LEARNING CONSULTING -

BUILD THE RIGHT L&D STRATEGY
BEFORE YOU BUILD THE TRAINING

At Constellar, we put strategy before production — every time. Our senior consultants combine 15+
years of instructional and L&D expertise with AI-enabled diagnostic tools to help you identify the right
problem, define the right solution, and build the right brief — before a penny is spent on development.

Why building trainingwithout a strategyrarely works

L&D teams are under pressure to produce – briefs come in, courses go out, stakeholders tick boxes. But what happens when nobody stops to ask: Is this the right training? For the right audience? Solving the right gap?

Courses that solve the wrong problem

When training is commissioned without a proper needs analysis, L&D teams often build a solution for a symptom – not the real performance gap.

Content without a framework

Without a structured learning architecture, organisations end up with a fragmented catalogue that learners don’t know how to navigate, and managers can’t measure.

Development that starts too early

Beginning content development before the strategy is defined leads to expensive rework – when the scope shifts, the audience changes, or the business goal was never quite right.

That is why senior-led consulting matters more, not less, in an AI-accelerated world. Our consultants define
what to build – and why – so that when production begins, every hour is spent building the right thing.

Our learning consulting engagements

Senior-led consulting is not one thing. Depending on where you are in the process, you might need a diagnosis,
a strategy, a framework, or a fresh set of eyes on content you already have. Here’s what each engagement looks like:

Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

WHEN TO USE When you have a performance problem but no clear training solution. WHAT YOU GET A structured gap analysis identifying root causes, recommended interventions, and a validated training brief - ready for development.

L&D Strategy Design

WHEN TO USE When you are scaling, restructuring, or launching a new L&D function. WHAT YOU GET A complete strategy document: learning priorities, audience mapping, format recommendations, delivery roadmap, and measurement framework.

Learning Architecture & Framework Design

WHEN TO USE When you have content but no coherent structure. WHAT YOU GET A learning framework mapping content to roles, competencies, or career pathways - ready to implement in your LMS.

Content Audit & Rationalisation

WHEN TO USE When your content library has grown faster than your strategy. WHAT YOU GET A full audit of existing content against current business needs - with a prioritised keep/revise/retire action plan for every asset.

How we approach L&D Consulting -Frameworks we use and why

We do not apply a single methodology to every engagement.
Our senior consultants select the approach that fits the problem – and
are transparent about which and why before we start.

ADDIE

Analyse → Design → Develop → Implement → Evaluate. The foundational framework for structured, sequential consulting engagements with a well-defined scope.

SAM

Successive Approximation Model – an iterative, agile approach for engagements where rapid prototyping and co-design with internal SMEs is more valuable than a linear process.

Performance Consulting

Before recommending training, our senior consultants ask whether training is actually the right solution. Knowledge gap? Skills gap? Systems gap? The right diagnosis prevents the wrong course from being built.

Transparency about methodology isn’t just best practice. It’s how you know you’re working with people who actually have one.
AI-enabled diagnostic tools help our senior consultants surface patterns in learner data, content libraries, and performance metrics faster
than manual analysis alone. The judgment about what those patterns mean – and what to do about them – remains senior-led.

How our learning consulting engagements work

From first conversation to final deliverable – here is what a Constellar consulting
engagement looks like:

How our learning consulting engagements work

Step 1: Scoping & Discovery

A scoping conversation to understand the problem, stakeholders, organisational context, and timeline. We agree on the engagement type, deliverables, and schedule before any work begins.

Step 2: Research & Analysis

Stakeholder interviews, learner surveys, job task analysis, and review of existing content or performance data - structured and documented throughout.

Step 3: Design & Recommendations

Synthesis into a clear, actionable deliverable - TNA report, L&D strategy, learning architecture, or audit report - with specific, prioritised recommendations and rationale.

Step 4: Presentation & Handover

We walk through the findings, answer questions, and hand over in client-ready formats. A 30-day post-handover Q&A period is included in every engagement.

From strategy toexecution -we buildwhat we design

One of Constellar’s most important advantages: we don’t stop at the strategy. Once the consulting engagement is complete and the brief is validated, our instructional design team can begin development immediately – using the same team, the same context, and zero handover friction.

Tools and Technology

Strategy → Custom eLearning

TNA complete. Learning objectives defined. Now build the courses. Same team, no re-briefing.

Strategy → ILT / VILT

Strategy calls for live training. We design the facilitator materials immediately after the strategy is signed off.

Prefer to take the strategy to your own team or another vendor? That works too. Every strategy we deliver is vendor-agnostic and built to be actionable – whoever executes it. But if you want one partner from problem to solution, we’re already there.

What Constellar's L&D consulting has helped clients achieve

Every engagement starts with a problem. Here’s what we helped clients solve.

