Consulting on the Inside
Walking the Line, Building Your Practice

Professionals from many different disciplines now serve as internal consultants to leaders, managers, and teams in their organizations. Their role is to help clients to achieve a specific outcome, desired by that client or the organization. The process of consulting always involves facilitating change; technical, organizational, or behavioral. An internal consultant’s ability to influence strategy, tactics, decisions and behavior is based both on expertise and relationships. Consulting on the inside requires walking a fine line between being an insider with knowledge of the culture and the business and an outsider with a more objective view and broad knowledge.

In this workshop, based on the book, Consulting on the Inside: A Practical Guide for Internal Consultants by Beverly Scott and B. Kim Barnes (ASTD Press, 2011), participants will develop a greater understanding of their role, the consulting process, and how to use specific skills and tools to create an effective and successful internal consulting practice.

Objectives and Outcomes

Participants will:

• Identify consulting roles that are the best fit for you and your organization
• Gain tips and approaches to building and developing your internal consulting practice
• Apply the Consulting Process Model to your own organization consulting initiatives
• Practice key behavioral skills that contribute to consulting success
• Assess your level of consulting mastery and establish clear development goals.

Who Should Participate?

Anyone with an internal consulting role and/or responsibilities in fields such as Human Resources, Finance, Strategy, Change Management, Internal Auditing, Information Technology, Organization Development, Human Factors, or Training and Development.

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Consulting on the Inside™ is a copyrighted program of Barnes & Conti Associates, Inc.