Dear listers,
[Below is a letter I sent to two folks on the list privately, one of them
convinced me to post it. After giving it some thought I have posted it with
some minor edits.]
I have been very troubled recently by some thoughts and wanted to run them by
you (by the way, I would post th
My thought is that you are being hired for your expertise as a
consultant - not a manager. I do not think that having experience
managing in an organization is a prerequisite to being able to consult
and help an organization see the forest for the trees or, whatever.
Also, if you are highly skilled
Raffi and Don,
I think Don is spot on---you will know from the marketplace. While it is
not strictly necessary to have been a manager in order to do consulting, it is
useful to have had some experience "on the floor" as it were, whatever that
might be. Very young consultants have a credibility
te.edu] On Behalf Of Raffi
Aftandelian
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:47 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: getting started in consulting
Dear listers,
[Below is a letter I sent to two folks on the list privately, one of them
convinced me to post it. After giving it some thought I have poste
Raffi--
Your position in starting a consulting business is a lot better than mine
was, 20+ years ago. I had a couple of years work experience, counting summer
jobs, 15 years out of the work world being home with my four children. No
management experience outside my home. A degree in English,
From: Joelle Lyons Everett [mailto:jleshel...@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 5:03 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: Re: getting started in consulting
Raffi--
Your position in starting a consulting business is a lot better than mine
was, 20+ years ago. I had a couple of years
Dear Raffi,
this is my experience: I started as a consultant 14 years ago without any
idea of what I should expect (and what would be expected from me). After
one year I found somebody who gave me a first assignment (that was 1991 - I
was to go to Mongolia for 3 months; this was exciting). Startin
Dear colleagues,
Thank you much for your supportive and thoughtful replies (onlist and offlist)
regarding my recent post on getting started in consulting. It means so much to
me when I hear and see replies written from the heart.
There is that part of me that forgets that life does not simply
ftandelian
Skickat: den 23 juni 2004 21:19
Till: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Amne: Re: getting started in consulting
Dear colleagues,
Thank you much for your supportive and thoughtful replies (onlist and
offlist) regarding my recent post on getting started in consulting. It means
so much to me w
Raffi-- I am saddened by the deaths in your part of the world and can
only imagine the pain you are feeling. My healing energy thoughts are
with you. Best --BJ
On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at 12:19 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote:
On a sadder note, some of you may have read the recent news about t
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