L&D Consulting across complex, regulated industries

We consult across industries where training complexity is high, regulatory stakes are real, and generic L&D approaches simply do not work. Our consultants bring both instructional design expertise and sector-specific knowledge to every engagement.

Aviation & Aerospace

Aviation & Aerospace

Pharma & Healthcare

Pharma & Healthcare

Education & EdTech

Education & EdTech

Government & Public

Government & Public

Industrial Automation

Industrial Automation

Power & Energy

Power & Energy

Defence & Security

Defence & Security

BFSI

BFSI

Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas

Don’t see your Industry?

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Recognised. Trusted. Proven.

You did an amazing job! Frank, Susann and I watched the full e-Learning and are happy with the result. Also, I would like to ask if we can have the pictures that were used in the e-Learning. We find them really nice and would like to use them.

Mariana Oliveira Marques
Commercial Employee
Aviasecure AG

We partnered with Constellar in 2020 for gamified WBTs. Almost all our courses won Brandon Hall and LearnX awards for 3 consecutive years. Their creativity, dedication, and attention to detail is unmatched.

Patrick Klein
Sales Enablement Manager
Endress+Hauser

I want to let you know that we reviewed the first prototype with the VP and team and they are overly impressed and love it !!!! You all did such an amazing job and we can’t thank you enough !!!!

Melisa Scarpino
Senior Instructional Designer/Consultant
MONACO Learning

Thank you for all of your amazing hard work on the HRW project. I know that there are a number of additional folks behind the scenes at Constellar that helped to make these courses so gorgeous.

Katie McLaughlin
Founder
McLaughlin Method

Thank you and the entire team again for the great collaboration throughout this project. It’s been a pleasure working together.

Many thanks for the smooth collaboration throughout this project, really appreciated! Thanks again for the great teamwork! I hope we’ll get the chance to collaborate again in the future

Andrea Stocker
Social Media Manager | Social Media
Endress+Hauser

GREAT JOB team, with everything in this program!!  You rock!!

Alan Brush
Partner, Solution Spark, LLC
SolutionSpark

The good news is they were very impressed with the speed and quality of our turnaround. That is exactly what they are looking for in a vendor/partner relationship. And THANK YOU for the work you did to wrangle it all together in record time!

Alan Brush
Partner, Solution Spark, LLC
SolutionSpark

Thank you for the nice collaboration and all the effort you took during the last months. I enjoyed working with you.

Leonie Marino
XM Application Owner & PMO Consultant | Demand, Account & Project Management
Endress+Hauser

This is excellent work!!  Really great on all levels!!  I only made a few comments on content.  Love this, team!!

Peter Sackleh
Partner, Solution Spark, LLC
SolutionSpark

My verdict: another great learning module delivering sustainable knowledge in a fun way. Thanks to the whole team for making this happen.
Let’s go for another Award!

Patrick Klein
Sales Enablement Manager
Endress+Hauser

Thanks a lot for the very good work, this is much appreciated. It is a pleasure developing a training with you.

Dr Heiner Zehntner
General Counsel
Endress+Hauser

Wonderful job!! Aesthetically exceeds expectations.

The course looks really good. It should be award-winning.

The course is already getting rave reviews from the few stakeholders that Hoang and I gave a sneak peek to using the review link.

Kathleen Horton
Global L&D
Axon

The Test yesterday was successful! We are very happy with the result. Thank you very much for all your efforts on your side & team! From storyboarding to testing, this was the most intense WBT I supported.

With the approach taken here we are confident it will help sales to understand why the topic is important and to prepare sales calls accordingly.

Dominik Helg
Head of Sales Training Portfolio
Endress+Hauser

Wow!!! I waited all day to watch this, and it doesn’t disappoint. Amazing job! Congratulations on an excellent job! Thank you!
Going to bed happy.

Kathleen Horton
Global L&D
Axon

Thank you and also your team for this amazing e-learning module.

I think the learners will enjoy the module.

Sylvia Del Sorbo
Validation Manager | Life Sciences Project Support
Endress+Hauser

Just read through it myself and I love it! Thank you!!

You all did such a nice job reimagining the original content and the visuals are stunning. I love the aesthetic of the course, it’s so pretty…

Kathleen Horton
Global L&D
Biogen

I would like to thank you and everyone involved in the project on Constellar side for your creative and attentive approach and ability to translate our needs into a great learning product! ​I am sure we can be proud of the results and it will be definitely our best practice and bench mark for further launches!

Irina
Endress+Hauser

Overall, it has come out really well. The animations, icon colors and style, visualization of those two frames is exactly how we discussed. ​Kudos to the entire team! 

Mindtickle

Excellent work on the prototype! We liked the design, the animations and the overall look and feel. It is simple yet engaging. ​Thanks a lot for your hard work. Really appreciate it.

