A five‑minute module teaches new consultants how to build a clear issue tree from an ambiguous client problem. A senior associate demonstrates the process step by step on a whiteboard and then shows how to translate the structure into slides. A short self‑check helps learners identify overlapping branches.

A scenario places consultants in a steering committee meeting where an executive requests additional analysis. Participants choose how to respond—offer a phased option, trade scope across workstreams, or decline and seek approval. Each choice impacts the budget and team dynamics.

An assessment presents anonymized slide headlines and asks learners to arrange them into a logical storyline. Participants select the main point, organize supporting evidence, and remove irrelevant points, with immediate feedback on their choices.

A personalized learning path adapts to consultants’ progress over their first ninety days on a project. Initial modules focus on client etiquette, effective note‑taking, and writing clear updates. Later modules introduce quantitative modeling, accurate chart creation, storytelling techniques, workshop facilitation, and handing off work to clients. Refresher modules appear when knowledge checks indicate a need for review.

A performance support chatbot within collaboration tools and slide editors offers suggestions for stronger slide titles, effective frameworks, and workshop agendas based on the firm’s playbooks. It responds to user prompts with concise guidance and relevant examples.

An online role‑play pairs consultants with a skeptical interviewee. Participants practice opening the conversation, obtaining consent to record, and using reflective listening. They receive time‑stamped feedback and can review clips to refine their technique.

A compliance module addresses client confidentiality using real‑world scenarios such as elevator conversations, photos of whiteboards, and file naming conventions. It demonstrates how seemingly harmless actions can become a liability and explains how to sanitize work for different audiences. Completion is recorded for audit purposes.

A simulation recreates the final two weeks before a board presentation. Participants decide whether to refine the model further or finalize the narrative, whether to expand a pilot or focus on a subset, and see how these decisions affect team energy, sponsor patience, and board decision quality.

An upskilling module shows consultants how to synthesize large amounts of research into three key insights. It guides users through tagging quotes, organizing contradictory information, crafting clear messages, and provides a cheat sheet for quick reference.

In a team exercise, consultants analyze a sanitized profit and loss statement, customer interviews, and web analytics to uncover reasons for stalled growth. They debate possible explanations, perform quick checks, and formulate a testable hypothesis with guidance on common pitfalls.

A structured workshop helps clients undergoing transformation define a clear direction. In the morning, leaders discuss what needs to change; by lunch, they translate those ideas into three outcome statements, and by the end of the day, they create a week‑by‑week plan on a single page.

A gamified exercise divides participants into teams and gives each team the same problem to solve using different frameworks. After discussing their initial approach, teams swap frameworks and reconsider the problem, earning points for clear insights and practical next steps.