Accredited Consultant – Candidate Information Guide

Telephone Interview

In order to arrange or confirm your telephone interview appointment with an authorized Appleton Greene representative, please CLICK HERE and follow the instructions accordingly. It will only take you 5-10 minutes.

This is not a service order and represents no obligation on your part. It is merely a formal request for an opportunity to undertake a personal interview with an authorized representative of Appleton Greene. It represents an opportunity for Appleton Greene to evaluate and assess your potential candidacy for a position as an Accredited Associate, Executive, or Senior Consultant and it also provides you with the opportunity to enhance your own understanding and interpretation. Before you request a personal telephone interview, please kindly take the time to read through all of the Appleton Greene Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) Candidate Information Guide thoroughly, in order to enhance your own understanding and interpretation relating to this professional business opportunity. It should only take you approximately 30-60 minutes to do this and will help you to fully understand everything that you need to know. Once you have done this, you can then complete the Telephone Interview Request (TIR) Form in order to arrange a mutually convenient appointment for a telephone interview. Once Appleton Greene has received this form, a representative will then contact you via email in order to arrange or confirm your appointment. Thank you for your courtesy and kind interest in Appleton Greene.

Evaluation Process

Appleton Greene & Co takes great care to ensure that candidates are evaluated and assessed carefully before being offered a position as an accredited consultant. The application process takes a minimum period of four weeks and incorporates the provision of detailed service information and the requirement for the candidate to complete a detailed application form, incorporating Appleton Greene’s terms and conditions of service. This provides ample time for due consideration. You will need to allow a period of up to 7 business days for your application to be reviewed, evaluated and processed. Appleton Greene is limited in terms of the number of accredited consultant places that are available and applications are only usually considered once annually. The quality of applications that we receive at Appleton Greene is always extremely high and as such we reserve the right to respectfully decline applications, which are not considered to be of the required standard. If your application is ultimately approved, then a formal offer will be forwarded to you and you will then have a further 7 days in which to arrange the payment of your annual service fee. Your statutory rights are not affected.

Business Development

If you have taken the time to review the Appleton Greene web site, then you will have determined that the company is primarily a corporate training provider, specializing in the provision of standard and bespoke programs to client companies, which all focus upon business process improvement.

We have an extensive portfolio of corporate programs available to clients, which are developed and implemented by hundreds of Appleton Greene Certified Learning Providers. The common denominator with all of these programs is that they are all process-orientated. In other words, each program facilitates the implementation of a tangible process, within the client’s organization, enabling them to improve their process in relation to the specific service subject matter of the program. These programs can focus upon any of the following departments: Customer Service; E-business; Finance; Globalization; Human Resources; Information Technology; Legal; Management; Marketing; or Production. To see some examples of these, please select SERVICES from the home page followed by BESPOKE PROGRAMS. Because these programs are process orientated and are implemented over a sustainable period of time, usually 5 years, there is always a significant outsourcing requirement with each program. This is where Accredited Associate, Executive and Senior Consultants are required.

These programs incorporate participation from a wide variety of Appleton Greene Accredited Associate, Executive and Senior Consultants, who each bring their own individual experience relating to the specific business skills and services which they have, the industry sectors they have worked within and the geographical locations where they have commercial knowledge. If additional expert knowledge is required then our Learning Providers have access to hundreds of other Appleton Greene Consultants, with a variety of different industry sector experience and geographical experience, located within most major cities worldwide.

A Certified Learning Provider (CLP) will typically manage a portfolio of 10 client companies with one program, although many learning providers develop and implement multiple programs. There are approximately 750 learning providers now, which means that Appleton Greene can be servicing approximately 7,500 companies at any one time, although there are 500,000+ individual contacts within the Appleton Greene global client network. You can review our client list by selecting CLIENTS from the home page. There are also literally hundreds of testimonials available from clients which are published online and you should take the time to review these. Each individual client company will be outsourcing to a number of Appleton Greene Accredited Consultants, where there are business projects developed as a result of the individual Appleton Greene program, which is being implemented. Indeed approximately 70% of consultancy assignments are generated directly from Certified Learning Providers (CLP), so this proves to be a significant source of new business for Accredited Consultants and Learning Providers are rewarded by receiving an introduction fee amounting to 10% of the total invoice value of any and all consultancy engagements that are generated from their own training programs. The remaining 30% of consultancy assignments are generated by clients themselves.

