Part-time work at a consulting firm can provide management skills and connections outside academia.
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24 May 2016
A previous version of this story implied that The Consulting Club at the Texas Medical Center in Houston was run by the Texas Medical Center. The main text and box 1 have been corrected to reflect the fact that the club is in fact independent of the centre.
08 June 2016
An earlier version of this story erroneously called Michael Lang a co-founder of miLEAD. He was one of the first consultants, but did not help to found the company.
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Woolston, C. Non-profit work: Take my advice. Nature 532, 531–533 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7600-531a
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