This chapter notes that being a consultant has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that being out of one’s comfort zone facilitates self-reflection of one’s professional and personal...

This chapter notes that being a consultant has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that being out of one’s comfort zone facilitates self-reflection of one’s professional and personal assumptions and biases. The disadvantage is that consultants are assumed to be the experts and are not expected to self-reflect. As a professional trained in the U.S. who might also want to work in your field outside the U.S., how would you expect to reconcile this conflict? How would you respond to consultants who may not be willing to see the strengths of other cultures or even a local culture?