The type of assignments undertaken by Appleton Greene Consultants ranges from participation in program delivery, including presentations, workshops and meetings, to providing specialist support via email or virtually through the Appleton Greene cloud servers. Indeed the majority of Appleton Greene accredited consultants work virtually from remote locations internationally using Appleton Greene cloud servers. Consultancy assignments can also be generated in relation to specific projects that clients may be planning and implementing, in relation to the Learning Provider’s program. For example, if a Learning Provider was implementing a Business Development program with a consumer product client located in New York, it may be that there is a requirement to develop new business within emerging markets, such as India, China, or South America, in which case Accredited Consultants with Business Development expertise and geographical experience within these locations, could be engaged by the Learning Provider because of their specific geographical knowledge and experience. Similarly, Accredited Consultants may also be engaged because of specific industry experience that they may have and which is subsequently requested by the client. Accredited Consultants may also be engaged because of specific service skills that they may have and which are perceived as necessary by the client.

Appleton Greene Business Development Process

There is no business development activity required on your part whatsoever. Appleton Greene is looking for Consultants, not Sales People.

CONSULTANT PROFILE FORM
Once your application to register as an Accredited Associate, Executive, or Senior Consultant has been processed, Appleton Greene will facilitate the development of your Consultant Profile. The purpose of the Consultant Profile is to provide potential clients and learning providers with an Executive Summary of your education, work experience, industry and geographical experience, service skills and corporate achievements. Clients and Learning Providers can then elect to search for this information by industry sector, or by geographical location, as and when they have a requirement to engage the services of Accredited Consultants.

To see some live examples of Consultant Profiles, please select CONSULTANTS from the home page, followed by one of the client service departments listed. Then select either SEARCH BY INDUSTRY or SEARCH BY LOCATION. The former option features a selection of industry sectors and when you click on the industry sector of your choice, the Accredited Consultants who work within the chosen industry sector will be featured in random order. Similarly, the latter option features a selection of geographical locations (continents, countries and cities) and when you click on the location of your choice, the Accredited Consultants who work within the chosen location will be featured in random order.

Only the last names of consultants are featured within the Consultant Profiles in accordance with Appleton Greene’s privacy and security policy. The complete names and personal contact details are only provided to registered clients after written authorization has been received by Appleton Greene. Clients can complete a Member Consultant Information Request Form, if they would like to receive further information about the Accredited Consultant they are interested in, but these application forms are forwarded directly to and are verified by Appleton Greene for authenticity. Please note that Member Consultant Information Request Forms are for client use only.

CLIENT INFORMATION GUIDE (CIG)

Once your Consultant Profile has been approved and published by Appleton Greene, your Client Information Guide (CIG) will then be developed. You can see a live example of this by visiting the following page: CLICK HERE. The purpose of the Client Information Guide (CIG) is to provide potential clients and learning providers with much more information about the proposed consulting services that you can provide, including an executive summary, service objectives, methodology, industry sectors, location countries, clients or employers, service benefits and service process. The Client Information Guide (CIG) is then linked to four optional client service application forms, namely the Bronze Client Service, the Silver Client Service, the Gold Client Service and the Platinum Client service, which potential clients and learning providers can then use to place direct consultancy service orders with you. Once again you can review examples of all of these client service order application forms and the associated terms and conditions of service therein, by visiting the following page: CLICK HERE and then by clicking on the appropriate client service application form. Please note that all of the client service order application forms are for client use only and are forwarded directly to Appleton Greene and are verified for authenticity.

ACCREDITED CONSULTANT PROMOTIONS

Once the Consultant Profile and Client Information Guide have both been developed, approved and published on the Appleton Greene web site, (usually within the first month) then Appleton Greene publishes and distributes this information via email to approximately 750+ Certified Learning Providers and 500,000+ contacts within the Appleton Greene global client network, gradually and over a sustainable period of time, throughout your designated period of membership. This enables you to create awareness and to establish credibility with learning providers and potential clients. Your Client Information Guide also incorporates four optional consulting service order application forms, enabling clients to place consulting service orders directly with you, after having reviewed the consulting services that you can provide. It may help you to understand the specific nature of the consulting services that you would be undertaking, if you take time to review each of the four client service order application forms, details of which are provided above.

TIME PLANNING

Your Consultant profile and Client Information Guide should both be developed and published within the first month of membership, depending upon your own current commitments of course. This means that Appleton Greene can usually start promoting these from the second month of membership, so it would certainly be possible to start generating interest and consulting service orders from the second month. Success will ultimately be determined by third party learning providers and client companies of course and each individual consultant’s service offerings will be entirely different. As such it is understandably impossible for Appleton Greene to provide individual consultants with a time plan for business development, because it will be different in each individual case. Appleton Greene understandably provides individual Accredited Consultants with no guarantees of success. However, the income projections provided within your service information guide are based upon the average annual income of all consultants featured within each service category.

SERVICE FEES

Appleton Greene charges an annual service fee of USD$950.00 for Accredited Associate Consultants (AAC), USD$1,225.00 for Accredited Executive Consultants (AEC) and USD$1,500.00 for Accredited Senior Consultants (ASC). These service fees merely cover the cost of developing the Consultant Profile, Client Information Guide and the provision of the Consultant Promotions Service, all of which are described in detail above. The potential financial risk to individual consultants is therefore negligible and it would certainly cost much more than this just to place one consultancy advert within an established media source, with a much less likely return on investment.

