The course is ideally suited to new internal and external consultants and those who have recently started work as a consultant on a self-employed basis.

Within organisations more and more practitioners, including personnel managers, are being asked to act as ‘internal consultants’. At the same time, increasing numbers of individuals are deciding to leave corporate life and set up as ‘independent consultants’. Whether internal or external, employed or self-employed, operating successfully as a consultant requires a unique blend of practical and incisive skills. This course provides participants with those skills and the confidence to use them.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• appraise the current and future business climate and the implications for you as a consultant
• identify stages of the consulting cycle, the skills required at each stage and the personal development needs associated with any gaps
• apply interpersonal skills appropriate to you as a consultant
• identify a range of techniques for marketing yourself as a consultant
• appraise your own approach and style and identify a personal approach for relationship-building
• describe the range of styles and techniques available for consulting and have access to a wide range of tools
• formulate a strategy for growing your own consulting role and an action plan to progress corporate and personal issues confirmed in this workshop