What I Do

So, I had my suspicions confirmed that most of my friends don't know what I do for a living. They know I don't work 8-5, I work for myself, and I am gone a lot. What I actually do when I'm gone is the unanswered question. It would be great if I could say "if I tell you, I will have to kill you", but my life just isn't that exciting. I am a management consultant. Generally speaking, that means that people (mostly government agencies) hire me to do those things that are outside of their normal activities such as strategic planning, training, becoming more efficient, etc. Two projects ago, I was working on a piece of a strategic plan that had to do with training and development of employees. The last project I did (finished it last week) was facilitating tabletop exercises for homeland security and then providing a report that gives recommendations on how the agency can improve its capabilities.My strengths are facilitating group discussion and interviewing people. And, also making suggestions for process improvement to gain efficiency. I enjoy the interaction pieces and communicating with people. I tend to get bored easily so new projects doing different things and meeting new people keeps me engaged. Right now, I am taking it slow this week to get caught up from the last six weeks of whirl wind travel. But, I will be back on the trail of new projects soon!

Note: This is a post I made in Summer 08 on myspace.