How we can help you

Explore our programmes, insights and tools to support your professional development strategy. Filtered by level and industry, these resources will help you discover the ideas, learning and perspectives that are most relevant to you.

How we support every level in your firm

Exemplifying your brand at every stage of business development.Read more about About You
Consistently embodying and reinforcing the firm’s values and purpose.Read more about About You
Establishing your and your firm’s legacy. Read more about About You
Many firms train their own. The best firms transform them.Read more about About You
Our programmes are bespoke and designed to align with your strategic positioning. Read more about About You
Our proprietary learning technology platform allows organisations to track the implementation of any training intervention.Read more about About You
Our eLearning solutions offer flexible, cost-effective development that reinforces learning for lasting behavioural change.Read more about About You
Ensuring the learning doesn’t just land in the moment, but truly ‘sticks’.Read more about About You
Openside Group Points of View: Insight for Professional Services Leaders Openside Group’s Points of View is an extensive library of thought leadership built over more than a decade, written specifically for professionals and leaders working in consulting, law, accounting, financial services and other advisory sectors. The articles are deliberately challenging and thought-provoking, bridging the gap […]Read more about About You

Which industry do you work in?

The latest Financial Times report on the UK’s leading management consultants makes something clear: AI is reshaping delivery models, as early-stage entry and analysis, data research, and routine tasks are increasingly being automated.   But here’s the…Read more about AI Won’t Replace Consultants. It Will Expose the Real Value of Human Skills
Many firms are asking a difficult but necessary question: are their Partners truly driving business growth, or only equipped to simply respond to demand?…Read more about Are your Partners order takers rather than effective business development professionals?
The problem isn’t that firms lack the tools to redesign professional training. It’s that the incentive structure actively punishes them for doing so.Read more about The Last Analyst Class… So What?

Points of View

The Last Analyst Class

The grunt work nobody wanted to do was secretly the work that built every great professional. Now it’s gone.Read more about The Last Analyst Class
After more than a decade of collaboration, Openside is proud to continue our partnership with BIP Consulting Group, recently supporting their newly promoted Client…Read more about 13 Years of Growth: Supporting the Next Generation of BIP Leaders
Ask most people in professional services what makes a good consultant, and you’ll hear the same answers repeated back to you: a strong work…Read more about Beating burnout: why professional services firms should look inwards to build resilience
Key themes in the learning landscape Based on information from Openside Technology, Programme data and external research, the Openside End of Year Report looks…Read more about End of Year Report 2025
The Evolving Role of Internal Consultants: What You Need to Know Our research report explores:  To learn more, please read the Executive Summary below….Read more about Internal Consulting Report Summary Page

External Link: McKinsey

The inner game of women CEOs

Human-centric skills are more critical than ever in an increasingly complex world. Here’s how some women CEOs harness these strengths to meet the challenges…Read more

External Link: Financial Times

UK’s Leading Management Consultants

Gen Z’s expectations for work are accelerating a shift toward flexible, skills-based development systems. As McKinsey & Company ’s [1]Aaron De Smet notes, younger…Read more about The future of skills-based progression

Your Professional Development Strategy

Beginning with the end in mind, Openside aligns professional development with your firm’s strategy – defining scope, key stakeholders and outcomes to ensure meaningful and lasting impact.

Technical Qualifications

The Chartered Management Consultant (ChMC) award is the highest professional status you can achieve in the management consulting profession, described by some leaders as “critical for the industry”.