Consultants Development Institute

The Consultants Development Institute
- Provides very practical and accessible online courses,
- With highly experienced faculty,
- And ongoing peer support and accountabilities,
- To provide learners the core knowledge and skills
- To be successful in any consulting role – a role that involves advising, facilitating, training or coaching in for-profit, nonprofit or government organizations.
CDI’s learning platform uses a state-of-the-art, blended learning approach with resources that you can easily access at any time. You get instruction through concise, online videos – each packed with practical, step-by-step instructions. Short quizzes affirm your learning from each course.
Concurrently, you can frequently share questions, answers and resources with other learners and faculty in the facilitated, online discussion group. Faculty share frequent tips and have decades of experience in teaching consulting skills.
You access numerous step-by-step tools that you can immediately download to use and share with others. The videos specify when to use each tool during your consulting.
You also access a portal with 1000s of online, free, supplemental resources related to consulting. You use your private Learning Journal to document your ongoing learning and development.
We are open to collaborating with organizations, including to professionally develop their constituents and to host their curriculum related to consulting and its various roles. We invite you to explore our website, including about our organization, programs, services and support.
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