Talent & Strategic Advisory

 

Talent Strategy Consulting

Our work allows organizations to make optimum use of all people in a firm, ensuring that people and people-related processes are as fully managed as other functions, such as operations, finance, and marketing. Ascent ensures success by going beyond Human Resources and using a proprietary, holistic, specifically-sequenced approach called Strategic Talent Management.

Benefits to Our Approach:

  • Superior performance…through hiring better people, and developing and supporting them to maximize their potential

  • Higher retention of outstanding people…by recognizing their strengths and investing in them

  • Reduced recruiting and retraining costs…by developing and promoting from within, and by retaining outstanding people

  • A working environment that drives performance…by enabling people to understand themselves, the organization, and their potential to grow within the organization

 

DID YOU KNOW…

Mergers/acquisitions using Strategic Talent Management succeed at twice the rate of those who don’t.

(E&Y/EgonZehnder)

 

DID YOU KNOW…

External hires demand 18-20% more in salary than internal hires.

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Growth Strategy Consulting

We partner closely with our clients, including several of the world’s leading professional services firms, to help develop, articulate and implement their short- and long-term growth strategies. These engagements typically:

  • Follow a comprehensive internal and external benchmarking exercise focused on the client’s technology, value propositions, and talent;

  • Develop approaches on how to refine products or services, effectively go-to-market, improve talent development, and optimally align the organization for efficiency; and

  • Engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization, from the board and executive leadership team though next generation talent and junior staff.

 

Plug and Play Services for Leadership Advisory

If you need comprehensive leadership programming but lack the time or expertise in-house, you can leverage our expertise so you can focus on the bottom line. We offer:

  • Outsourced assessment and development

  • Program development for bespoke leadership development experiences

  • Licensed assessment and development technology opportunities

 

 We develop leaders in the ways that matter.