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OUR SOLUTIONS Bespoke Engagements We leverage our Consulting , Coaching, and Facilitation capabilities to help business leaders address complex Purpose , People , and Process challenges. Our highly-skilled and experienced Transformation Advisors enable you to adroitly explore, understand, and solve these complicated and often interacting challenges. ​ We do not show up on the doorstep with a canned solution in search of a problem.​ Rather we listen, learn, and diagnose your specific needs before developing a bespoke engagement strategy with the most appropriate mix of consulting, coaching, and facilitation support. ​ As objective and informed Advisors we of guidance and support in making the changes necessary to realize your professional and organizational goals. Take the first step on your transformation journey by scheduling an introductory call today. Schedule An Introductory Call We bring the right mix of consulting, coaching and facilitation support to each engagement. Consulting Strategy Organizational Design Process Management Capabilities Assessment Process Improvement Change Management Coaching Leadership Career Development Emotional Intelligence Employee Engagement Personality Assessment Relationship Management Facilitation Strategic Planning Functional Planning Goal Setting Governance Project Portfolio Review Conflict Resolution Start Your Engagement Today

Why Go It Alone? Engage a proven Advisor to guide you on your transformation journey. Contact Us Search Site How can we help you and your team? Management Consulting We enable executives to envision, lead, and realize the benefits of transformational change. Executive Coaching We help executives and teams successfully navigate personal, professional, and organizational challenges. Meeting Facilitation We facilitate business meetings to ensure active engagement, open discussion, and sound decision making. Schedule An Introductory Call

COACHING SOLUTIONS We offer executive coaching to business leaders seeking assistance in navigating personal, professional and organizational challenges en route to achieving their career aspirations. Team coaching is offered to workgroups struggling with a variety of challenges limiting their ability to become cohesive, high-performing teams. Both approaches employ proven strategies based upon sound theoretical foundations and pragmatic, real-life experience. Which approach best meets your needs? Executive Coaching We help leaders realize their personal and professional aspirations. Read More... Team Coaching We accelerate the creation of cohesive, high-performing teams Read More... Schedule An Introductory Call

PROCESS CHALLENGES Ill-defined business processes cause tremendous frustration and inefficiency in companies of all sizes. Employees feel trapped and have little choice but to "keep their heads down" and work within the existing process constraints - often at great personal expense. Managers usually report having a gut feeling that something is wrong, but rarely can quantify the problem. Typically they have neither the time nor the expertise to analyze, streamline the broken processes and are prone to "throwing bodies " at the problem. Adding headcount to muscle through a broken process may be a reasonable short term fix, but is rarely a viable long term solution. A more thoughtful approach is usually required. ​ What managers need more than anything else is an objective, critical assessment of the targeted processes and a proven approach for systematically addressing the underlying bottlenecks, errors, and rework. Managers are better off engaging experts to lead their team in transforming and standardizing the targeted processes than trying to drive process improvements with internal resources which are likely inexperienced, resistant and already over-allocated. Listed below are high-level descriptions of the kinds of issues reported by some of our clients. Do any of these sound familiar? Schedule An Introductory Call We still rely on inefficient paper-based processes. It is hard to believe that many companies still rely heavily on paper to manage core business processes. Usually, there are so-called "perfectly good reasons for doing so," but few are legitimate. The wasted effort in these organizations borders on criminal. Even basic Excel-based tracking solutions can seem like light years ahead of existing paper-based processes. Learn More... Employees rely on tribal knowledge to get the job done In some companies, particularly within their support functions, standardized processes do not exist. Employees rely heavily on tribal knowledge to get the work done, and employees have their own way of doing things. Best practices are ignored, and waste, error, and rework abound. performance metrics are absent. and these functions can be very difficult to manage. Learn More... I spend all my time fixing someone else's errors Few people enjoy fixing their own mistakes, and almost no one enjoys checking and correcting the work of others. But alas, error and rework rates in many business functions are often very high. Employees resist standardized processes citing that they are professionals and need latitude to get the job done. In such cases, the introduction of best practices and objective performance metrics can help managers turn things around. Learn More... We don't even follow our own SOPs New managers are often dismayed to hear that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are inadequate or, in some cases, nonexistent. Both situations are bad but not nearly as troubling as when employees ignore published SOPs. In such cases, particularly in highly regulated environments, it is only a matter of time before "things go pear-shaped." Learn More... Lean and Six Sigma methodologies can be successfully applied to diagnose and address even the most complicated process challenges. The trick is knowing how and when to leverage the various tools and techniques most effectively. A traditional, full-blown Six Sigma deployment is NOT required to realize significant benefits. Let one of our Transformation Advisors guide you in leverage disciplined process improvement strategies and techniques that will work within your specific organization. Schedule An Introductory Call