Appleton Greene also charges Accredited Consultants a 10% service fee on all assignments that are generated through Appleton Greene, together with a 10% introductory fee, which is usually payable to the introducing Learning Provider or Consultant. Accredited Consultants would only become liable for these service charges if and when they elect to accept any consultancy service orders that are placed with them through Appleton Greene and as such these service fees would be automatically deducted from your monthly income payments by Appleton Greene.

Accredited Consultants can also earn introduction fees themselves, amounting to 10% of the total invoice value of any client assignments, which they personally introduce to Appleton Greene, Learning Providers, or other Consultants. The minimum annual service fees can range from USD$12k for the Bronze Client Service, to USD$48k for the Platinum Client Service, so each individual client introduction fee can therefore range from USD$1,200 to USD$4,800 respectively using these examples. It is therefore always worth your while keeping your eyes and ears open.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS

Upon receipt of a client service order form, Appleton Greene verifies the service order for authenticity. The client service order is then forwarded onto the appropriate Accredited Associate, Executive, or Senior Consultant for their consideration. It is the Accredited Consultant’s prerogative to decide whether to accept or decline the service order. Upon written acceptance, Appleton Greene then processes the order and informs the legal department, who are responsible for processing the contractual agreement for a minimum period of 12 months and the accounts department, who will then issue an invoice to the client. Invoices are payable monthly in advance of service provision by clients by international bank wire transfer and the Accredited Consultant is then paid by Appleton Greene, when payment has been received by the client, again by international bank wire transfer, after deducting the 10% service fee payable to Appleton Greene and the 10% introduction fee payable to the introducing learning provider or consultant. It is the individual Accredited Consultant’s responsibility to produce and manage their own independent financial accounts and to manage their own tax affairs, depending upon their own individual tax jurisdictions. If you need further advice or assistance in this regard, then you should contact your local Accountant or Tax Adviser for assistance.

SUMMARY

When you consider the low annual service fee for Accredited Associate, Executive and Senior Consultants, the complete service that is provided by Appleton Greene in each case for the service fees levied and the potential professional and financial rewards that are available, the Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) represents an extremely low risk opportunity and provides suitable consultants with the opportunity to experience Appleton Greene for themselves, over a sustainable period of time, should their application ultimately be approved by Appleton Greene.

Consulting Service

So, what exactly is the Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) Client Information Guide?

Well, a picture speaks 1000 words, as they say, so it would probably be more beneficial for you to just take a look at a tangible example of an Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) Client Information Guide.

You can do so by visiting the following page: CLICK HERE

What you are looking at here is an Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) Client Information Guide, relating to an Organizational Transformation consultancy service, which is provided by Ms Trehan, a (Senior Consultant) at Appleton Greene. It is an information guide designed specifically for client use and enables clients to understand more about the consultancy services that are offered by this particular consultant. Towards the top of the information guide, there is a service summary, together with an image of the consultant and a direct link to an application form where clients can ask more questions about either the consultant, or the services they offer. You will then notice four boxes entitled Bronze Client Service (BCS), Silver Client Service (SCS), Gold Client Service (GCS) and Platinum Client Service (PCS). These represent four service entry options, which are made available to clients, together with a fixed monthly quotation for each service. The monthly fees quoted will differ of course, depending upon whether you are designated Associate, Executive, or Senior Consultant status. They also provide a summary of what is included within each service. These summary descriptions will understandably be different for each individual consulting service. Clients can then simply click on the required service option to be transferred to the relevant application form for each service. For example, if you click on the box entitled Bronze Client Service (BCS), then you will be able to access the Client Application Form that relates to this particular service. You can then peruse through each application form and review the terms and conditions associated with each individual service, which are featured towards the bottom of each application form.

Important note: Please do not complete any of these application forms yourself, because they are intended for client use only.

If you go back to the main page or: CLICK HERE and scroll down below the application form boxes, then you will see a variety of tabs entitled: Profile; Executive Summary; Service Objectives, Methodology; Industries; Locations; Clients, Benefits, Bronze Service, Silver Service, Gold Service and Platinum Service. The purpose of this section of the information guide is to provide your clients with more detailed information about your consulting service. In order to succeed as a consultant, it is not sufficient to just provide your clients with a copy of your resume or access to your social network profile. Clients will need to understand more about what you would actually do for them if they were to employ you as a consultant. The Accredited Consulting Service (ACS) provides you with a cost-effective tool which will enable you to demonstrate what you can do for your potential clients. If you are unsure about precisely what you could provide clients at this stage, you need not worry. We have a dedicated Accredited Consultant Support Team here at Appleton Greene who will gladly help you to develop an eye catching and professional information guide, which meets with the required standard at Appleton Greene.