Business Consulting Masterclass - Key Fundamentals & Skills
Everything you need to know about the techniques and skills of the big 4 consulting firms (incl. how to land the job).
What you will learn
Acquire an exhaustive set of consulting techniques taught by industry professionals with real-world experience.
Understand what business consulting is as well as what the role/job is of a business consultant.
Become the most valuable player on the team by applying skills such as effective teamplay, facilitation, leadership, negotiation, and teaching
Become an expert communicator by applying various skills such as verbal, non-verbal, written communication and active listening.
Understand the different types of subject matter experts that you will encounter such the industry expert, the solution expert, the methodology expert, etc.
Acquire multiple problem solving techniques such as creative thinking, conceptual thinking, decision-making, systems thinking, etc.
Understand key behavioral rules that every business consultant should apply 24/7.
Get a practical understanding of business consulting by going over real-world cases such as decision matrix, decision trees, workshop facilitation, and more.
Understand the real-life business consulting case interview processes and principles
Why take this course?
Imagine that you could acquire the fundamental skills and techniques from top business consulting firms such as Deloitte, EY, PWC, KPMG and Accenture without even having to work there!
Business consultants are the agents of change that guide organizations in their transformational journey. They form the link between high level strategic plans and the concrete implementations and are thus instrumental in the company's ability to transform successfully.
The average annual salary in the US for any type of business consultant in 2022 lies around 100K US dollars. Whilst the entry level salary lies at around 70K US dollars a year. This amount will however quickly increase as you gain more experience and become more specialized. The top 10% are earning more than 130K US dollar per year. (source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
This shows that business consultants are in high demand given companies need to change and adapt constantly if they want to thrive let alone survive in today's fast-paced and ever-changing world.
What will you acquire after following this learning program?
Business consulting profession: you will know what business consulting is, why it so important in today’s world and how it can be an accelerator for your career.
Skillset: you will gain a deep theoretical and practical understanding of the 5 core skillsets:
The most valuable player: teamplay, leadership, facilitation, negotiation and teaching.
The communicator: verbal communication, non-verbal communication, written communication and active listening.
The expert: industry expert, organization expert, user expert, solution expert and methodology expert.
The thinker: creative thinking, systems thinking, problem solving, conceptual thinking and decision thinking.
The good soldier: ethics, accountability, trustworthiness, organized & timely and flexibility.
Practical exercises: you will have access to some exercise in order to practice what you've learned.
Case in point: you will get insights on how the business consulting core skills can be applied in real-life cases;
Recruitment process: you will get insights into the recruitment process and how to best prepare for a job interview.
Other goodies:
The slides of the course which you can use at your own convenience.
Handouts and templates to help you in your day-to-day business consulting activities.
Access to an industry expert. In case you have questions feel free to contact me.
What makes this course different from the rest of the consulting courses out there?
Knowledgeable instructor (manager in big 4 consulting firm).
Main focus lies on "business consulting" whilst other consulting courses will often focus on "management consulting".
Our program covers all essential topics and skills required to excel as a top-tier business consultant.
The training is filled with practical examples and real-world cases to make things more tangible.
The training includes projects where you can apply the skills you learned and receive feedback from an industry expert.
Why should you consider a career as a business consultant?
There are 3 good reasons that could convince you: great content, great people and great rewards!
Great content:
You'll have a tangible impact on the company you work for, your colleagues and the end-customers.
You will be able to work with different teams that have totally different backgrounds.
You’ll have a lot of exposure to management and this already at the entry level.
A day never looks the same as you will constantly learn new things and do new things.
You will have skills that are endlessly re-usable which is quite handy to leverage later in your career.
You will benefit from a lot of freedom and independence on the job.
Great people:
You’ll most definitely meet many smart people and clients that will inspire you.
You will work as teams in some high pressure environments which is perfect for creating strong bonds.
It's a work hard, play hard kind of environment (but they "play hard" can be optional...).
Consultants have, in general, a mindset that's curious, improvement-oriented and critical thinking.
Great networking opportunities as ex-colleagues go on to taking key functions in large companies later.
Great rewards:
Good starting salary package, even at the entry-level.
Good growth opportunities as you go up the ranks.
Good exit opportunities when you make a move away from consulting towards the "industry".
High job security as there is high demand for business consultants on the job market.
Your turn now!
Do you want to boost your consulting career by learning the right core skills? Then this course has everything you need!
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