Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Certificate Program

A Career in Management Consulting

Strategic Agreement - Global Innovative Campus and CMC-Canada

How to Earn the Certified Management Consultant Designation

About CMC-Canada

What is the CMC Designation?

Why Earn the CMC Designation?

How Will Your Clients Benefit from Your CMC Designation?

Additional Resources

Have you considered a career in Management Consulting?

Are you a client of Global Innovative Campus who is interested in providing consulting services to your clients? Have you taken educational training through GIC within the engineering, industrial and project management fields?

Earning your Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation will compliment your GIC training and lead to more career opportunities.

The CMC designation adds credibility to one's management consulting practice and helps tap them into a network of other consultants -- increasing their chances of getting work. The CMC education gives a foundation to GIC clients looking to build a consulting career or practice. Where the P.Eng or PMP shows a vertical silo or direct knowledge of a particular expertise, the CMC shows the ability to consult on that knowledge.

Enrolling in this 4-day designation program is the first step to acquire the only professional managment consulting designation recognized in more than 50 countries.

Strategic Agreement - Global Innovation Campus and CMC-Canada

Global Innovative Campus (GIC) and the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada) have entered into an important agreement.

What does this mean for you?

GIC and CMC-Canada are offering a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Designation Program. The program includes the Essentials of Management Consulting (EMC) and Ethical Behaviour: Best Practices for Management Consultants courses.

The following three GIC's courses:
1. Leadership for Scientists and Engineers: Theories, Application and Practice (Personal Skills)
2. Communications: Build Stronger Relationships through Powerful Communication for Engineers and Scientists (Interpersonal Skills)
3. Fundamentals of Project Management PM016 (Project Management)

... have been approved by CMC-Canada to satisfy the other educational requirements in order to pursue the CMC designation -- meaning, if you've taken these you already have 3 of the 5 educational requirements to obtain your CMC!

How to Earn the Certified Management Consultant Designation

If you are unsure of what stream you should apply thorough, please email your CV to Sylvia Biggs, Director, Business Development and Partnerships at CMC-Canada.

To find out how to earn the CMC designation, click on the Stream below that applies to you:

• Entry Stream: For those with less than eight years of management consulting experience.
• Experienced Stream: For those with eight years of management consulting experience or more.
• Executive Stream: For those with executive experience, as follows:
  • Criterion 1: All candidates to the executive stream must hold an executive position in a consultancy at the time of application.
  • Criterion 2a: Candidates might be career consultants or those transitioning from industry. Career consultants must have a minimum 10 years executive experience.
    
  • Criterion 2b: Candidates transitioning from industry must have a minimum of 15 years of executive experience. This must include three years of consulting experience including the past 12 months in a practice leadership capacity.
    
  • Criterion 3a: Candidates should display "breadth of knowledge" demonstrated by work experience in more than one sector or functional area, OR
  • Criterion 3b: Candidates should display "breadth of knowledge" demonstrated by an undergraduate degree or equivalent.
  • Criterion 4: Sponsorship of two CMCs in good standing.
  • Criterion 5: Approval of the appropriate Provincial Institute.

Additional Information

• Click here for the online CMC-Canada membership application (Alberta).
• Click here to register for the Structured Interview.
• Click here for the Entry Stream Declaration form.
• Click here for the Experienced Stream Declaration form.
• Click here for the Executive Stream Declaration form.
• Click here for the Structured Interview guidelines, including Engagement Summary preparation instructions.

About CMC-Canada

CMC-Canada fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole.

CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation in Canada. The association and its members advocate for the CMC designation and are dedicated to advancing the profession and delivering the benefits of those efforts to the client community. CMC-Canada is a founding member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).

What is the CMC Designation?

The Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation is the profession's only international certification mark, recognized in more than 50 countries. It represents a commitment to the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession.

Why Earn the CMC Designation?

In a profession with few objective benchmarks there is only one unquestioned credential: the CMC designation. Those few who earn the right to call themselves Certified Management Consultants have attained what others aspire to - a higher level of management consulting. As a CMC and as a member of CMC-Canada, you can increase your value as a professional, expand your network and showcase your expertise to your clients and prospects. In addition, you'll gain the following benefits:notext

• Global Recognition
• Greater Knowledge
• Added Professionalism
• More Connections
• Extra Savings
• Increased Demand

How Will Your Clients Benefit from Your CMC Designation?

• More valuable advice based on your broad industry knowledge and access to a range of best practices from CMC-Canada.
• Guarantee of integrity, transparency and accountability through your adherence to the Uniform Code of Professional Conduct.
• Access to the people and expertise beyond your consulting firm if needed.
• Confidence of working with a consultant with certified credentials and a strong reputation in the business.
• Assurance they are getting the best value for their consulting dollars.

Additional Resources

• CMC Common Body of Knowledge
• CMC Competency Profile
• Why Join CMC-Canada? Member Benefits