Professional L&D consulting skills
INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS
GRIST's Internal Consulting Skills Program for L&D professionals is a strategic training initiative designed to bolster the consulting abilities of Capability and Learning & Development Consultants within large organisations.
This program empowers these professionals to evolve into trusted, strategic partners for their internal stakeholders.
Participants understand how past experiences shape mindset and behaviours, utilise the trust equation to cultivate strong relationships, and build a shared understanding of stakeholders' needs. It provides tools for effectively communicating the value they bring, managing expectations, and crafting solutions that address pain points and deliver measurable results.
The program uniquely combines learning and development principles with strategic consulting skills.
Key components
The consultant mindset
Building trust
Understanding the client / stakeholder
Communicating value & gaining agreement
Creating effective solutions
Influencing without authority
Working with ambiguity
Personal effectiveness
Ask us how this program can be supported by AI-enabled learning
Program outcomes for participants
To develop internal Capability or L&D Consultants who can work alongside their partners to:
Enhances understanding of their stakeholders wants and needs
Skills to design effective capability building solutions
Improved ability to communicate the benefits of the solutions clearly
Mastery in building key relationships within the organisation
Expertise in delivering value to the business through learning solutions
Transformation into a trusted resource, invited to participate in business initiatives from the onset.
Program duration
Up to 3.5 days in face to face workshops, or
Up to 4 days in multiple virtual spaced and paced workshops, or
Leader-led implementation with support resources