Organization Effectiveness Consulting

What

Partnering with Leadership Teams to align business strategy with an organization’s capabilities.

How

Diagnostic process for evaluating employee understanding and commitment to strategy; surfacing overt and hidden barriers to implementation; and engaging the right stakeholders in creating solutions.
Application of a general management mindset to the business; broad and deep engagement of key influence leaders; defining measurable results.

Benefits

Leadership exercise for top team responsible for strategy development and execution.
Identification and meaningful involvement of high potential talent deeper in the organization.
Development of skills for collaboration, cross-business coordination, communicating change and framing business agenda for the future.

High Impact Assignments

Aligning to Overcome Organizational Barriers

Opportunity

Identify organizational barriers to implementing business strategy and equip Leadership Team with tools to implement changes needed to create alignment.

Results

Through managing an internal consulting group that conducted Organization Profiles sponsored at the Corporate, Business, Country and Manufacturing Plant levels, results included:

Improved Leadership Team effectiveness and efficiency in decision-making.
Greater clarity and associate commitment to business strategy.
Increased collaboration and coordination across Functional groups.
Outcomes described in a number of Harvard Business Review articles.

Endorsement

“I worked with Jeff for 20 years at BD where he was recognized by the company for facilitating organizational change. As a consultant to the company, I saw Jeff demonstrate skills in multiple dimensions including enterprise project/process management and delivering actionable messages to executive leadership teams. He brings competence, core values and deep integrity to his work.”

Michael Beer

Chair Emeritus at Center for Higher Ambition, HBS Professor and Author

Planning/Integrating Key Acquisitions & Divestitures

Opportunity

Lead HR Due Diligence and Integration Planning for key acquisitions and divestitures in a global medical technology company.

Results

Advanced project planning enabled organization to rationalize business portfolio while ensuring all associates, joining or separating, were treated fairly — consistent with company Values.

Endorsement

“Jeff is the rare partner who can both develop strategy and then execute it. He focuses first on the desired business outcomes and then on the appropriate long and short-term strategies to drive them. Jeff consistently provided me with critical thinking and constructive feedback, helping to improve my performance and the performance of my organization.”

Stephen Sichak

EVP Global Supply Chain; WW Business President

Ensuring Effectiveness & Cost-Efficiency

Opportunity

Review and identify effectiveness and cost-efficiency opportunities in worldwide Regulatory, R&D and Human Resources functions in a major Pharmaceutical company.

Results

Team recommendations identified collective savings of $20MM while maintaining or strengthening functional performance.

Endorsement

“Jeff excels in driving business impact through talent development and organizational design aligned with the long-term strategy of our business. He is a highly valued resource contributing to our growth, innovation and productivity.”

Ranjeet Banerjee

CEO, global medical technology & partner to Pharma/Life Sciences companies

Associate Engagement Linked to Strategy

Opportunity

Initiate Energy Services company’s first all employee survey to evaluate level of workforce commitment and define opportunities for improvement.

Results

State of the art survey delivered:

Results to confirm five-year balanced scorecard targets
Future HR agenda of the company

Endorsement

“Jeff is a gifted consultant and coach. He can be counted on to improve executive capabilities on both individual and organizational levels. With Jeff as my first boss in a corporate role, much of my later success was built on the lessons I learned from him in those formative years. For example, the importance of employee engagement and commitment. When I launched my own business he was one of the first people I tapped to join my Advisory Board.”

Susan Hay

Founder, Managing Partner and Career Coach