By week eight, you can say what you do in one clear line, land the client who needs it, and deliver with a process that's yours, not one you figure out as you go.
You can turn your projects into recurring revenue, keep your pipeline full without the scramble, and run the practice on systems instead of on you.
It's you, Dr. Yvonne, and her proven process, aimed at your practice and your stuck points. You move faster because it's built entirely around you.
| AI on its own |
Free / DIY resources |
Online course |
Self-paced program |
Live virtual small-group program |
Membership community |
Private 1:1 program |
Private 1:1 coaching |
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| Example | ChatGPT, Claude | SCORE, YouTube | Udemy, Coursera | Upside Accelerator | Consulting Academy Module 1 |
The Upside | Consulting Academy Strategic Sprint |
Individual consulting coach |
| Typical investment | Free–$ | Free | $20–$200 | $650–$1,500 | $3,800 | $200–$500+/mo | $6,500 | $15,000+ |
| Structured path | — | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live guidance | — | ▵ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Practice + feedback | — | ▵ | — | — | ✓ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accountability | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Build the core pieces positioning, offer, pricing, pipeline | ▵ | ▵ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Peer learning | — | ▵ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
| Customized to you | ▵ | — | — | — | ▵ | ▵ | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ Included ▵ Varies — Not included
Practicing consultant·PhD, business psychology University adjunct professor·Facilitator·Advisor
For years, people kept asking Yvonne the same question: how did you build your consulting business? She made every mistake imaginable getting there, so eventually she wrote the whole answer down.
That became the Academy. Eight weeks, live, in a small cohort, working through the same structure she built her own practice on.
She asks you the questions that get you to your own answers. And she teaches you the questions you’ll ask your clients.
“Discounts signal desperation. Value-based pricing signals confidence.”
– Yvonne, Module 1
Pricing is one of the first things people ask her about. This one is about your number, in week four. The questions you’ll ask your clients start in week two.
Week four: you build your number midweek, then defend it with the cohort that Thursday.
The next cohort begins September 29
Register for Module 1It’s fully online and live, nothing pre-recorded, and it runs about four hours a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays:
Tuesday, two hours. Yvonne presents the week’s framework using real consulting examples, not abstract theory. Midweek, about ninety minutes. You build that week’s piece for your own business, whether that’s your positioning, your discovery script, or your offer. Thursday, one hour. The small cohort workshops what you built: you share it, get feedback, and role-play the real conversations.
No, none of that is required before you start. Module 1 is built for experienced professionals making the leap for the first time:
No experience required. You bring the expertise, and the eight weeks build the practice around it. No niche or offer needed. Getting clear on your positioning is the Week 1 work, and designing the offer is Week 3. No business set up first. You don’t need an LLC, website, or business name yet; once you’re clear on what you’re building, those pieces tend to fall into place.
You leave with a real, scoped offer either way.
It’s not a traditional class. It’s a builder’s workshop where you work on your own business every week:
Come as you are. You don’t need anything figured out or written up first, just your expertise and your ideas, on paper or still in your head. Build it live. You shape it into the real thing in the sessions: your own version of each piece, using Yvonne’s method, not a template to fill in. Get real feedback. In the cohort, the group pressure-tests your work every Thursday; in the one-to-one Sprint, that’s Yvonne herself.
You leave with your ideas and expertise organized into the pieces you need to run your consulting business.
A course or an AI tool hands you information and leaves you to apply it alone. The Academy adds the three things they can’t:
Live instruction from Dr. Yvonne Kinney, a business psychologist and practicing consultant, not a pre-recorded video. A small cohort building alongside you, with a Thursday session each week where you defend your real pricing and proposals and get feedback. Accountability that runs from your first outreach to a signed client.
You’re not just learning what to do. You’re making the actual calls on your own offer, price, and clients while someone who has done it keeps you moving.
Start where you actually are:
New to consulting, or building the foundation: Module 1, the eight-week live workshop. Already consulting and ready to grow and sustain it: Module 2. You don’t need Module 1 first. Want private, one-to-one focus on your business: the Strategic Sprint, whether you’re just starting or working through a specific challenge.
You’ll have something real in hand, not just notes. What that is depends on where you started:
Module 1: a real offer priced at a number you can say without flinching, the client process to go with it (discovery, proposal, agreement, delivery), a pipeline of live conversations started, and a written thirty-day plan to put it to work. Module 2: a repeatable delivery rhythm, your last engagement turned into a one-page client impact summary, a steady pipeline system, your numbers, and a clear direction: a practice that renews itself instead of chasing the next client. Strategic Sprint: faster progress on your real work, with your actual calls, proposals, and sticking points worked through one-to-one, and accountability from first outreach to a signed client.
Cancel seven or more days before the start date for a full refund. Through the end of Week 1, you can move your seat to a future group at no cost, or take a refund minus a small admin fee; after that, you can transfer once to a future group within twelve months. (Strategic Sprint: reschedule with 48 hours’ notice, refundable until 48 hours before.)
Just email support@consultingsolutions.academy and you’ll hear back within three business days.
Module 1, Module 2, or the Strategic Sprint. If you're not sure which one fits, tell us where you're starting from and we'll point you to the right path. No pressure, no call, just a real answer by email.