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The Consulting Assignment Solution Framework

CPD Points 10
Event Start May 30, 2010 09:00 AM
Event End May 30, 2010 05:00 PM
Location River Rock Resort, Richmond BC

Description
A unique day of professional development for new and experienced consultants alike, with internationally recognized management consulting trainer Kevin Schwenker, FCMC.

Workshop Overview

This workshop will offer a hands-on opportunity to review and enhance your skills in approaching a consulting assignment and develop another arrow in your quiver of consulting tools and techniques – several arrows actually. Beginning with a review of the consulting process, this workshop will provide you with a detailed checklist of activities for each stage in a client assignment – from Entry through to Termination. Then, using a case study, you will work through the Solution Framework tool. It will teach you a technique for developing and delivering a solid diagnosis to clients. It will offer you an opportunity for new insights into key diagnostic, creativity and decision-making tools. Applying the Framework will provide you with working papers that back up your approach, your conclusions and your recommendations. And the design of the workshop encourages you to network and glean insights from other local professionals.

What you will learn in this Course

• The Solution Framework – an invaluable tool to structure the Diagnosis & Action Planning stages in a consulting process
• The importance of building a logical case to convince your client of your diagnosis and how to do that
• How to apply Creativity with your Experience to give your client confidence in the solutions you develop for them

What you will leave with

• Consulting tools and techniques that you can immediately apply in your practice
• A deeper understanding of the consulting process – the depth of process activities that a professional management consultant carries out
• More confidence in approaching consulting assignments

Speaker: Kevin Schwenker, FCMC

Kevin Schwenker, FCMC, principal of Schwenker & Associates, has been active in the fields of human resources development, strategic planning and marketing as a management consultant for over 20 years. He has led a wide range of multi-faceted consulting projects locally, nationally and internationally, for private, public and not-for-profit sector clients.

As a national trainer for CMC-Canada, he has taught hundreds of management consultants in introductory and advanced courses for the CMC designation since 1996. In 2001 he was part of the team that introduced the leading edge national program, The Essentials of Management Consulting, which he continues to deliver in North America and around the world, both over the internet and in co-located private workshops. Kevin also led the team which re-wrote the recently published “Management Consulting: An Introduction to the Methodologies, Tools and Techniques of the Profession”, part of the CMC-Canada Common Body of Knowledge.

In addition to his full time consulting activities, Kevin is a part-time instructor in the MBA program at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, in Halifax, Canada. He also teaches as an Adjunct Professor with the privately-held SMOT School of Management in Chennai, India. He has participated in and spoken at a number of International Management Consulting conferences in Europe, in such locations as Vienna, Prague, Bratislava and Milan.

Kevin was awarded his Fellow Certified Management Consultant by CMC-Atlantic Canada in 1999, previously having served as Chair of that Institute, and twice on the national board of the profession in Canada.
Additional Information

Cost

Advance preparation is required so you need to sign up ASAP. You will be sent an email with instructions.

Add-on with conference attendance:
• $325.00 plus GST

Workshop only:
• $395.00 plus GST
Includes all materials, handouts and lunch.

How to Register

As a Conference add on: please contact Darlene at 416-860-1515 ext. 4 and receive your pre-workship materials

Workshop alone:

Register here

Registration deadline is May 25, 2010.

Hotel Accommodations

The River Rock Resort Casino is providing 1 bedroom suites for the conference special rate of $159 plus taxes – single or double occupancy. Each room has a king or queen in the bedroom plus a pull-out queen in the living room. The price for each adult over two is an extra $25 per person per night.

To make your room reservation, please contact the River Rock Casino Resort directly at 604-247-8900 or 1-866-748-3718 or reserve on-line

Cancellation Policy

A full refund, less a $50 processing fee, will be issued for cancellations received in writing up to 5:00 pm on March 31, 2010. Cancellations received between March 31 and 5:00 pm EST April 30th will be subject to a 50% cancellation fee. There will be no refunds for cancellations received after April 30. Cancellations must be submitted in writing by e-mail or mail to Darlene Hoornstra at CMC-Canada dhoornstra@cmc-canada.ca.

No credits are given for late notices or “no-shows”.

If you have food allergies or other dietary restrictions, please email dhoornstra@cmc-canada.ca at least two business days prior to the event.