The Society for Process Consulting

Professional training, credentials, standards, and a community of practice for those committed to a Client-centered, listening-based approach to complex change.

Upcoming Courses

Six Sessions and Twelve Lessons each, conducted live via Zoom.
All times: 7–9am PT | 8–10am MT | 9–11am CT | 10am–12pm ET.

Certified Process Consultant (CPC)

Process Consulting Basics

The foundations of the craft—how to work alongside Clients through complex change without imposing premature answers, and how to build a Process Consulting practice.

Six Sessions:
13, 20, 27 October and 3, 10, 17 November

Advanced Process Consultant (APC)

Core Competencies of Process Consulting

Appropriating and deepening the core competencies of listening, helping, and learning that distinguish a process consultant.

Six Sessions:
1, 8, 15, 29 December (no session 22 December) and 5, 12 January 2027

Executive Process Consultant (EPC)

Process Consulting with Executives

Applying the craft at the executive level—advising senior leaders and organizations through consequential and complex matters.

Six Sessions:
26 January, 2, 9, 16, 23 February, and 2 March 2027

What Is Process Consulting?

Process Consulting is an iterative form of humble inquiry and guidance in which the Process Consultant walks alongside the Client to discover and develop fitting responses to complex change.

Rather than delivering expert answers, the Process Consultant builds the Client's own capacity to act wisely during change, transition, growth, and organizational development.

Listening Helping Learning

About the Society

The Society for Process Consulting provides professional training, credentials, standards, and community for practitioners committed to a Client-centered, listening-based approach.

Completion of each course in the pathway earns a professional credential—Certified Process Consultant (CPC), Advanced Process Consultant (APC), and Executive Process Consultant (EPC).

The Society is stewarded within The Maestro's Chamber, the learning and resource ecosystem of Maestro Suite Advisors.

Contact Ross

Ross Peterson-Veatch

Curator, The Maestro's Chamber & The Society for Process Consulting

Ross serves as Curator of The Maestro's Chamber, its learning and resource ecosystem for Maestro-level Leaders, Executive Advisors, Process Consultants, and others who guide leaders and organizations through consequential transitions.

An experienced higher-education leader, educator, consultant, and facilitator, Ross is the Vice President of Academics and Chief Academic Officer at Hesston College, where he previously served as Interim President. Across more than three decades, his work has spanned academic leadership, curriculum development, online learning, faculty development, and institutional change—experience that equips him to guide the Society's learning platform, course delivery, credentialing pathways, and professional standards.

"Ross is not joining us merely to administer courses. He is helping us steward a learning ecosystem. The Maestro's Chamber exists to deepen the capacity for wise action among Maestro-level Leaders and those who walk alongside them. I am especially grateful that he will help carry the Society for Process Consulting forward while protecting its commitment to listening, helping, and learning." — Mark L. Vincent, Visionary and Convener, Maestro Suite Advisors