Mindtickle

The PPTs and videos look great! You’re doing a great job with the CVNM modules and I’m so happy to work with you!

Mindtickle

It’s been a great time working with you guys and the project has finally come to an end. They’ve expressed their appreciation towards the quality.

Harbinger​

The prototype looks great, you’ve done a superb job! ​

Mirait

Overall – it looks great – both in relation to content, design, images and format.​

Mirait

I have just completed a week of ‘pilot testing’ with a sample group of employees. Generally speaking, the feedback was really positive – which I wasn’t surprised by but it was a relief nonetheless. ​

Mirait

This looks amazing! I am very pleased, thank you all for your hard work in creating this engaging resource.

Michelle Nolin
Learn Ethos

Thank you Lipi!
I cannot express how much I appreciate your leadership and commitment to delivering excellence on this project. You are amazing, thank you!!!

Kathleen Horton
NavisLearning

Thank you for the outstanding collaboration and the seamless process in completing these training modules.
I am very pleased with the outcome and believe it will greatly benefit the learners.
This new module is a significant improvement over the old one and much easier to understand.

Sylvia Del Sorbo
Endress+Hauser

As always, we’ve done a great job together.
It is truly a pleasure to work with you and the entire Constellar team.

Sylvia Del Sorbo
Endress+Hauser

I want to let you know that we reviewed the first prototype with the VP and team and they are overly impressed and love it!!!! You nailed it!!!! You all did such an amazing job and we can’t thank you enough!!!!

Melisa Scarpino
Monaco Learning

Beginning a quick review before the client calls this AM and I have to say already that I’m really impressed with the ways that you all captured the tone and what was asked for throughout the module. Thank you for this exceptional care of their content.

Katie McLaughlin
McLaughlin Method

Team, you have done a GREAT job with this eLearning! I really like it.

Alan Brush
SolutionSpark

The team has done exceptional work here. Kudos to you all.

Alan Brush
SolutionSpark

Thank you for the script and translating our slides into something comprehensive!

Rebecca Page
Endress+Hauser

I’ve reviewed the training thoroughly, both forwards and backwards! I’m pleased with the result. You’ve done a great job — hopefully our consumers will like it too! Once again, thank you very much. Overall, really great work!

Volker Kobbe
Endress+Hauser

I have reviewed the module now as well. It makes a very good, harmonised impression on me. From my side – good job! Thank you for the excellent work.

Markus Frey
Endress+Hauser

After going through the WBT I feel very confident and positive that we went into the right direction with it. I really like the voice, it sounds great! Thanks very much for the additional touches, especially the case examples. Perfect! 🙂

Tamara Podella
Endress+Hauser

Thank you for your great work on the AI fundamentals course. It has been through the checks and is now available in our LMS.

Rebecca Page
Endress+Hauser

Thank you, to you and the entire team, for the wonderful teamwork on this project!

Tara Hamilton/Maggie Grow
Biogen/Navis

Having complete FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE of how Constellar operates, I can say without hesitation they LIVE what Vish outlines in her post. They are an amazing group. It is my privilege to know and work with them.

Alan Brush
Partner, Solution Spark, LLC
SolutionSpark

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learning consulting (also called L&D consulting) is a strategic advisory service that helps organisations identify performance gaps, design learning strategies, and define what training to build - before development begins. An L&D consultant works with stakeholders to understand the real problem, not just the training request on the surface.
Not always - but often yes. If you already have a clear, validated brief with a defined audience, learning objectives, and business outcomes, we can move straight to development. If you have a performance problem but no clear training solution, consulting will save you significantly more than it costs by preventing the wrong content from being built.
A TNA is a structured process for identifying the gap between current and desired performance, understanding the root causes, and determining whether training is the right intervention. A TNA produces a validated brief defining audience, learning objectives, delivery format, and success metrics for any training programme.
Costs depend on engagement type and scope. A focused TNA typically takes 4-6 weeks. A full L&D strategy takes 6-10 weeks. We price every engagement based on scope after a free initial scoping conversation - no commitment required.
Yes. Our consulting deliverables are designed to be vendor-agnostic - you can take the strategy, TNA, or learning architecture and brief your internal team or another development partner. Many clients engage us for consulting specifically because we have no conflict of interest in recommending the right solution.
Instructional design is the craft of designing a specific course - its structure, content, interactions, and assessments. Learning consulting operates at a higher level: it defines which courses to build, for whom, in what format, and in what order. Consulting precedes and informs instructional design.

Not Sure Where To Start? That's Exactly When To Call Us.

The most common reason L&D teams contact us is also the simplest: they have a performance problem and aren’t sure whether training is the answer. That’s a perfect starting point. We’ll tell you honestly the right next step.