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"During and following my time in PCT101 our practice found our focus clarified, our network expanded and with added capacity, our marketing strategy better resourced and strengthened, and our marketplace effectiveness increased. We are growing at breakneck speed."

Michael Magalsky, Founder & CEO @ infoVia

Upcoming Courses and Events

    • Thursday, September 14, 2023
    • Thursday, October 19, 2023
    • 6 sessions
    • Virtual through Zoom
    Register


    Join us by earning your Certified Process Consultant credential through the PCT 101 course today! 

    This concentrated, 6-week cohort is scheduled for September 14, 2023  - October 19, 2023 with each session taking place from 8:00am-10:00am CST on Thursdays. The cost of the course includes one year of Society for Process Consulting membership, and you will receive an email with your membership login instructions after registering for the course.

    • Are you currently a consultant looking to grow your practice, or new to the field and want to start a consulting practice? 
    • Do you prefer to help clients transform through a meaningful process and humble inquiry instead of a set product? 
    • Are you interested in furthering your professional development as a consultant?

    If your answer to any one of those questions is "yes," then PCT 101 is for you!

     

    PCT 101 Course Description

    PCT 101 is the first course of its kind that combines the tenets of process consulting as a vocation with the practical lessons of starting and/or building a consulting business.  The course is a student-centered, inquiry-based cooperative learning experience with a group of peers, facilitated by Lon L. Swartzentruber, the CEO and Managing Partner of Design Group International.

     

    Goal

    At the end of the course, each participant will be equipped to earn the Certified Process Consultant™ credential based on their knowledge of process consulting and development of a viable business plan.

     

    Learning Outcomes 

    • Session 1 – September 14, Understanding the Iterative Process
    • Sessions 2 and 3 – September 21, Understanding the Consultative Pipeline, Pricing and Negotiating a Consulting Agreement
    • Sessions 4 and 5 – September 28, Building Your Network for Long-term Success, Maintaining Brand Standards
    • Sessions 6-8 – October 5, Discovering Your Personal Brand, Using Social Media as a Business Builder, Filling Your Pipeline
    • Sessions 9 and 10 – October  12, Working Under a Specific Consulting Platform, Discovering the Consultative Ecosystem 
    • Sessions 11 and 12 – October 19, Ensuring Authenticity, Continuous Learning, Continuous Improvement, Planning Your Next Six Months

     

    Modality

    Each participant will actively engage through discovery, reading, reflection, group discussion, personal assignments and mentoring. Coursework is managed through the Society Membership portal with conference calls and video conferencing hosted by the course facilitator.  Two individual mentoring sessions with the facilitator are also included, via phone or video conferencing.


    We look forward to seeing you in PCT 101!

    Questions about the Society?

    Email [email protected]


    About the Facilitator

    Lon L. Swartzentruber is the CEO and Managing Partner of Design Group International. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in strategic planning, coaching, and organizational transformation. As a Process Consultant he has supported the leadership of over 150 Clients and their organizations.

    Through this work, Lon has walked alongside organizational leaders to help them articulate their vision. By taking a posture of listening, his service has helped them build consensus, obtain funding, and engage true and lasting change.

    Lon earned his B.A. in Business from Goshen College and MBA from George Mason University.

    He is a credentialed coach by the International Coach Federation, Executive Process Consultant credentialed by the Society for Process Consulting, and an Accredited Practitioner with iEQ9 Integrative Enneagram.


    • Monday, September 25, 2023
    • Monday, October 30, 2023
    • 6 sessions
    • Virtual through Zoom
    Register


    Earn your Certified Process Consultant credential through PCT 101 
    September 25 - October 30, 2023
    3 - 5 pm Eastern Time (2 - 4 pm Central Time)

    If you are a practitioner…

    • Exploring and discerning establishing a (process) consulting practice
    • On the threshold of growing and deepening your established practice
    • Who values curiosity, discovery, humble inquiry, powerful questions, walking alongside and being with your client(s)
    • Who always wants to grow and contribute
    • Who intuitively knows to listen, then help, while learning with their client, for the sake of their client’s flourishing

    …then this six-week course will help make plain and integrate the posture and tenets of process consulting as a vocational identity, with the practical lessons of starting and/or advancing your established consulting practice.

    We gather once weekly for small and whole group discussion / integration. Participants prepare through reading / reflection, and personal assignments. All students receive two one on one mentoring sessions with me. Intensive? Yes!