STRATEGIC PLANNING Transformation Associates presented at the 2021 New Jersey State Golf Association Summit . In this video, Dr. Gillard cuts through the "smoke and mirrors" of strategic planning and provides a simple, step-by-step model to structure successful strategic planning sessions. Learn More... Click here to access the strategic planning templates referenced in the above presentation. Schedule An Introductory Call

SHRM NJ Presentation: Designing Workspaces That “Work And Are Worth The Commute” < Back Paul Gillard Mar 8, 2023 Val, Lu, and I are looking forward to sharing our thoughts on Designing Workspaces That “Work And Are Worth The Commute” at the March 8th SHRM meeting at the Rutgers Club. Join us if you can - it is sure to be an evening of lively discussion and debate. Click Here To Register Presentation Description Make no mistake; employees have very different workplace expectations and needs in the post-COVID world. Traditional workspace designs are inadequate, and employees are demanding more. Seamless interaction spaces, proactive collaboration, and presence equity are now considered “minimum game stakes.” Employers must offer workspaces that are “worth the commute” to attract and retain the best and brightest. During this session, we will: Share current insights about designing workspaces that can bring out the best in people no matter where they are situated. Share lessons learned in designing hybrid work environments that ensure “presence equity” Outline why HR plays such a critical role in designing workspaces of the future Describe how to build work environments that are “worth the commute.” Learning Objectives: Share current trends in post-covid workspace design Examine the psychological and sociological considerations for workspace design Outline Human Resources’ role in building inviting, collaborative, productive workspaces About the Presenters Paul Gillard, President, Transformation Associates, Inc As Transformation Associates' founder, Paul brings a wealth of executive-level coaching and consulting experience within the Pharmaceutical, Financial Services, and Manufacturing industries to client engagements. Paul's success in enabling organizational transformation efforts is primarily due to his proven ability to engage and motivate executives, line managers, and employees in defining, selling, and realizing strategic and operational goals. He employs pragmatic, client-centered approaches to enable clients to constructively challenge and navigate their respective "organizational realities" to deliver maximum customer value. Ultimately, Paul develops close partnerships with clients and adroitly cuts through the "smoke and mirrors," and drives significant change across the enterprise. Paul holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), and the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Valerie Santanasto, Vice President of Sales, dancker Valerie Santanasto leads a team of interiors experts who help their clients achieve better business results by creating meaningful spaces that connect people, place, and technology. Prior to dancker, Valerie worked for Steelcase in a variety of roles and supported some of the most innovative Fortune 500 companies as they transformed their global workplaces. Lurdes Borges.,Vice President of Marketing & Communication, dancker Lurdes Borges contributes to the success of the organization, their clients, and partners with compelling storytelling and thoughtful solutions that deliver exceptional client service. Lurdes is also an advisor on dancker’s Employee Advisory Council and Workplace Strategy Team to help co-create destinations that inspire employees and clients alike. Paul Gillard, PhD President | Transformation Associates, Inc. Transassoc.com | PGillard@TransAssoc.com | (908) 319-6923 Valerie Santanasto Vice President of Sales | dancker dancker.com | Somerville, NJ https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriesantanasto/ Lurdes Borges Vice President of Marketing & Communication | dancker https://www.linkedin.com/in/lurdes-borges-b563919/ dancker.com | Somerville, NJ | (908) 231-1600 Previous Next

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