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The Six-Figure Public Health Consultant Quiz

You're the
Consultant CEO.

"You're a Consultant CEO — it's time to scale sustainably."

You've already proven yourself. Contracts on the books, relationships built, real impact delivered. The next stretch isn't more hustle — it's smarter scale. Earning more without burning out. Hiring help. Bidding on million-dollar primes. Stepping into the CEO role you've already been doing without the title.

Your profile, decoded

What being a Consultant CEO actually means.

Where you stand

You're past every "can I do this?" question. You've already built something real — multiple contracts, established relationships, a business that pays you. The work now is different. It's about scale, not start. Systems, not hustle. Stepping into the CEO seat instead of being the operator, salesperson, and delivery team all at once.

Consultant CEOs are the public health pros who have already built a real consulting business — and now feel the ceiling of doing it solo. The next stretch is sustainable scale: bigger contracts, bigger teams, and the CEO posture that wins six- and seven-figure work. Below is what's working in your favor, what's keeping you stuck in the operator seat, and what unlocks the next level.

Your strengths

You've built something real.

  • Multiple contracts, repeat clients, a reputation that travels.
  • Revenue is real and recurring — not a side project anymore.
  • You can charge premium rates because the outcomes back it up.
What's holding you back

You're still the bottleneck.

  • Every contract still runs through you — sales, delivery, finance, all of it.
  • No team or subcontractor bench when bigger contracts show up.
  • Burnout is creeping in. The next level can't be built on more of your hours.
The unlock

Step into the CEO seat.

  • Build the systems so the business doesn't break without you.
  • Position for primes and six-figure RFPs — not just direct work.
  • Get in the room with other Consultant CEOs — inside the CEO Circle.
Do these this week

Four tangible exercises to step into the CEO seat.

You don't need another tactics workshop. You need to start operating like the leader of the business you've already built. These four exercises move you from operator to CEO — and they pair directly with the videos and CEO Circle below.

01
30 minutes · today

Audit what only you can do.

Make three columns: Only I can do this · I should be doing this for now · Someone else can do this. Dump every recurring task in your business into the right column.

You're looking for: the column-three tasks that still live on your plate. Those are the first to delegate, automate, or systemize.
02
20 minutes · this week

Define your "next-level" client.

Your current ceiling is set by who you're selling to. Write a one-paragraph profile of the bigger client you want next — budget tier, decision-maker title, the kind of RFP they put out.

Bring this to the CEO Circle — the room will tell you exactly how to position for that client.
03
25 minutes · this week

Build your collaborator bench.

List the five people you'd subcontract to tomorrow if a six-figure contract landed. Reach out to two of them this week with a heads-up: "I'm building capacity — are you open to project work next quarter?"

Why it matters: Primes don't bid solo. Building your bench before the contract shows up is what lets you say yes when it does.
04
10 minutes · ongoing

Time-block your CEO hours.

Put three hours on your calendar every week labeled "CEO time." That's when you do pipeline, partnerships, hiring, and strategy — not delivery, not Slack. Same time, every week, non-negotiable.

The truth: If you don't make CEO time, you stay the bottleneck. Forever.
Start here

Two videos on stepping into the CEO seat.

Before you take any other action, watch these. They're the foundation for everything we do inside the CEO Circle — and the fastest way to start operating like the leader of the business you've already built.

Where Consultant CEOs go next

Two rooms
built for your stage.

You're past the workshops. The next level isn't taught — it's built in a room with other Consultant CEOs scaling alongside you, and with access to the contracts only insiders see. Two doors, one membership.

Dr. Desiree Strickland, founder of The Public Health Club
A note from Dr. Des

You're not building more — you're building differently.

I know what this stage looks like, because I've lived it. You've crossed every milestone you set for yourself: the first contract, the consistent pipeline, the income that finally feels real. And then you hit a different kind of wall — the one where doing more of what got you here is exactly what's burning you out.

The shift you need now isn't tactics. It's becoming the CEO of the practice you've already built. Watch the two videos above, then come into the rooms below: the CEO Circle for the strategy, the Club for the RFP list that lets you fill the calendar on your terms.

Dr. Des
Founder · The Public Health Club
Public Health Club members at a community event
Members get the contracts

The RFP list is inside the Club.

The single biggest thing Consultant CEOs miss when they stay outside the Club: the weekly RFP list. Vetted public health contract opportunities, refreshed every week, that won't show up on a job board. Plus a community of 900+ public health consultants already bidding alongside you — the same room the CEO Circle is built on top of.

  • 900+Members
  • WeeklyRFP list refresh
  • $40K+Avg. member contract
JOIN THE CLUB · ACCESS THE RFPs CEO Circle waitlist