The Need to Provide Global Consultancy Support and Training

Consultants, sometimes known as management consultants, assist companies in managing change and finding solutions to issues so they may run more successfully. To assist client businesses in enhancing their business performance, consultants provide advice and subject matter knowledge.

They might concentrate on supply chain management, operations, strategy, management, IT, finance, marketing, and human resources across various sectors and specialties. They might need to work on-site or frequently meet with representatives from client organizations since they deal directly with clients.

Typical duties include:

• Working closely with clients to comprehend their needs and agree on each consulting assignment’s parameters. Doing research, surveys, and interviews and analyzing data to acquire insights into the industry.
• weighing the benefits and drawbacks of certain tactics
• examining business issues and constructing various solutions
• Attending meetings, gathering information to update clients on progress, and presenting it verbally, graphically, and in writing. Making suggestions for improvement and delivering them to clients.
• Creating and implementing new guidelines or instructions to support the suggested modifications.

Consulting is known for involving long hours, which is often true, despite recent home-working arrangements. While you may not need to travel as much, projects can still be complex and deadlines tight, and colleagues may be in other time zones.

Typical employers of consultants include:

• international consultancy firms
• strategy consulting firms
• specialist consultancy firms in strategy, finance, HR, and IT.
• Small niche firms advise specific industries, such as healthcare or the public sector.

Key skills for consultants:

• Commercial awareness
• Good numerical skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Tact and persuasive ability
• Teamworking skills
• IT and presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Self-motivation
• Foreign language abilities can also be helpful

The individual from whom we were inspired to write this article is quite famous in the consultancy industry. We highly recommend our readers search more about him to understand this subject in detail and its value in all business areas. 

That individual is Michael Potter, an International Business Expert, TV Sports Analyst, Entrepreneur, Author, and Media Commentator. Across my Global network, he has met many well-known international personalities from the world of Business and Sports.

Potter holds an MBA and a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from the University of Liverpool and an MA in Organisational Analysis and Behaviour from the University of Lancaster. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD) and a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society of Arts)

In 2012, he appeared as a Guest of Honour at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Symposium in New Delhi. In addition, he was awarded the prestigious Dev Kusum International Fellowship Award at the India International Centre in recognition of his Global HR contribution and achievements.

Potter was a keynote speaker at the 40th IFTDO World Conference in Warsaw, Poland, in 2012, where he presented his paper titled Global People Paradigm – Shifting the Frontier of People Management. The report also introduced his new model for the future: The People Matrix Management Model.

Potter, who excelled at football and is a former Bolton Wanderers FC player, is a regular contributor as a Football Analyst to a wide range of African Radio -TV Platforms, including GTV Sports Plus, TV3, Kwesé Sports, Super Sports, Citi FM. Afri Radio, Joy FM, and the Gambia Radio & Television Service (GRTS). He has regularly appeared Live on these platforms covering various Global Football Competitions and Finals.

He has covered the following Competitions as a regular Live on-Air Football Pundit – FIFA World Cup – Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – Confederation Cup – UEFA European Championship – CAF Champions League – European Champions League – Europa League – English Premier League – Bundesliga – Serie A and La Liga.

He recently worked for GBC Ghana Broadcasting Corporation as part of their Football Pundit/Analyst Team, covering the 2022 FIFA World Cup coverage in Ghana, West Africa.