Arts?

It feels right, doesn’t it.

To regard what we give the majority of our lives to as our art. To appreciate professional performance as a creative act – with unique value.

There is a difference between teams and places of work where this exists and where it doesn’t. You can sense it and you see its effects in the faces of the people and in the performance produced. When someone gives what they are capable of to their work and to their team, beyond what they can be rewarded for, because they want to. When it is most clear that I was here and it mattered. To be a colleague or team worthy of such contributions is equally as precious.

Our work and our commitment to our clients is deeply personal. Enabling remarkable performance by building more engaged and effective organizations – that we are proud to see our fingerprints and signature on – is our purpose.

Let’s make something together.

portfolio

M&A Diligence | Integration

Led the integration of global business acquisitions and oversaw significant restructuring and divestitures

Led through the successful sale and integration of a global business to create a Fortune 200 enterprise with and 80,000+ employees worldwide

Led HR & Organization due diligence engagements serving clients to make more informed (and better valued) purchase decisions

Developed and deployed new employer brands, core values, and people models resulting from mergers and acquisitions

Aligned pay with performance and fixed costs with revenue by leading the design and deployment of integrated global Management and Sales Incentive Programs across commercial regions.

Talent Management & Development

Established integrated global talent management capabilities

Extensive experience designing talent practices, measurement and accountability mechanisms into organizations

Led design and deployment of diverse multi-modal and multi-lingual global learning curriculum and corporate universities

Designed and implemented development acceleration programs to improve the breadth and depth of diverse talent with needed potential and readiness across five continents

Supported OEM launch of three additional shifts and three new products by redesigning and delivering onboarding process for US manufacturing and distribution locations.

Initiated learning interventions yielding accretive reduced working capital improvements in months

Designed, deployed and facilitated immersive development experiences for critical talent pools to build culture, strengthen collaborative internal innovation networks and build leadership skills

HR & Talent Strategy

Advised clients on development and deployment of functional strategy including capabilities, resourcing, structure, communication and metrics

Advised clients on aligning HR organizations to shared objectives, strategies and plans that clearly show value creation through HR – how the organization’s priorities will be delivered through people

Advised clients on formation of talent solutions and technology – assessments, development programs and corporate universities, talent acquisition strategy, entry / rotational programs, succession planning & talent reviews

Developed HR functional development strategies, programs, and career ladders to support functional transformations

Organization Design & Development

Led significant transformational organization design and restructuring initiatives reducing costs, improving margins and free cash flow and enabling investment in priority products and markets

Advised on the design and implementation structure and business processes of business lines, functions and regions to support and enable performance improvement and capability

Led selection/configuration/implementation of SaaS integrated talent management system to manage employee lifecycle for global salaried workforce

Improved productivity and employee engagement through cross-functional process encompassing lean manufacturing management system deployment, Gemba management, interaction skills & problem solving

Led redesign of sales channels, sales process, training and redeployment of salesforce to align with customer profile

Products | Ventures

Launched a private university from concept to operating on accreditation path in one year

Advised multiple product management teams from learning, benefits, professional services and SaaS talent systems organizations on products, go-to-market and commercialization.