Course curriculum

    1. The Problem with Consultancy Leadership Training

    2. Introducing the Course

    3. Introducing Balanced Consultancy

    4. The 8 levers

    5. Download the Consultancy Leadership Masterclass Workbook

    1. Organisational Scale

    2. Organisation scale and characteristics

    3. Organisational Models

    4. Internal Consultancy Functions

    5. The Consultancy Employee Model

    6. Using Permanent and Contractor Employees

    7. Contractor Management Strategy

    8. What do Practices do?

    9. Exercise 1 - Organisational Structure - Scaling your Consultancy

    10. Lever 1 - The Contractor Ratio

    1. Introducing Consultancy Leadership

    2. The Three Levels of leadership

    3. Leader Competence Model

    1. The CxO-Roles

    2. Setting the Direction

    3. Michael Zipursky on Strategy

    4. Strategic Improvement

    5. Strategic Balance

    6. Exercise 2 - Executive Leadership

    7. Governance

    8. PWC and Governance Failure

    9. Operating Model

    10. Consultancy Processes by Function

    11. Representation

    12. Thinking about Exit

    13. Lever 2 - Strategic Activity

    1. Alignment with the Strategy

    2. Team Assembly - Key Roles

    3. Local Leadership Team Roles

    4. Key Considerations when appointing the team

    5. Forming the Delivery Team

    6. Senior Ratios and Leverage

    7. Lever 3 - Leverage Ratio

    8. Succession Planning

    9. Succession Planning Focus Areas

    10. Evangelisation and Communication

    11. Authority

    12. Modelling Leadership Behaviour

    13. Laura Empson talks Reluctant leader - Cass Business School

    14. Exercise 3 - Divisional Leadership

    1. Atmosphere and Culture

    2. "Aligning the Stars"

    3. Challenging the Plan and Adding Realism

    4. Workforce Planning

    5. Greg Alexander and Brian Saunders talking Workforce Planning

    6. Understanding Attrition in Consultancies

    7. Using Balanced Scorecard to Set Targets and Benchmarks

    8. Using Balanced KPIs

    9. Prof Joe O'Mahoney talks KPIs and Reporting

    10. Reporting and Meetings

    11. Consultancy Management Reports

    12. Coaching and Leadership Frameworks

    13. Exercise 4 - Balanced Scorecard

    14. Lever 4 - Key Performance Indicators

About this course

  • Free
  • 86 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content
  • Downloadable articles, checklists and templates
  • 100 page workbook
  • Quizzes