Consultancy skills

Consultants face a tough challenge. Their role is often to explore issues, examine implications and provide advice. Ensuring this advice is listened to and acted on can be more problematic. Whilst technical issues can be quite straightforward, managing the relationships with the people involved can be testing.

On this course we help you to explore the tools, skills and knowledge that help develop and define consultancy abilities. Learners will be able to deliver more effective advice, with greater confidence. This is driven by a demanding assignment and additional tasks, during which learners are reviewed against key criteria.

This is designed for anyone who undertakes consulting assignments, internally or externally, wishing to develop their consultancy style. It is also ideal for training professionals building strategic relationships with clients.
Throughout the course we will discuss and apply techniques to outlines of current and future consultancy projects which individuals have experienced.


This course helps learners to:

• Understand the consultancy process
• Build relationships with clients
• Use appropriate styles of intervention as and when required
• Give honest feedback
• Gain commitment from clients to undertake the consultancy
• Achieve genuine business improvements from the assignment

Throughout this highly interactive course there are opportunities to practice and test the skills you are learning.

• Undertanding consultancy
• The ''Consultancy Process''
• Different consultancy styles
• The importance of effective interpersonal skills
• Presenting proposals effectively
• The consultancy toolkit
• The differences between internal and external consultancy
• Using practical case studies, you''ll develop a brief, prepare recommendations and present back to a ''client.''

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