Consultancy in Practice: Skills Evaluation and Action Plan

BM562
Consultancy in
Practice
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Action Plan for skill gaps.......................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
LinkedIn profile......................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................11
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................12
Job advertisement.................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
The process of using expertise and knowledge to provide advice to a client on a specific
area of expert understanding is defined as consultancy. The main aspect of consultancy which
aims to provide the most effective consultancy services is related to providing unbiased view to a
third party. This aspect of the consultancy services plays an important role in offering the most
valuable services to the clients. In addition to this focus on objectivity and unbiased practice
ensures that subjective thinking does not pose as a barrier to providing thee client best expertise
on a specific subject. The main aim of consultancy services is to provide expertise assistance to
organisations in areas which is not their core operation. The north-west London educational
group Regent group is the firm on which this report is based. The regency group consists of
Regent Independent College, Regent College Higher Education, Regent Learning Centre, Regent
Skills Training, Wembley English Academy, Regent Nursery, Burlington College, Regent
Leadership and Acorn House College. The present report provides skills evaluation and creation
of an action plan in response to any skill gaps identified in the skill evaluation. In addition to
this, suitability to seek graduate level job is also given in this report.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
After working as a part of the team to solve issues faced by the clients I have been able to
develop various skills which are helpful in gaining future employment opportunities. This project
of providing consultancy advice to the regent collage has helped me develop various kills which
are not only beneficial for my personal development but also beneficial in the case of
professional success in the occupation of my choice after completion of my education.
The skills developed by me after working with the group to provide solutions for their
issues are explained below:
Teamwork skills: As the project required to work in group, effective teamwork skills
formed the core of this project. I have been able to further develop teamwork skills with the help
of this project. I collaborated and maintained regular communication with various members of
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the group, in order to complete my project in an effective manner. I usually like working alone as
I find that individually people can produce better results in comparison to a group setting. By
working in the project I was able to understand the value of collaborating with other members of
the group as it increases the expertise and accuracy of the project. In addition to this I have
understood that by working in a group different barriers can be easily identified as each member
of the group looks at the problem with different perspectives.
Communication skills: Another skill gained as a result of this project was
communication skill. I was able to enhance both verbal and non-verbal skills after completion of
this project, this is because the project required me to effectively communicate my ideas to my
teammates and understand their viewpoints in order to use the knowledge to improve my
contribution to the project. In addition to this I was able to improve my non-verbal
communication skills as this project involved creation of my ideas in the format of a written
project. This helped me enhance my writing skills and create a written document which is
concise in manner and includes accurate information about the problems faced by the regent
group and the solutions my team was able to develop.
During the completion of the project absence of certain skills hindered me from giving
excelling contribution to the team which are provided below:
Problem solving skills: This skill is not my strong suit which hindered me from
enhancing my contribution to various group tasks. I relied on my teammates in order to come up
with solutions to various issues. This is because while evaluating various problems I found
difficulties in understanding role of external variables in affecting the solutions which I devised.
This is the reason why most of the solutions proposed by me were not used in the project. This
hindered my commitment to the team project and negatively affected my contribution in the
project. I need to develop this skill as problem solving skill is essential for developing out of the
box solutions for various problems. Development of this skill will help me gain success in my
academic and professional career.
Time management skills: I am able to effectively manage my work and deliver finished project
in time but when it comes to group setting the amount of work which needs to be done increases.
This affected my time management skills as I was not able to coordinate project tasks given to
me and working with other members of the team in timely manner. I was not able to finish my
parts early and review them to make further improvements as I do with my solo projects. This
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