Principles in Professional Consulting
Certificate-Series Details
4 to 5 hours
3 courses
Personalized Learning
$155 (US funds) to earn Certificate, unless otherwise arranged
The Necessary Foundations for Any Internal or External Consultant
A consultant is anyone in a role to support or guide a person, team or organization to change, but who has no direct authority to make that change happen. Thus, you are a consultant if you are a trainer, facilitator, coach or advisor. This self-paced Series gives you the practical knowledge and resources to understand the field of professional consulting, your role as an internal or external consultant, and what methods to use in your consulting and when. It explains how you can always work in a highly professional, safe and ethical manner, especially in highly diverse organizations undergoing tremendous change.
Learning Outcomes
- Determine what a professional consultant is and does
- Identify methods that you, as a professional consultant, can use and when
- Implement systematic methods and best practices during and at closure of consulting projects
- Establish positive, trusting relationships with internal and external clients
- Determine the key person to work with–who the real “client” is
- Identify how to work in a highly ethical and low-risk manner
- Expand your toolbox of effective approaches to problem solving
More specific learning objectives are itemized in each of the courses in this Series.
Tools & Resources
- Three Training Videos
- Pre and Post Assessments
- Learning Journal
- Sources for Additional Learning (recommended interactive exercise(s), book(s), discussion group and questions for reflection about the topic)
- Access to CDI’s Discussion and Networking Group
Downloadable Resources
From “Roles, Goals and Reasons in Consulting” Course
- Suggested Primary Goals and Working Assumptions for Consultants
- Types of Clients in Consulting Projects
- Organic Approach to Consulting
- Internal and External Consulting
- Comparison of Internal and External Consultants
From “Primary Methods—and Myths—in Consulting” Course
- How to Know When to Facilitate, Train or Coach
- Basic Guidelines for Effective Meeting Management
- Basic Guidelines for Effective Questioning
- How to Design Groups for Successful Facilitation
- How to Share Useful Advice
From “Standards, Principles and Risks in Consulting” Course
- How to Develop a Code of Ethics
- Principles for Effective Consulting
- Principles for Ethical Consulting
To Earn a Certificate in “Principles in Professional Consulting"
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How it Works: To Enroll & Get Started
Enrollment Instructions
Create your account. Go to CDI’s learning site. Read the brief “Welcome” section and click on “Create new account”.
Select a course or series. Click on CDI’s Catalog of Courses and Certificate-Series, and select the desired course or series.
Enroll. Click on “Enroll me” in the course or series. Use Paypal for major credit cards, or enter an enrollment key if you have one.
Log-in & Learning Instructions
Log in. If you are not already logged in, then log into CDI’s learning site, using your username and password.
Start your course. Click on your course in the upper right. (For a series, follow the specified order of courses.) In the course, follow “Start Here”.
Proceed at your own pace. Interact with others in the discussion group. For support, see CDI Help Center. Email us if you finished a Certificate.
Got a question? Want to talk to us?
Contact CDI at info@ConsultantsDevelopmentInstitute.org or its sponsoring organization, Authenticity Consulting, LLC, at (763) 971-8890.