Finding, nurturing and keeping talent – and developing programs best suited to achieve those objectives – is a ceaseless corporate challenge these days. It takes a uniquely skilled and innovative professional to excel in an increasingly complex and competitive field.
Leah A. Reynolds is that professional. Leah develops people and change strategies for organizations during talent and rewards strategy re-designs, mergers and acquisitions and shifts in corporate culture.
In coming to Deloitte Consulting LLP in 2004, Leah’s mission was to build, energize and sustain a "Total Rewards Communication" practice. Mission accomplished. During her tenure, Leah created a generational "Point of View" study that applied to rewards, talent and communication – and a national rewards communication practice that has grown by 300 percent in the process.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Leah was the owner and president of Leah Reynolds Associates, a leading change-management and communication consulting firm. Among other senior leadership positions before that, she served as practice leader for Change Management, Communication and Measurement at a large consulting firm.
Leah is in demand as a speaker on generational and workplace issues. She has appeared at the Harvard Roundtable, the Human Capital Institute International Summit and the World-at-Work conference. Leah was recently named “Communicator of the Year” by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) for her thought leadership and contributions to the communications profession.
Leah's commentary on industry trends has been featured in leading publications, such as Accounting Today and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has written extensively for the Deloitte U.S. team and external audiences alike, including “The Gen Y Imperative” for Communication World in 2008.
Leah holds a master's degree in organizational communication from Eastern Michigan University.
My Latest Thinking
Leah has recently been quoted in the following media outlets:
Deloitte Debate: Gen Y - or Gen Whine?
Gen Y is the future workforce and you won’t be able to survive without them. The sooner you figure out how to harness their capabilities, the sooner you’ll see the benefits – and the bigger your lead over the competition.
New World, New Workforce: Gen Y Views on Today's Workplace
Learn more on how to attract, develop and retain the “best and brightest” of today and tomorrow. Leah provides insights to help chief human resource officers and business leaders anticipate, engage in and act on critical and timely issues. Visit the resource library.
Multigenerational Communications: The Case for Shifting from Monologue to Megalogue
On a recent Dbriefs Webcast, Leah and Cydney Roach, Deloitte Consulting LLP senior manager, led a discussion on multigenerational communication and described how companies can expand the conversation to engage current, former and future employees. The Webcast generated numerous questions from the audience. Read Leah and Cydney's responses to those questions.
Communicating with Gen Y
Leah's unique sense of how Gen Y intersects with corporate innovation was the subject of an address to the IABC Conference in June 2008. Watch the video.
The Gen Y Imperative
In the March/April 2008 issue of Communications World, the global journal for the IABC, Leah collaborates with Deloitte colleagues Elizabeth Campbell Bush and Ryan Geist on communications strategies for engaging the youngest work force members. The article highlights the findings of a Deloitte study that suggests what works – and what doesn’t.
Related Content:
Article: Communicating Total Rewards to the Generations
Article: Corporations Should Know 'Y'
Article: Generation Y: Changing the Face of Manufacturing
Deloitte Research: Managing the Talent Crisis in Global Manufacturing – Generation Y
Library: Communicating to the Generations – Start a Dialogue
Overview: Human Capital
