Career Transition to OD consulting

I can see that it may be slow going here for a while. I was going to sit back and see what was posted first, but I will sieze the opportunity to start a new topic myself.

As I am currently beginning my transition into management consulting, I could use as much advice/counsel as possible. I am ten years post-doc from an APA-accredited clincal program. I have held administrative positions as the coordinator of a VA substance abuse treatment program and now as the Director of an APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Internship at a Private General Medical Hospital that is part of a large academic health care corporation. I am trying to develop some internal consulting contacts as well as some external contacts at other non-profits. My predicted strengths would probably in executive coaching and team building, but these are "predicted" because I have not done this before. The books I have read are already noted in an earlier posting.

What I would like to hear are any words of wisdom, suggestions for guiding my practice, marketing, etc. Thanks for your help!

David Shaw, Ph.D.

Allegheny General Hospital

Four Allegheny Center, 8th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

(412) 330-4340

dshaw@asri.edu

• Transitional Career to OD Response by L. John Mason, Ph.D., 9/22/96
  • Thanks for the feedback . . . by David Shaw (dshaw@asri.edu), 9/23/96
• My contribution by Carla deSouza, 10/6/96
• Reading Material by Dave Frederick, 10/7/96