetime access to all session recordings
  • Private community access during the challenge
  • Your Authority Offer outline by Day 5
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Creator Circle: 11am to 1pm ET daily (VIP hour + main session)
General Admission: 12pm to 1pm ET daily

Next challenge begins April 27, 2026. Spots are limited.

Before You Decide
Each day we meet live for 60 minutes (Creator Circle members join an additional VIP hour before the main session). I teach a specific component of designing your Authority Offer, drawing directly from how I built mine. You will have action items each day that build on each other. By Day 5, you will have a clear Authority Offer on the page, including your differentiation, your engagement structure, your pricing, and your path to clients.
This challenge is specifically designed for consultants who are already earning but know they are capable of significantly more. If you are custom-building every engagement, stuck in the acquisition-delivery paradox, or competing on price instead of authority, this will help you break through to the next level. The Authority Offer model is built for experienced professionals, not beginners.
No. I will teach you the methodology I used to build The Ambition Playbook so you can build your own proprietary system. You will see my framework as a case study and proof of concept, but the entire purpose is for you to develop your own intellectual property, your own approach, and your own premium offering. I built my blueprint. We are building yours.
Every session is recorded and available immediately after. You will get the most from attending live because you can ask questions and participate in real-time exercises. But the recordings and action guides ensure you can complete the work on your own schedule.
Yes. On Day 5, I will share two programs for consultants who want to continue building their practice with my direct involvement: The Ambitious Advisor Accelerator and The Ambitious Advisor Intensive. This is entirely optional and only for those who see the value and want to accelerate their progress. There is no pressure and no hard sell. You will need to submit a brief application to see the offer details.
General Admission gives you access to all five live sessions (12pm to 1pm ET), recordings, worksheets, and community. Creator Circle adds a daily VIP hour (11am to 12pm ET) where you work directly with me in a small group. You receive personal feedback on your Authority Offer as you design it, extended Q&A time, and hot-seat coaching. If you want direct input on what you are building, Creator Circle is the right choice.

I Built My Authority Offer.
It Is Called The Ambition Playbook.
This Week, We Start Building Yours.

Five days. One clear outcome: the blueprint for a consulting engagement that commands premium fees, positions you as the obvious authority, and creates a business you can sustain for years.

Join the Authority Offer Challenge →

April 27 to May 1, 2026. Limited spots available.