Talent & Culture

Institutions are reimagining the way work is done to unlock human potential within both the workforce and workplace. Now is the time to reimagine why, where, and how work gets done, and unleash the energy and endless possibilities for faculty and staff. Our approach to the Future of Work can help your leadership assess the current maturity level of your institution’s workplace flexibility practices, develop flexible and sustainable work models, and equip your talent ecosystem for a shift to an optimized workplace that enhances productivity and collaboration. By focusing on the workforce experience, we can help you enact campus-wide change to build adaptability and resiliency among faculty and staff. Our team can accelerate your path to the Future of Work through:

• Workforce reskilling design and implementation
• Workforce experience and culture assessment and analysis
• Workforce optimization
• Hybrid workforce strategy and implementation
• Workspace design options and space utilization
• Telework sustainment assessments
  

Shaping employee culture, often on a very limited budget, is a challenge for any industry. This is especially true in higher education, where an institution is only as strong as the quality and reputation of its faculty, students, and staff. We recognize that people are the most valuable part of an institution, and we work with human resource leaders to develop and implement human capital transformation strategies focused on talent development, organizational change, leadership development, employee experience, and talent transformation. We can help empower teams to:

• Build a strategic change management plan to improve leadership alignment and employee engagement
• Establish vision and goals for adopting new technologies
• Create talent strategies for recruitment and retention
• Identify and cultivate a positive and productive university culture
• Improve employee engagement, and strengthen their commitment to the institution
• Recruit and retain a diverse staff by creating an environment of inclusion
• Close the gaps between the leadership and staff
• Make better decisions to help grow revenues and manage risk, primarily through compensations and rewards

Human resources is at the heart of the higher education talent experience. Our practitioners work with human resource leaders to transform the way they recruit, retain, and reward faculty and staff. We empower HR leaders through end-to-end solutions encompassing strategy, design, implementation, and operations. Our team can help you:

• Create or enhance change management plans for institutional and student strategies
• Identify and address human factors impacting the ability to achieve transformation
• Provide guidance and support on major initiatives, from concept and proposal, through implementation and user acceptance

As institutions across the academy embrace the opportunities to unleash human potential, more systematic approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion are needed. Our practitioners work alongside your leadership to deliver holistic, data-driven solutions grounded in practical experience. We can help you access and engage a more diverse workforce, build inclusive leadership capabilities, foster a culture of belonging, and embed equity and inclusion across every business function. Our services include:

• Campus climate and inclusivity surveys
• Coaching and implicit bias training for leadership, boards, search and admission committees
• Student workshops and keynotes on issues of equity, inclusion, and justice