    You will participate in an adult-learning, inquiry-based, cooperative learning cohort: sharing wisdom, expertise, and experience. Together we will dialogue with…

    • Session 1 – September 25: Understanding the Iterative Process
    • Sessions 2 and 3 – October 2: Understanding the Consultative Pipeline, Pricing and Negotiating a Consulting Agreement
    • Sessions 4 and 5 – October 9: Building Your Network for Long-term Success, Maintaining Brand Standards
    • Sessions 6-8 – October 16: Discovering Your Personal Brand, Using Social Media as a Business Builder, Filling Your Pipeline
    • Sessions 9 and 10 – October 23: Working Under a Specific Consulting Platform, Discovering the Consultative Ecosystem
    • Sessions 11 and 12 – October 30: Ensuring Authenticity, Continuous Learning, Continuous Improvement, Planning Your Next Six Months

    Coursework is managed through the Society Membership portal with conference calls and video conferencing on Zoom. At registration you will receive access to the course content and Arlen’s Zoom link. You will also receive a one-year membership in the Society for Process Consulting.

    I look forward to greeting you ahead of September 25th! 

    Until then… Peace.


    We look forward to seeing you in PCT 101!

    Questions about the Society?

    Email [email protected]

    About our Facilitator

    Arlen G. Vernava, EPC, is a Process Consultant. Arlen Helps You Live Into Your Vocation… his focus: faith-based - ecumenical / interfaith - leaders and their organizations. He serves as Education Team Lead and a Faculty member with the Interim Ministry Network; he imbeds with faith-based organizations as a Strategic Intentional Interim clergy; he helps faith-based leaders and organizations during times of significant change and transition. He coaches Interim practitioners, facilitates webinars, workshops, and mediation. He writes and publishes thought papers. He joined Design Group International as a Senior Consultant over a decade ago and has consulted vocationally since 1998..

    Read more about Arlen here

    • Thursday, October 12, 2023
    • 8:00 AM
    • Thursday, November 16, 2023
    • 10:00 AM
    • Virtual through Zoom
    Register


    How can we recognize a person who is excellent at Process Consulting? The quick response is:

    • Listening to the client rather than telling them what to do
    • Helping the client rather than doing so the client doesn’t have to take responsibility
    • Learning beside the client rather than regurgitating information that is already accessible

    Listening, Helping and Learning break down into twelve core competencies identified by the Standards and Ethics Committee of the Society for Process Consulting. 

    Professional Process Consultants cultivate these core competencies as they serve their clients. Even more,  the understanding and intentional cultivation of these twelve competencies distinguish a person as having completed advanced training and status in the Process Consulting profession.

    Anyone who wishes to have a consulting vocation marked by the craft of Process Consultation benefits from this career-transforming curriculum. Anyone who wishes to have better relationships with the consultants with whom they must work will find this well worth their investment. (Side note: registration includes one free year of Society membership! Read more about benefits of membership here.

    Course Description
    PCT 201 is the definitive course for the core competencies of Process Consulting, providing insight and practical application for Process Consultants and for anyone invested in making a consulting relationship work successfully.
    This concentrated, 6-week cohort is scheduled for October 12, 2023  -  November 16, 2023 with sessions taking place from 8 am-10 am CST on Thursdays. 

    The course is a student-centered, inquiry-based cooperative learning experience with a group of peers, facilitated by Dawn Graber, Senior Consultant with Design Group International, and Advanced Process Consultant.

    Goal
    At the end of the course, each participant will be equipped to earn the Advanced Process Consultant™ credential based on their completion of the course work and the certification assignment.*

    Learning Outcomes 

    Lessons 1 and 2 - October 12, Listening Actively and Comprehensively, Listening Conceptually and Contextually

    Lessons 3 and 4 - October 19, Listening Architecturally, Listening Adaptively

    Lessons 5 and 6 - October 26,  Helping (Client-Centered), Helping (Client-Owned and Inspired

    Lessons 7 and 8 - November 2, Helping (Client Specific), Helping (Client Success)

    Lessons 9 and 10 - November 9, Learning in Partnership, Learning Toward Wisdom

    Lessons 11 and 12 - November 16, Learning to Exchange, Learning Toward Posterity

    Modality
    Each participant will actively engage through discovery, reading, reflection, weekly group and dyad discussions, and brief written assignments. Coursework is managed through the Society Membership portal with conference calls and video conferencing hosted by the course facilitator. This course is delivered weekly across six weeks covering two sessions each week. 

    About the Facilitator

    Dawn Graber, ACC, APC is a Senior Consultant & Positive Intelligence Coach ® with Design Group International. Her areas of speciality include supporting and resourcing rising women leaders through cohorts and coaching, and targeted organizational curricular design and implementation for leadership and team development. Dawn couples her love of people and passion for helping others with her many years of leadership and learning experience in multicultural settings for the betterment of her clients' success. She is an avid believer in the benefit of "alongside partnership" with clients through the lens of helping, listening, and learning specific to process consulting.

    *PCT101 is a prerequisite to be granted the Advanced Credential, but these courses can be completed simultaneously or in reverse order. If you wish to participate in PCT 201 but have not yet completed PCT 101, you will have up to 18 months after completion of PCT 201 to take PCT 101 as well and earn your Advanced Process Consultant certification.

    We look forward to seeing you in PCT 201!

    Questions about the Society?

    Email [email protected]



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