WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO BE A WOMAN CONSULTANT OVER THE LAST 2 DECADES

Substantiates the author's response of ''paradoxical'' to the titular question through analysing key transcending issues in her consulting p ractice. Discusses each of the transcending issues cited in terms of e xpectation vis-a-vis experience in reality which led to resolution in development where differentiation and integration were managed. Catego rizes the movement as translative (morphostatic) movement within a hor izontal level or transformative (morphogenetic) movement between verti cal levels, and refers to all movement as a transition. The experience s noted form the basis for gender leadership in the consulting profess ion in a turbulent developmental time during the beginning of the para digm era shift.