ACCREDITATION & PATHWAYS

Three ways to elevate your expertise, revenue, and professional standing.

Whether you’re an established consultant, a trainer, a business leader, or an aspiring practitioner, Kara offers three distinct accreditation routes. Each stands fully on its own but they can also be combined to create a powerful, accelerated career journey.

These three options form a flexible ecosystem:

Option 1: Certification on individual Kara frameworks

Option 2: Full Kara Licensed Business Consultant (KLBC)

Option 3: PhD by Portfolio (in partnership with SSBR)

Each is independent.
Each delivers value.
Combined, they unlock a world-class professional profile.

Get licensed on the specific Kara frameworks you want to use.

Ideal for trainers, coaches, facilitators, HR/OD professionals and independent consultants who want to integrate Kara’s proven frameworks into their existing work… without changing their business model.

You can become certified in one or more of:

• 7-Steps to Profit™

• Kara 7+ Index™ Practitioner

• Culture Audit™

• Leadership Six-Pack™

• KEPS™ (Kara Ethical Promoter Score)

Who this is for:

Those who want to enhance credibility, winbigger clients, and add sophisticateddiagnostics to their offering.

Your benefits include:

• Certification and license to use theselected framework(s)

• Branded templates, sales aids, diagnostics and facilitation guides

• Exclusive practitioner community

30% discount on diagnostic surveys

• Option to upgrade later to KLBC or thePhD pathway

This is the low-commitment, high-impactentry point into the Kara ecosystem.

Kara Licensed BusinessConsultant (KLBC)

The full system. The full toolkit. The full brand.

This is the premium level of accreditation for senior professionals who want a ready-made consulting business, backed by a global brand and proven IP.

Who this is for:

Ambitious consultants who want to scale,differentiate themselves sharply in themarket, and achieve six-figure consultingrevenues.

Optional Advantage:

KLBC members may choose to add the PhDby Portfolio fast-track, giving them bothprofessional accreditation and academicrecognition.

KLBC gives you access to everything:

• Full Kara toolkit (7-Steps, 7+ Index, all diagnostics, KEPS™, culture tools, leadershiptools, etc.)

• Marketing rights to the Kara brand

• Online training modules & live Q&A

• Mastermind community and peer learning

• Real client co-delivery for rapid experience

• Ongoing support, quality review & resources

• Discounts on all diagnostics

• Priority listing on the Kara website

Earn a ‘’Dr. Title’’

PhD by Portfolio (in collaboration with SSBR)

Earn a fully accredited European doctorate in 6–12 months, with one-to-one coaching.

Kara partners with SSBR… Swiss School ofBusiness Research to offer a unique version oftheir PhD by Portfolio programme.

Students can enrol directly with SSBR… but coming through Kara provides something extra.

Exclusive to Kara Candidates:

• One-to-one academic and professional coaching throughout the journey

• Structured support to build your submission

• Practical alignment between your doctoral work and your advisory career

Optional, seamless entry into the KaraLicensed Business Consultant pathway — but it creates a natural fast-track for those who choose to combine both.

This is ideal for:

• Experienced professionals with substantial practical experience wishing to earn the title“Dr.”

• Consultants who want academic validation to underpin their client work

• Senior leaders who want their career achievements formally recognised

How the Three Pathways Fit Together…

Fully Independent

You can take:

• A single certification

• The KLBC programme

• The PhD by Portfolio
with no obligation to do the others.

Optionally Interconnected

A PhD by Portfolio student may upgrade to KLBC at any time.

A KLBC consultant may add the PhD to enhance authority, brand, and fees.

Certified practitioners can grow into full KLBC status as their business expands.

The Value Message

• Each pathway stands on its own.

• Together, they create an elite, academically informed, commercially powerful consulting identity aligned with Kara’s global standards.

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Dr. Alan O’Neill is an international keynote speaker, author and advisor with30+ years’ experience helping organisations lead through change, develop a high-performance culture and world-class customer service.