IT Management Consulting for Chief Information Officers
How CIO's can leverage and monetize their experience and expertise by becoming an IT management consultant!
Description
As a CIO...
Are you tired of the CIO "roller coaster" (average job tenure < 5 years)?
Do you want to have more control over your career?
Are you weary of navigating corporate politics?
Is most of your time spent "keeping the lights on" instead of solving new problems and addressing new challenges?
Are you worried about being able to land another CIO position?
There's a better alternative - IT management consulting!
After many years as a CIO myself, I decided to make the transition to consulting and I haven't looked back! As a consultant, you aren't subject to the whims (or politics) of any one company or boss in order to continue and expand your career - you are in charge of your own career! And, management consulting can allow you to leverage your experience and expertise across new industries. In fact, the variety and diversity of consulting engagements will almost always exceed what you would see in a typical corporate career. Consulting can also offer more flexible work arrangements than a full-time job. And, whatever role or project a consultant undertakes, they can expect to be well-compensated for their experience and expertise!
But the tradeoff (there's always a tradeoff, right?) is that you will need to learn some new skills in order to find and sell consulting work
This course series will provide the skills and tools you need to turn yourself into a successful IT management consultant
This course is for practitioners, and reflects my personal experience and learning
It is specific to CIO's and the challenges we face moving into consulting - this specific content isn't available anywhere else
It'll give you real-world pointers and insights, so you don't make the same mistakes I did
This course consists of 5 modules, with over 270 slides and 4+ hours of narrated video in total, plus an IT consulting toolkit to get you started.
What You Will Learn!
- Understanding the management consulting landscape, including size and scope of global market, type of consulting firms and engagements, and mindset differences
- Building your management consulting skillset, including branding & marketing, lead generation, networking and referrals, and lead qualification
- Creating your management consulting offering, including your consulting niche, target market, and value proposition, and developing a pricing strategy
- Launching your IT management consulting business, including legal considerations, discovery meetings, proposals, sales presentations, and executing engagements
- Sustaining your IT management consulting business, including client relationships, practice administration, developing repeat business and measuring performance
Who Should Attend!
- This course is for Chief Information Officers who want to take their career in a new direction by becoming successful IT management consultants