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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Capabilities. Metrics and Rewards.

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To Little, Too Late: Why many Diversity and Inclusion efforts fall short

Kates Kesler

When thinking about diversity and inclusion, organizations need to take a more holistic view of the organization; many organizations focus their efforts too narrowly on talent practices and do not consider the broader organization design. The focus on “fixing” a talent problem comes too late. Capabilities. Metrics and Rewards.

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Have you designed your change and project management capabilities?

Kates Kesler

Where do we need leadership and management? . How do we acquire project and change management talent? . Talent is sourced centrally through a mix of external hiring and internal transfers. Change management (CM) excellence. . Project management (PM) excellence. STRUCTURE . PEOPLE PRACTICES . . Christie Irizarry.

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So, you’ve built a new capability, but no one uses it! What gives?

Kates Kesler

She had hired top talent, built assets, and delivered high quality demonstration projects. Cari faces a common problem: An executive leadership team decides to build a capability critical to the company’s strategy and future success. But a year later they have little to show for it. Keep the complexity away from the client.

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Embracing Healthy Tensions in a Matrixed Organization

Kates Kesler

As a company strategy becomes more dynamic and ambitious, leaders will often shift to a matrixed organization model to help the business excel at doing more than one thing simultaneously. What is most important is thoughtful, intentional, and consistent management routines that make new leadership behaviors and outcomes possible.

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Chief Ecosystem Officer – Taking Customer Centricity to the Next Level

Kates Kesler

Customer centricity is defined here as creating unique product value propositions and strategies to deliver against unmet customer needs. While such a role solves an integration challenge, it also creates potential complexity regarding boundaries and decision rights with existing, more traditional roles on the leadership team.

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Fireside Chat – Consulting Recruiting at Target and Non-Target Universities

Tom Spencer

However, you’ll grow your knowledge base much faster than most industry jobs. To stand out, some of my friends started clubs or side businesses; others spent time strengthening their musical or artistic talents. Jeff Zhang is an Associate at PwC working with the Deals Strategy / Strategy Consulting team.