Individual consulting: A primer

Keep your clients happy, protect your reputation and make yourself some money. Maya Herrera suggests consultants make this their mantra.

Herrera - a writer, professor and actuary - embraces a sensible, straightforward and functional credo that has helped her become one of Manila’s highly regarded consultants.

To be clear: Consulting involves much more than jetting around the globe to trouble-shoot clients’ problems and network at fancy dinner parties. It requires lots of leg work, technical expertise and a willingness to assist others in the implementation of development projects.

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