This is the recording from a recent Honeycomb Consulting Skills Training webinar. If you’d rather listen than watch, the audio can be accessed as a podcast through all major podcast apps instead. Just search ‘The Skilled Consultant podcast’.
Consultant development can be messy. Feedback can be patchy. Expectations can be vague. Promotions can feel arbitrary.
In this one-hour session, we introduce the Consultant Development System — a practical tool for supporting consultant development at every level. You’ll learn how to bring more clarity, consistency and stretch to your development conversations, whether you're building something new or refreshing what’s already in place.
What the session covers
✅ A clear structure for development
We walk through how to use the model to bring shape and depth to development conversations. It helps you pinpoint what someone is doing well now, where they’re stretching, and how they’re starting to outgrow their role so feedback becomes more specific and meaningful.
✅ The 5 common blockers
We name the five patterns that consistently get in the way of consultant development and explore how this model helps you avoid them.
✅ How the system fits in
You’ll see how this lens can work alongside your existing systems for feedback, support and promotion. We explore what happens when those systems are out of sync and how to bring them into alignment.
✅ Real-world use
We share how clients are using the model in practice — in 1:1s, mentoring conversations, and growth reviews.
Opportunity for insight
This webinar was a small-group session with space for questions, reflections, and spontaneous interaction. You’ll hear the concepts being explored in context, with practical examples and live responses. There’s a lot to learn from the conversation itself.
You’ll leave with:
A simple but powerful framework you can adapt to your firm.
A clearer sense of how to support people earlier, not just when they’re “promotion-ready”.
A language for naming strengths, spotting stretch, and guiding growth.
Watch if you're:
An L&D or People leader reviewing your career development approach.
A partner or senior manager who wants to make development conversations more useful.
Anyone responsible for supporting consultant growth — fairly, clearly, and consistently.
Register now to join us live for our next webinar:
Consulting Sales Demystified: Get paid for solving your client's problems
Sales is a word that strikes fear into the hearts of many consultants. As expert problem-solvers, trust builders, and team-mates we often don't like the idea of being a pushy sales person. In this session we'll explore the 3 phases of consulting sales to take away the fear so you can start having BD conversations with confidence.
Thursday, 3rd July @ 12.30pm - Register here for free
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