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​​​​Why Hire A Registered Consultant

The Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation is the only widely recognized Professional Certification in the global consulting marketplace. In order to gain certification as a CMC, an individual must hold a post-secondary education degree or diploma; plus they must have taken additional education and training in fields related to management consulting. All CMC’s commit to and follow our Code of Ethics and Uniform Code of Professional Conduct. 

CMC’s must show a minimum level of proven experience, knowledge and competency in ALL of the following areas (known as our Common Body of Knowledge):

  • Financial Management 
  • Human Resources Management
  • Information Technology Management
  • Marketing & Communications Management
  • Operations Management, Business Process Engineering, Quality Improvement, Six Sigma
  • Strategic Management, Leadership & Governance

These include an understanding of and commitment to best practices of:

  • Organizational Management Disciplines, and Methodologies
  • Critical-/Systems- Thinking and Decision Making
  • Research and Analytic Methodologies leading to Independent Assessment/ Recommendations

Management Consulting is a $16.4 Billion industry in Canada (IBIS World Report 54161CA July 2019), with over 86,000 companies, and about 140,000 employees. Many providers in Canada and Alberta also provide consulting internationally.  In Alberta it is estimated to be a $2.5 Billion, 15,000 employee industry, with an average wage of about $92,000.

For clients of management consulting, it can be “buyer beware” when you hire a management consultant.

When you hire a CMC, the combination of their training, proven competency and assessment to standards, plus commitment to being ethical and professional, provides the customer-client with a higher level of management consulting expertise.

Finally, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation is officially recognized in over 50 countries, with Professional Institutes of Management Consulting which ensure rigorous certification standards and monitor competent ongoing professional practice of all those who earn the CMC.

How to Find a CMC in Alberta

Are you a customer-client looking for a CMC to help your organization? We would be pleased to help you find one or more consultants that you can consider and find the “right” match for your needs. 

Search our Membership Directory

You will be asked to enter some information about the individual and/or the service area you are looking to find assistance.

Name – if you know the consultant’s name, and are sure of the spelling, then enter the first and/or last name. You can leave this blank if you are looking for choice of a number of individuals.

Designation – Leaving this blank will provide results that include CMCs, FCMCs, and non-certified members. CMC refers to Certified Management Consultants. FCMC refers to those CMCs who have been recognized for their service excellence & innovation, giving back to the professional community, and community service at large.

Industry/ Service Area – This will give you consultants that have specific experience in particular industries and/or particular areas of consulting.

Location – We recommend a search on “Alberta” first – without specifying a town. Many of our consultants are located in various towns but service the whole province, country or even internationally.

If you end up with too many choices, then you can narrow to the city/town. This said, some of our best consultants live just outside the major centers or in suburbs.

If you are having ANY difficulties using this membership directory, or would prefer to talk to a real person – then just give our office a call. 1-587-487-2722

We can help you use the system or take your details and interests and make a call-out to our members on your behalf.

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How is a CMC Different from a Non-CMC Consultant?

What does it mean to be a “Professional”?
It is useful to start by understanding what it means to be a “Professional”, a member of a “Profession”, plus The Professional Institute’s commitment to public protection/self-regulation; and how this is different from a tradesperson, a business executive/manager, or any other important member of our workforce. 

The original “professions” dating back centuries, included: military officers, clergy, doctors, lawyers, and teachers. Since then, several other professions have evolved. “Professionalization” is a good thing for society. For CMC’s, there are several important considerations.

  • Full-time occupation.
  • Specialized Knowledge – with specific education, training and competency development required.
  • Codified Competence of practice areas and related areas -setting minimum standards of practice for certification.
  • Ability to “know” the client & adapt to unique needs/situation – provision of due care & public protection.
  • Exercise Judgment – application of critical thinking and use of experience, confidence along with knowing how avoid overstepping one’s abilities/knowledge.
  • Ethical Behaviour – “loyalty to” and “in best interests of” client corporate body; compliance with laws and regulations, meeting or exceeding societal expectations, and in compliance with our Professional Code of Conduct.
  • Personal Accountability and responsibility for one’s actions and decisions.
  • Fiduciary – hold s a position of trust; committed to honesty and integrity; avoidance of conflicts of interest, and subjugates own interests to that of the client organization. Indeed all your work as a CMC must be in the best interests of the client organization – separate from the “person” from the organization that hires you.

Next in this framework comes the role of the Professional Body. In some professions, the professional body may be called the “College” or “Institute” or possibly even an “Association” – though Association does not necessarily connote a professional body. Indeed, professional Associations are usually not the professional body, but the industry/profession promotional organization. In some cases, the Association negotiates professional fees, and/or conducts advocacy with government and communities, and/or promotes the services of their professionals to clients and consumers.

One of the most significant aspects of a profession and its professional body has been the concept of self-regulation – versus regulation by government or other entity. Government, through its registration of professions recognizes the importance of self-regulation to both protect the public/clients AND continuing to advance the practice standards of the professionals – as we learn more, as technology advances, as the “state of the art” is enhanced, and as societal expectations evolve.         

Self- regulation is both a privilege and a commitment; and something that can not be taken for granted.

The assumptions behind self-regulation include:

  • One must have the specialized knowledge and experience in doing the work of the professional in order to adequately understand and assess whether a professional in question is performing to standards.
  • It is a responsibility and accountability as a professional to be watching peers, oneself and societal expectations and ensure self and colleagues perform to these standards of competency, act ethically and to Code of Conduct, plus fulfill their fiduciary duties.
  • Public/client protection is a critical part of a “higher calling” of being a professional.
  • The Professional collective continuously identifies, develops, and updates the codification of best practices expectations to advance the standards of practice.
  • Promotion of client-first thinking plays a key role in providing the client with options and consideration of the implications of a solution for improvement – all with independent opinion and use of best practice knowledge and competency.

Individuals certified as a CMC, have taken specialized training and education in all the key areas of:

  • Financial Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Information Technology Management
  • Marketing & Communications Management
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Management & Governance

Further, CMC’s have been nurtured and developed by more experienced CMC’s, then assessed to ensure their knowledge, judgement and personal practices in provision of advice and consulting work meets or exceeds regularly updated CMC Competency Framework.

CMC’s are also required (as are other professionals such as pharmacists, lawyers, engineers), to engage in ongoing annual professional development to maintain their “currency” and “relevance” to evolving management consulting practice expectations and standards.

Finally, CMC’s commit prior to certification and annually in their re-certification, to follow our ethical guidelines and Universal Code of Professional Conduct.

As registrants of the Alberta Institute of Certified Management Consultants (ICMCA), CMC’s are part of a professional community wherein every other CMC is responsible for ensuring their CMC colleagues are living up to their professional practice standards and expectations.

The Fellow – Certified Management Consultant (FCMC) designation, is awarded to CMC-registrants of the Institute who have shown many years of ongoing excellence & innovation in their craft; significant contribution to the advancement of our professional community; and been exemplary in giving back to the community at large and being ethical in their work.