Business Consulting

Prashant Goel | Founder | Imaginally Company

What is Business Consulting?

You may be curious about a Career in Business Consulting. Almost everyone seems to be talking about How to start a Career in Business Consulting, while one should first develop an understanding of What is a Career in Business Consulting. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Business Consulting from non professionals.

Founder Prashant Goel is an experienced professional with 14 years in Business Consulting. Founder Prashant Goel describes Business Consulting as:

A business consultant is a professional who works with clients on strategy, planning and problem solving, and helps clients develop business skills and knowledge.

How Founder Prashant Goel got into Business Consulting?

I did a Bachelors and Masters in Business Administration from the USA. I worked as a Management Consultant for four years in New York city before starting my own venture, Imaginally, that handles clients and projects across the globe. Since 2012, I have been managing consulting projects on a freelance basis.

Founder Prashant Goel's Talk on Business Consulting

Starts with what is:
1)	Business Consulting

Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Business Consulting, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Business Consulting. It details these topics within Education for Business Consulting:
2)	Business
3)	Mindfulness
4)	Creativity & Innovation
5)	Systems Thinking
6)	Psychology
7)	Management
8)	Organization Development

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Business Consulting depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It defines Skills in terms of following items for Business Consulting:
9)	Self-knowledge
10)	Communication
11)	Interpersonal
12)	Intuition
13)	Analytical
14)	Vision
15)	Problem-solving
16)	Presentation

It is important to get an understanding of the Positives of Business Consulting. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Business Consulting:
17)	Helping Others
18)	Shaping a Positive Direction
19)	Discovering Blind Spots
20)	Bringing Solutions
21)	Reframing Issues
22)	Seeing Interconnections

After a discussion on Positives, Challenges complete the caricature of Business Consulting:
23)	Managing Emotions
24)	Penetrating Issues
25)	Finding Common Ground
26)	Attracting Clients
27)	Pricing

In the final section of the Talk, Prashant Goel talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
28)	Business Consulting

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How to get into

Business Consulting?

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The 14 hour process, guided by a LifePage Career Advisor, will help you introspect and check whether your interest in Business Consulting is merely an infatuation or is it truly something you wish to do for the rest of your life.

Next, your Career Advisor will help you document how you can get into Business Consulting, what education and skills you need to succeed in Business Consulting, and what positives and challenges you will face in Business Consulting.

Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Business Consulting.

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Links for this Talk

Founder Prashant Goel's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/prashantgoel

LifePage Career Talk on Business Consulting

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/business-consulting

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20180228-0019

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xar4o9ocB08

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