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Welcome to our Consulting Skills Development Dashboard.   

Explore best-practice consulting skills and behaviours: Professional Services Advisory Skills 

  • Read articles and research from trusted external sources, plus Openside insights.
  • Hear from clients, alumni and our team.
  • Try career pathways for transferrable skills and learning technology.

 

 

Consulting Skills Development Overview

Consulting skills underpin any role in professional services or industry. Our programme, developed over 30 years, offers comprehensive training from consultancy basics to advanced skills, enhancing client interactions, problem diagnosis, teamwork, and aligning with organizational values and is facilitated by experienced consulting practitioners. 

On this programme you will learn how to work better with clients, successfully diagnose problems and improve personal effectiveness within a team and how to apply the consulting process in line with your organisation’s culture and values. 

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Our Points of View

The Hidden Power of Knowledge Transfer in Consulting.

External Article: Harvard Business Review

Is Consulting the Right Career for You?

Development Programmes

Consulting Skills Development

External Article: Consultancy UK

Our Points of View

Why increased diagnoses of neurodivergence are a good thing for professional services firms

Vienna: Improvement Rates

 

Industry Report

Predicted Top 10 Skills of 2025 - by the World Economic Forum

  • Analytical thinking and innovation
  • Active learning and learning strategies
  • Complex problem-solving
  • Critical thinking and analysis
  • Creativity, originality and initiative
  • Leadership and social influence
  • Technology use, monitoring and control
  • Technology design and programming
  • Resilience, stress tolerance and flexibility
  • Reasoning, problem-solving and ideation
Source: Future of Jobs Report 2020, World Economic Forum

 

 

Learning Technology

Vienna from Openside Technology

Advisory Services

Aligning Development with Strategy

Client Story

Boosting productivity and performance by 17% through a strategic skills programme designed for immediate impact at a European consulting firm.

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