Consulting Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Sarah and I met in 2012 when she hired me to consult with her and the senior team at Wyndham Vacation Ownership on a massive org transformation project she was leading. Sarah is a visionary who can see a better future for the organization she serves, AND she is a warrior who can make this type of change happen.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt Reason #1: Pressure Accelerates Change One reason to embrace pressure is that pressure accelerates change, and leadership is about change. In the book Leading Change, renowned change management thought leader John Kotter identified that overcoming complacency to change requires a sense of urgency.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2022

After a couple of decades of working in talent management, I get it. Academy of management perspectives , 20 (2), 58-69. If you are not laughing, you're likely not paying attention. Good humor is a part of a good life. But many leaders fail to take it seriously. The Journal of Services Marketing. & Viswesvaran, C.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Courtship of a Client (Business Development) March 2012: I ask a few consulting friends to introduce me to their corporate HR colleagues as a way to get my foot in the door. Of course, let me know if you ever need any consulting talent. I have a need for an independent change management consultant in LA.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

The leadership challenge is to figure out the best way to manage the formation of a blended new shared culture. A framework for the role of the human resource in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 859-877. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 859-877. Don’t walk away.

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Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

The giant German publisher made a decisive move from print to digital by making 67 mostly small acquisitions from 2006 to 2012, while launching 90 publications organically and divesting eight. The management understood that doing three deals a year meant they had to do due diligence on 20 companies and submit five bids.

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