Are you thinking of starting a consulting business but don’t know where to start to learn the business of consulting?
Do you want to use the skills you’ve cultivated and the knowledge you’ve gained in your previous career to help others?
Would you like to be in the top 10% of consultants in terms of earnings, best practices, professionalism and personal satisfaction?
If you are already a consultant, do you want to learn how to attract more clients, earn more money and have more time for yourself?
Would you like to learn proven strategies and tactics that will help you be a leader in your area of expertise?
Are you ready to find out what your value proposition is and develop a proven business model that will attract high quality clients in the public and private sectors?
Please note that applying does not guarantee your acceptance. Your one-on-one phone interview with one of our lead trainers will determine your eligibility for this elite opportunity.
Odyssey: The Business of Consulting ™ training program is a proprietary system, refined over twenty-five years, providing independent consulting practices and small consulting firms the processes, methodologies, and tools to operate successfully no matter where you are in the world.
We invite you to become an Odyssey Certified Consultant (OCC). We want to help you learn to transfer best practice theory, process and procedure to build, grow and transform both yourself and your consulting business, so that you become a leader in your field of expertise.
Odyssey Trusted Advisors typically create and run highly successful consulting businesses, attract better quality clients, earn more money and have more free time.
Learn the Business of Consulting
Sign up for Odyssey: The Business of Consulting ™
12 Week Intensive Training Program
Please note that applying does not guarantee your acceptance. Your one-on-one phone interview with one of our lead trainers will determine your eligibility for this elite opportunity.
You can have your own consulting business in as little as 12 weeks, by enrolling in our Odyssey - The Business of Consulting ™ Training program
The Odyssey Competent Consultant ™ Process (OCC) is a series of four Webinar Modules, 3 two-day intensive in-class programs combined with the work you do on your own, supported by personal coaching and facilitator support. The program is intended to teach, coach and equip participants with the basic tool kit to help them become a highly successful consultant.
We teach you how to apply the basic concepts, systems and methodologies of professional consulting. We give you the confidence to go out into the world and sell your services using the knowledge and skills you have already acquired in your past or present career.
We show you “The Competency Benchmark” for a Trusted Master Consultant. We then help you develop excellence in your practice, which will help you better understand of what separates the top 10% of consultants from the rest. The program wraps up with the four-day masterclass intensive, which provides a memorable conclusion where you and your business come together, officially launching your consulting practice.
We show you how to setup and structure your consulting practice; we explain the benefits of financial intelligence and business planning. We include setting up a fee structure, identifying clients and business opportunities as well as how to find consulting roles that are ideal for you, while helping you meet the goals of your business plan.
Please note that applying does not guarantee your acceptance. Your one-on-one phone interview with one of our lead trainers will determine your eligibility for this elite opportunity.
Running a consulting business is distinctly different from running a conventional business. Implementing best practice consulting processes and methodologies—across business models that are constantly changing— requires special skills, abilities, and capacities along with focus and persistence to deliver masterful results.
Odyssey: The Business of Consulting ™ is the result of 25 years dedicated to developing a system that gives independent consulting practices and small consulting firms the processes, methodologies and tools to operate successfully both locally and internationally.
The primary focus of this process is on marketing, selling, positioning, and building a profitable consulting business and business model. Our goal is to help individuals build a profitable and lucrative consulting practice along with a quality lifestyle.
Odyssey is a powerful journey to becoming a leading-edge practitioner. Our strategies have prompted hundreds of business leaders and consultants to rethink their approach and helped hundreds of individuals set up or improve their consulting practices.
Odyssey Program - Training Program Overview
Program Design Model to Fit the Learning Culture of Ottawa Based Consultants
Kick- Off Group Meeting – Zoom Webinar
Pre-work –Expressing Your Talent Level - Self Assessments
Weekend (one) - 2 Day Intensive
Training Program Weekend Intensive One – Introduction to Your Consulting Business
Day One Who Am I? “Clients buy you before they buy your services”
Introduction to Your Consulting Business - Setting up Your Consulting Business
Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
(Behaviors, Motivators, EQ, Competencies)
Sunday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Weekend (two) - Intensive
Saturday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
What Business Am I in?
What do I do? - Odyssey consulting methods, models and processes
"Developing a proven methodology to attract clients and to provide services to them"
Request for proposals
Service opportunities, partnerships, resources and getting hired by a professional services firm* placement agency
The Odyssey Process Consulting Model
Sunday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Day 2 Building Your Brand
Weekend (three) - 2 Day Intensive
Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Weekend Intensive Preparation for the Master Class
Sunday 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Master Class - Four Day Intensive
Four-Day Masterclass Intensive Putting It All Together
Theory to Practice, Hands-on Experience and Peer Review with Fellow Consultants
(“putting together the tools, models and processes to demonstrate professional competence”)
Day One
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Review of Where You Are
Day Two
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Homework
Business Model and Business Plan
Day Three (Overnight Hotel required)
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Final Business Model and Plan Presentations
Dinner
6:30 pm Odyssey Student Dinner and Discussion
Provided compliments of Odyssey Training Institute
Day Four
9:30 am - 2:30 pm (End of Classes)
Group Reflections
Upon Completion of the Course
Additional Programs
Odyssey: The Business of Consulting™ is the result of a focus over a 25-year period on how independent consulting practices and small consulting firms operate successfully in many parts of the world. The primary focus is on marketing, selling, positioning and building a profitable consulting business for the long-term.
Odyssey helps participants interested in consulting in areas such as organizational development, strategic thinking and planning, sales effectiveness, technology, community development, management, communications, marketing, innovation, security, recruitment, executive mentoring, leadership, coaching, team building, change management, career development and more. Let us help you find your passion.
Odyssey facilitates your growth through the critical levels of business from being a Competent Consultant to becoming a Trusted Advisor and respected Master Practitioner in your profession. Odyssey commits to serving and facilitating the achievement of the participants’ specific objectives and personal visions for success.
Information Sessions will be held via Zoom at 7:00 pm
March 16th and March 20th 2022
April 13 and April 27th 2022
May 4th and May 18th 2022
For more information and pricing contact kenselt@sympatico.ca.
Please note that applying does not guarantee your acceptance. Your one-on-one phone interview with one of our lead trainers will determine your eligibility for this elite opportunity.
We will contact you within 24 hours to answer any of your questions. We will the phone number provided in this form.
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