Consultancy Skills Programme
Analyse problems, create solutions, deliver change
This exciting programme is designed to help managers act as consultants – within their own department or organisation, or with external organisations they fund or support. It's also ideal for anyone keen to find out how to develop a career as a consultant.
For full details of the programme, including the outline of modules, download the latest version of the programme timetable.
Click here to download the quiz: 'How good would you be as a consultant?'
Programme dates
In the UK there are two opportunities to attend in London:
22-26 February 2010 (fully booked)
We are also running an adapted version of the programme in Belgium in partnership with Ethicom. The programme will run in two parts on 8-9 February and 2-4 March 2010. To find out more please contact Ethicom directly: +32 9 296 16 71, ilja@ethicom.be.
Read on to find out about:
=mc is the largest non-profit management consultancy in Europe, working with major charities from MSF to UNICEF and public bodies from OECD to the UK Cabinet Office. The programme is based on the one we use to develop our own consultants. It draws on some of the latest and most effective consultancy techniques in the commercial and not-for-profit world.
Before the programme we ask you to complete an online questionnaire to help us ensure the content meets your needs and those of the other participants.
Benefits:
- Increase your ability to analyse complex situations and then come up with viable and effective solutions
- Gain access to a set of toolkits in strategy, change and analysis to help identify key issues and then tackle them
- Discover approaches to ensure senior leadership and other stakeholders follow through your recommendations
Core Modules:
The programme is built around a number of key toolkits that a consultant needs to be effective:
- Consultancy methodology toolkit: identifying consultancy roles, stages of consultancy projects, clarifying customers and briefs
- Innovation toolkit: facilitating creativity, group problem-solving, =mc innovation value chain, techniques for promoting systematic innovation
- Strategy toolkit: identifying strategic issues, using tools like Ansoff and Boston analysis plus Porter's 5-forces
- Change toolkit: models for change, 5Cs of change, handling change responses, change frameworks including Kotter
- Communication toolkit: presenting ideas and results powerfully, influencing skills, overcoming objections, one-to-one and group communication
- Problem solving toolkit: rules for effective mind mapping, using mind maps to plan projects and prepare reports
- Financial analysis toolkit: key ratios, understanding financial statements, analysing data
- Facilitation toolkit: using 6 Thinking Hats and Action Shoes, Ishikawa analysis to diagnose problems
- Structure toolkit: identifying structure options, creating SBUs, evaluating the positives and negatives of different structure options
- Coaching toolkit: using the =mc coaching model, reviewing performance and giving effective and empowering feedback
Bonus sessions
In response to demand from participants we'll offer two bonus sessions outside of the core programme to coach and brief those interested in setting up their own consultancy. The content will be dependent on participants interests, but can include advice on getting started, pricing work and networking skills.
Learning approaches
The programmme offers a range of learning methodologies. You'll analyse challenging Harvard Business School case studies in small groups, tackle specific work-based problems by using fellow participants as consultants and participate in a live study, making recommendations for a real organisation.
Leading consultancy tutors
The programme has been designed and will be delivered by the following members of =mc's team:
| Dates | 17 - 22 May 2010 |
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| Duration | 5 days |
| Cost | £1,100 + VAT |
| Venue | London |
| Documentation | The =mc Consultancy Manual - an outstanding reference work for all aspects of consultancy. It covers all the ‘tool' clusters giving clear and simple explanations for their use. |
| Booking Info | * We're also running The Consultancy Skills Programme in Belgium in partnership with Ethicom. The programme will run in two parts on 8-9 February and 2-4 March 2010. To find out more please contact Ethicom directly: +32 9 296 16 71, ilja@ethicom.be *
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