School of Consulting

Are you:

• A consultant (Internal and external)
• A consultancy practice looking to operate more effectively.
• An individual looking to develop a career in consultancy
• An organisation looking to develop a consultancy approach to the way you operate
• A Manager (wanting to adopt a consultancy style)

Coaching for Change’s School of Consulting can help develop the key skills you need to advance your career or grow your business.

Our mission for the School of Consulting is to:

• Promote consultancy excellence
• Share and promote good practice
• Optimise operational capabilities

At the core of our approach is the development of a strong working relationship with our clients to enable us to help you reach the next level of growth and development.  We align the development of our consultants with the Chartered Management Institutes competency framework to ensure we always apply the latest thinking and best practice to support the clients we work with.

The competency framework sets the standards for both you as an individual consultant and your organisation's training and development programme.

Our Consulting Toolkit helps you develop the key skills required of a consultant including:

• Operating as a consultant
• Stages in the consultancy cycle
• Problem solving
• Data collection and analysis
• Developing complelling proposals
• Presenting findings and recommendations
• Implementing change successfully
• Networking
• Influencing skills
• Marketing consultancy services
• Create a robust strategic plan
• Conduct a strategic planning project
• Identify your strategic options
• Manage your stakeholder effectively
• Increase your know-how with top management consulting tools

1. Introduction to Consulting
2. Essential Consulting Skills
3. Tools, Techniques and Methodologies
4. Delivery Cycle
5. Strategy Consulting
6. Building Reliance for Consultants
7. Pricing for Consultants
8. Stakeholder Management
9. Coaching Skills for Consultants
10. How to build your consulting Operating Plan 
11. Assignment Masterclasses
12. Starting your own Consultancy Practice

School of Consulting Clients 

Professional pathways for learners at all levels.

Qualifications provide you with invaluable knowledge and insights whilst boosting your marketability with clients and employers.  They are an endorsement of your commitment and capability to deliver added value in the workplace. Whether you are starting out, or an experienced professional looking for formal recognition, you will find Coaching For Change has the qualification for you.

Professional Consulting Qualifications

We offer Professional Consulting Qualifications at Level 5 and Level 7.  Our flexible approach means that you can choose the size of your qualification to suit your needs and the time commitment you can make at any given point.  So whether you want to complete a single module Award, a Certificate or a full Diploma we have something to help you.

Professional Consulting Level 5

Professional Consulting Level 7

Chartered Management Consultant (ChMC)

Created in Partnership with the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), The ChMC award is the only Chartered award for management consultants and sets and maintains the highest standards for the management consulting profession.

Chartered Management Consultant