What You'll Learn
Internal and external consultants alike rely on a variety of consulting tools to diagnose organizational problems and identify and evaluate potential solutions.
Designed for internal consultants with less than seven years of consulting experience, this offering 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 Consultant’s Toolkit teaches you analytic techniques that can be used in diverse settings, including small and large companies, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Note: For online sessions, all program content will be delivered live and will not be recorded.
Program Benefits
- Build a foundation of knowledge for success in a consulting role
- Gain an understanding of the consulting process
- Acquire essential consulting skills for contracting with clients, collecting, analyzing, and presenting data
- Learn consulting techniques in the areas of strategy formulation, market research, operations, performance management, and project management
- Learn how to engage more effectively with those consulting for your organization
- Earn a Certificate of Participation from the Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Topics Covered
- Overview of the consulting industry, trends, and the role of consultants
- Strategic frameworks for the consulting process
- Problem definition
- Discovery and data collection
- Recommendation and presentation
- Implementation
- Balanced scorecard
- Operational diagnostic tools
- Hypothesis trees
- Research methods
- Dealing with resistance
Who Should Enroll
If you currently work with consultants or would like to understand and use consulting tools and techniques within your organization, you will benefit from this program.
Those with less than seven years of consulting experience will likely discover additional tools to enhance your expanding toolkit. Participants with more than seven years of consulting experience may find the content too foundational.
This program is not recommended for consultants from the largest consulting firms. Those who work within small or medium-sized consulting firms, are an internal consultant with a company, or are independent consultants will find this offering most beneficial.
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July Schedule
Week 1
• The Consulting Industry Today
Week 2
• Defining the Problem
• Structuring and Solving the Problem
Week 3
• Essential Consulting Frameworks
• Persuading the Decisionmakers
Week 4
• Keys for Impactful Implementation
*This schedule is subject to change.
October Schedule
Day 1
• The Consulting Industry Today
• Defining the Problem
• Structuring and Solving the Problem
Day 2
• Essential Consulting Frameworks
• Persuading the Decisionmakers
• Keys for Impactful Implementation
Instructor
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Shawn O’Connor
Shawn has taught graduate business courses in management consulting, strategy, marketing, and business law at various universities, including Harvard where Shawn has won two Dean's Commendations for Distinguished Teaching Performance.
Instructor
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![Shawn O'Connor]()
Shawn O’Connor
Shawn has taught graduate business courses in management consulting, strategy, marketing, and business law at various universities, including Harvard where Shawn has won two Dean's Commendations for Distinguished Teaching Performance.
Expand Your Network
With participants from more than 100 different countries and a variety of industries, Harvard Professional Development Programs provide you the opportunity to gain fresh perspectives and unique insights as you learn alongside peers with similar roles who face like business challenges.
