How To Be A Consultant

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How To Be A Consultant, a programme for New and Aspiring Consultants. Benefit from the wisdom and expertise of experienced consultants to maximise your success in consultancy! This programme will be particularly valuable for new and aspiring consultants. It is a series of short, interactive, TED-style talks, where expert speakers discuss success factors with an audience that harnesses the wisdom of experienced consultants with the energy of newcomers. It is aimed at new entrants to the profession as well as experienced IT practitioners from all specialities who are considering a move into consultancy. We also encourage experienced consultants to join the audience and share their own thoughts, advice and experiences. This talk introduces the programme and tackles "Helping people to change". The full programme will cover: What’s different about being a consultant Using methods, tools & resources Helping people to change Being a consultant Interviews, fact-finding & evidence Managing projects & mixed teams Ethics & behaviours Analysis & problem solving Client relationships Selling your work Report writing Fees, commerciality, contracts & finance Creativity Presentation skills Quality & risk management Trust & influencing Solution design & buy-in Teams & relationships Thought leadership and reputation Getting decisions made & delivered Successful delivery and beyond The sessions are around 15-20 minutes of presentation with a further 10-15 minutes allowed for contributions from other experienced attendees and questions from the audience. Three topics are covered in each 90-minute event. Each segment will be edited and published as a video to provide a permanent, free resource. To draw upon a dispersed pool of expertise and offer this to a wide audience, the sessions use the Zoom conference format. Primary speakers and BCS hosts form a panel, but contributions from other experienced consultants are encouraged. About the speaker David Lightfoot MBCS CITP - Helping people to change David is the Chief Operating Officer of Fusion Global Business Services. He is an IT professional with 40 years’ experience across various Senior Management and Operational Management roles, having undertaken work in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, UK and USA. For the last 10 years he has been focused more within organisations who provide IT Services, being part of senior management teams across the organisations. People are fundamental to everything he does and he believes people are as important as any product or process. This event is brought to you by: BCS Consultancy Specialist Group