Consulting Fundamentals
Consulting Fundamentals, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.15, with 79 lectures, 8 quizzes, based on 23 reviews, and has 143 subscribers.
You will learn about Understand the fundamentals of consultancy and consulting Be familiar with how consultants and consultancies create their strategy Know what it takes to be a career consultant Spend time on all the activities which all consultants perform Add real value to your engagements and for your clients This course is ideal for individuals who are Junior or less experienced consultants who need to understand what a consultant does and the big picture of how they fit in or Professional consultants who are involved across the lifecycle, either on their own or within a larger organisation, who want a wide-ranging refresher or to fill in gaps in their understanding or Consultancy leaders and owners of small and medium-sized consultancy firms, looking for a way of generating scalability, repeatability, and consistency in their team. It is particularly useful for Junior or less experienced consultants who need to understand what a consultant does and the big picture of how they fit in or Professional consultants who are involved across the lifecycle, either on their own or within a larger organisation, who want a wide-ranging refresher or to fill in gaps in their understanding or Consultancy leaders and owners of small and medium-sized consultancy firms, looking for a way of generating scalability, repeatability, and consistency in their team.
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Summary
Title: Consulting Fundamentals
Price: $44.99
Average Rating: 4.15
Number of Lectures: 79
Number of Quizzes: 8
Number of Published Lectures: 79
Number of Published Quizzes: 8
Number of Curriculum Items: 87
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 87
Original Price: $44.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- Understand the fundamentals of consultancy and consulting
- Be familiar with how consultants and consultancies create their strategy
- Know what it takes to be a career consultant
- Spend time on all the activities which all consultants perform
- Add real value to your engagements and for your clients
Who Should Attend
- Junior or less experienced consultants who need to understand what a consultant does and the big picture of how they fit in
- Professional consultants who are involved across the lifecycle, either on their own or within a larger organisation, who want a wide-ranging refresher or to fill in gaps in their understanding
- Consultancy leaders and owners of small and medium-sized consultancy firms, looking for a way of generating scalability, repeatability, and consistency in their team.
Target Audiences
- Junior or less experienced consultants who need to understand what a consultant does and the big picture of how they fit in
- Professional consultants who are involved across the lifecycle, either on their own or within a larger organisation, who want a wide-ranging refresher or to fill in gaps in their understanding
- Consultancy leaders and owners of small and medium-sized consultancy firms, looking for a way of generating scalability, repeatability, and consistency in their team.
97% of the worlds consultants are in small (<20 people) firms. These are regular people, who’ve struck out on their own or with a small group of others because they believe they have knowledge and capabilities that can help other business succeed and grow.
Often independently minded – they enjoy the technical challenges of what they do. Over time their love for their business grows their success and they become successful against their own very personal measures.
This is the truth for 97% of consultants
Its not all about the big firms, that’s not where the market is – it just seems that way. And in fact the large end of town is going through a moment of reckoning with significant focus on the ethics and money at all costs mentality that has been laide bare in books such as “When Mckinsey comes to Town and “The Big Con” .
It’s the small and medium consultancy market that many firms turn to and its this very same market which is growing faster than the top end. It’s a great place to be if you have the skills and confidence in your abilities, to make the leap.
And consultancy is less vulnerable to automation and Artificial Intelligence trends. Building relationships, communication, adding value and creative problem solving are all aspects of the role as a consultant that are difficult to commoditise. Consultancy will have a place, long into the future.
This course includes:
· The fundamental terms and underlying principles of consulting.
· How consultants build strategies for growth.
· The abilities and skills that consultants of all levels need in order to succeed.
· The 14 different activities that consultants perform.
· A section on the business of consulting, suitable for those who are part of (or are building) a larger organisation and want to understand how the organisation operates and make money.
· Quizzes at the end of every section
· Downloadable material and templates.
Whilst including theory elements, this course has pragmatic advice and processes, based on industry practices and my own experience of consulting then running consulting organisations over the past 20 years.
Finally, you receive A 45,000 word book called “The Consulting Fundamentals Guide” including all the information within the course, as well as exercises to challenge yourself.
If you invest in this course, I am sure you will find this time and money well spent!
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: What's Ahead
Chapter 2: The Consultant
Lecture 1: What is a Consultant?
Lecture 2: Common Elements in Consultancy
Lecture 3: Core Capability
Lecture 4: Consultant Position
Lecture 5: Roles Consultants Play
Lecture 6: Employment Structures
Lecture 7: Consultant Leverage
Lecture 8: Ways of Working
Chapter 3: Capability
Lecture 1: Introducing Capability
Lecture 2: Understanding Current Capability
Lecture 3: Capability Targets
Lecture 4: Developing Capability
Lecture 5: Demonstrating Credentials
Chapter 4: Services
Lecture 1: Introducing Services
Lecture 2: Service Strategy 1 Client Function
Lecture 3: Service Strategy 2 Delivery Method
Lecture 4: Service Strategy 3 Consultancy Function
Lecture 5: Other Service Strategies
Chapter 5: The Client
Lecture 1: Introducing Clients
Lecture 2: Client Roles
Lecture 3: Client Closeness
Lecture 4: Client Motivations and Fears
Lecture 5: Client Importance
Chapter 6: Strategy
Lecture 1: Introducing Strategy
Lecture 2: Purpose
Lecture 3: Values
Lecture 4: Vision and Goals
Lecture 5: Strategic Elements
Lecture 6: Balancing Strategic Elements
Lecture 7: Defining Strategic Activities
Lecture 8: Targets and Benchmarks
Lecture 9: Financial Targets
Lecture 10: Value Proposition
Lecture 11: Strategic Plan
Lecture 12: Communicating the Strategy
Chapter 7: Consultant Abilities
Lecture 1: Introducing Abilities
Lecture 2: Listening and Speaking
Lecture 3: Writing
Lecture 4: Preparing to Present
Lecture 5: Presentation Delivery
Lecture 6: Communication Styles
Lecture 7: Thinking Types
Lecture 8: Reframing Problems
Lecture 9: Adaptability and Boundaries
Lecture 10: Resilience
Lecture 11: Teamwork
Lecture 12: Collaboration
Lecture 13: Influence
Chapter 8: Consultant Activities
Lecture 1: Introduction to Activities
Lecture 2: Marketing
Lecture 3: Sales
Lecture 4: Client Meetings
Lecture 5: Contracting
Lecture 6: Analysing Requirements
Lecture 7: Designing Solutions
Lecture 8: Validating Solutions
Lecture 9: Engagement Initiation
Lecture 10: Solutions Delivery
Lecture 11: Engagement Ending
Lecture 12: Adding Value
Lecture 13: Client Management
Lecture 14: Customer Service
Lecture 15: Knowledge Management
Chapter 9: The Business of Consulting
Lecture 1: Introduction to the Business of Consulting
Lecture 2: Three Levels of Commercial Literacy
Lecture 3: How to be Commercially Centred
Lecture 4: Mapping the Client
Lecture 5: The Basics of Consultancy Finance 1 – Profit & Loss
Lecture 6: The Basics of Consultancy Finance 2 – Contract, Timesheet and Invoicing
Lecture 7: Leadership and Management
Lecture 8: Organisational Structure
Lecture 9: Talent Management
Lecture 10: Operational Management
Lecture 11: Business Enablement and Support
Lecture 12: Client and Account Management
Lecture 13: Business Development
Chapter 10: Bonus Lecture
Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture
Instructors
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Dan Minkin
Advisor to Professional Service Firms
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