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How Diligent Biz Dev Led to a Six-Figure Consulting Project

Successful Independent Consulting

It’s an 11-month project for one consultant: $320k in consulting fees and another $100k for travel expenses. April 2013: Joe reaches out to Jennifer about some consulting work. I have a need for an independent change management consultant in LA. Recently I helped a consultant land a $420,000 consulting contract.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business

After a general election that saw an Islamist-led coalition rise to power, the country witnessed two political assassinations in February and July 2013. This was the context when, on Christmas Day 2013, the then-designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity.

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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The Reinvention of NASA

Harvard Business

This means that the technologies necessary for successful space-faring, particularly human space travel beyond low earth orbit, cannot all be developed by a single organization. Space X carried out its first resupply mission in 2012 and Orbital Sciences in 2013. This model has changed NASA’s technology strategy.