5-day intensive bootcamp to learn how to structure and solve any problem like a Pro.

Understand the skills and talents required to be a successful consultant. This course, taught by a seasoned consultant, helps you accelerate your learning curve. You’ll learn five key issues every consultant must understand, and share insights online with course attendees.

Designed for internal consultants with less than seven years of consulting experience, the program explores the tools and essential consulting skills that prepare you to deliver more effective solutions to your clients. Through a combination of lecture, case discussion, and interactive group exercises,

The included Consultant is Toolkit teaches you analytic techniques that can be used in diverse settings, including small and large companies, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations.

  • Enhance the quality of your results while drastically saving time as well!
  • Apply the problem solving techniques used by top consulting firms such as McKinsey, BCG, Arthur D. Little, KPMG and Bain
  • Set-up a structured approach that paves the way for exceptional results in record time
  • Tame the information overflow and zoom in on the underlying root issues
  • Build bullet-proof models that give you reliable facts & figures
  • Build a PowerPoint presentation that tells a real story to convince and wow your audience

At the end of the course, you'll be able to:

  • Manage projects and deliver exceptional results in significantly less time than ever before.
  • Structure and break-down problems effectively
  • Build quantitative models
  • Convince management with powerful and to-the-point presentations.

Outline

Phase 01
Introduction

Let’s talk about you Personality Analysis and MBTI in action What is Consulting? Consultants as trusted advisor 10 commandments of consulting

Phase 02
Skills and foundation of consulting

Consultant success attributes Consulting skills Making the C-Level Building Consulting Relationships Building Rapport Active listening The Art of Questioning Handling objections Change management Networking – Raising your profilet.

Phase 03
Getting, Growing, and Keeping Clients

The consulting Funnel The Consultant Zone: From Leads to Clients The “Trust Equation” The Proposal The Contract Leveraging succes

Phase 04
The Way we Consult – Cracking any case

SUCCEED – Winning Engagements TEAM-FOCUS – The McKinsey Way 5x5 Framework FRAME (R) @Work Framing the problem Reframing the issues / Structuring the problem Analyze – Prioritize - Plan Management Buy-In Ensure proper closing of the project

Phase 05
Designing winning Decks – Present like a management Consultant

How NOT to create presentations Creating a logical flow Creating a persuasive and logical flow on: Inductive arguments Deductive arguments Creating a “Story board” Illustrating the story line Persuasive Presentations Presentation objective Making an impact Making your message stick Looking and sounding right Questions, objections and difficult audiences

Materials

Attendees will receive a PDF copy of the course content upon logging into the live session.

System Requirements

Here is what you need to participate in a web platform, self-paced, or instructor-led virtual Zoom course.

Registration Email

After course registration, you will receive an email with access instructions. If you do not, please check your email junk, spam, or clutter folders. If the email is not there, please training@z-strategi.com . For virtual ZOOM courses, you will receive another email 24 hours prior to the start of class containing additional access information.

Technical Requirements

Computer – PC or Macintosh High-speed internet connection Adobe Flash Player 10.3 or later Windows: Internet Explorer 8 or later, Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version) Mac: Safari 7 or later, Google Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version) For instructor-led virtual ZOOM courses, a headset in a designated room or space with no distractions (preferred) NOTE: Refer to product description for any additional system requirements.

Instructor

Dr Slim SAIDI, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering

Enrolment

A web-based, live, classroom-like instructor led experience allowing attendees to interact without traveling. Course includes online access to materials for a limited time. Some courses include an electronic book – see course description for details.