Our approach

Run over four weeks, lessons are delivered face-to-face, live online and through self-paced modules. You have time to learn, reflect and apply while juggling your busy career and life. Every week your coaching clinic gives you access directly to your industry leader who will help you problem solve, navigate and overcome your challenges and hurdles. You will have homework! These exercises are not onerous but will embed your learning and give you the opportunity to practice, reflect and refine so that tips and tricks work for you, in your job!

You will learn to:

• Understand the different types of consultants • Identify your own strengths and style • Learn the basics to help you fit in, negotiate, manage and delegate • Manage a project from winning proposals, negotiating variations and managing budgets to scheduling tasks and deliverables • Excel in client relationships, expectations and how to create great clients • Work in teams, across teams and within teams drawn from different organisations •Master conflict resolution, letting go of perfectionism and getting and staying organised.

Coaching, assessment and homework

Every week your online coaching clinic will  help you embed your learning, answer any questions and problem-solve. These sessions are entirely open for you to make the best of the course content, the expertise of your coach and the experience of your peers. There are four assignments, two are due in Week 2 and two in Week 4. You will need to present or discuss your work during a live online session or at the final face-to-face. Assessment will be based on your satisfactory completion of all assignments and demonstration of you understanding the concepts.

Consulting 101 is skills-based, workplace training that sticks

Adult learning demands that you learn the concepts and have the opportunity to apply, practice and reflect in order for those skills to be embedded in your practice. Our course provides you with flexibility and the time to learn, reinforced by short homework assignments. Your weekly coaching clinic provides you the opportunity for tailored advice, support, coaching and mentoring during the course.

Meet Lucy!

I am Lucy and so happy to work with you as you embark on your career! I have been a successful consultant for 30 years and run my own consultancy business, so I know this industry inside and out.  In addition, I mentor many consultant business owners and young consultants so I get your world, the world of consulting and what you need to help you navigate it successfully. I am a qualified trainer and have a passion for working with people so I can't wait to share your journey with you!

Course curriculum

15 Chapters · 65 Lessons

  1. 1

    Welcome and course overview

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      Welcome to the course!

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Consulting 101 Workbook

  2. 2

    Module 1: The work and you - the basics

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      Welcome to Module 1!

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      What are your core values?

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      Self-awareness at work

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      How to ask for the feedback you really need

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      How to build confidence about showing vulnerability

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      Mindfulness resources to get you going

  3. 3

    Module 2: People skills

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      Welcome to Module 2!

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      Are you a good listener? HBR video

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      The Johari Window

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      Student review of first two modules of Consulting 101

  4. 4

    Module 3: Working with clients (and initiative and accountability)

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      Welcome to Module 3 - live online

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      Miro board for Module 3 exercises

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      Module 3 Live online - working with clients, initiative and accountability

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      Module 3 Clients, initiative and accountability quizz

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      10 examples of initiative

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      10 examples of accountability in the workplace

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      17 Actionable tips to get organised today

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      How to take initiative

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    Module 4: Consulting challenges: inception meeting, scope and variations

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      Welcome to Module 4

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      Miro Board for Module 4

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      Consulting 101: Module 4 live online

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      Example inception meeting checklist

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      Project management plan example

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    Module 5: Consulting challenge: winning work

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      Welcome to Module 5!

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      Module 5 Lesson (pre-recorded)

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      Module 5 Winning work quizz

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    Module 6: Consulting challenge: project management

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      Welcome to Module 6

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      Module 6 - project management (pre-recorded)

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      Module 6 Project Management Quizz

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    Module 7: Consulting challenge: prioritising

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      Welcome to Module 7

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      Module 7 - prioritising (pre-recorded)

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      Module 7 Prioritising - Quizz

  9. 9

    Module 8: Consulting challenges: 'Difficult' clients

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      Welcome to Module 8

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      Module 8 - 'Difficult' clients (pre-recorded)

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      Module 8 'Difficult' clients - Quizz

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    Module 9: Consulting challenge: difficult conversations

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      Welcome to Module 9

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      Module 9 - Difficult conversations (pre-recorded online)

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      Module 9: Difficult conversations quizz

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      13 tips for handling difficult conversations with tact

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      Strategies for difficult conversations at work

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      How to handle difficult conversations with grace

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      Rejection is like pain to the brain...

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    Module 10: Consulting challenge: conflict resolution

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      Welcome to Module 10

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      Module 10 - Conflict Resolution (pre-recorded online)

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      Module 10 Conflict resolution quizz

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      14 ways to approach conflict

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    Module 11: Consulting challenge: when a job goes wrong

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      Welcome to Module 11

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      Module 11 - When a job goes wrong (pre-recorded online)

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      Module 11 When a job goes wrong quizz

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      Resilience in the workplace

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      Roger Federer - you won't win every point

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    Module 12: Consulting challenge: - note-taking

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      Welcome to Module 12

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      Module 12 - notetaking (pre-recorded)

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      Module 12 Note taking Quizz

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      11 ideas for how to organise digital files

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      15 Awesome OneNote tips for better note-taking - video

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    Module 13: Consulting challenge: networking

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      Welcome to Module 13

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      Module 13 - Networking (pre-recorded online)

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      Module 13 Networking quizz

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      Authenticity at work

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      5 networking tips for introverts

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      How to make small talk with anyone

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    Module 14: Consolidating your skills and building confidence

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      Welcome to the final Module!

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