Hello fish friends! I have 10 years of OCM experience, and have started to wonder about career paths outside of consulting. Any insights into what might be a logical transition?

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Someone should have told me sooner...

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A lot of bigger companies tend to have internal OCM teams of ex consultants! Was on one as an intern a while back

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Marketing or HR. That’s really it

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echo what SC1 said. if you wanna leave consulting one of the few exit options is to join a large firm that has an internal OCM team (mostly under HR) or comms team

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