ATD National Online, Consulting Skills Certificate

Learning professionals must demonstrate strong consulting skills to successfully guide their organizations toward optimal performance. Ensure your ability to practice the most effective behaviors and processes for internal consulting within your organization. Explore ATD’s 5-D model and practice 30 fundamental consulting competencies with tools that can be put to use on the job immediately.  External consultants will find that they will also benefit from the concepts covered in the course.

Collaborating in small groups, you’ll follow a case study from start to finish, apply skills to consulting scenarios, solve problems, role-play meetings, try out checklists, and make decisions just as consultants do every day. You’ll leave the program knowing your areas of strength and need, and will have the opportunity to create a personal development plan to become a better consultant. In a recent study, 100 percent of participants felt that the ATD Consulting Skills Certificate was a worthwhile investment, because it provided a practical model and structured approach to a consulting engagement, and empowered them to ask the right questions of their clients.

Why You Should Attend:

• Discover a model, techniques, and tools that you can use to consult with your clients and move from “order taker” to true business partner.
• Apply strategies for success, including working across organizational boundaries, providing feedback to senior leaders, and gaining buy-in.
• Evaluate your skills and identify your developmental needs as a consultant.

What to Expect:

• Pre-Work: Read an informative industry article titled "Successful Inside Consulting."
• Supplemental Resources:  This program includes tools and templates to help you apply what you learned on the job.
• Technical Requirements: The online version of this program is conducted in the WebEx Training Center. Special software is not required. You only need a standard web browser and telephone or VoIP capability to participate. There are no technical requirements for the face-to-face program.
• Online Courses Only:  During the online program, you will collaborate in “real time” with your facilitator and classmates via interactive group discussions, polls, chats, and whiteboards. In addition, you will have access to an online learning portal with discussion boards and program materials. 

This program consist of six live virtual instructor-led sessions, each from 1:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m. ET:

Session 1: February 12, 2016
Session 2: February 19, 2016
Session 3: February 26, 2016
Session 4: March 4, 2016
Session 5: March 11, 2016
Session 6: March 18, 2016

 Use chapter code at checkout: CH8028

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