What We Do

We are a business consulting, coaching,
& training firm

that helps high growth companies grow 58% faster and be 72% more profitable by powerfully aligning organizational culture and key talent with business strategies.

Strategy
Culture
Talent

ASSESS ALIGNMENT

We begin with a clear assessment of how well your culture and talent are aligned to your strategic priorities.

We help leaders identify and implement the critical actions that will have the greatest impact.

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SHAPE CULTURE

Organizational cultures exist by design or by default.

We help leaders successfully shape their culture to perform at their peak.

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CLARIFY STRATEGY

Less than 10% of well formulated strategies are effectively executed.

That's where we come in — to ensure your strategy is firing on all cylinders.

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SHAPE CULTURE

Organizational cultures exist by design or by default.

We help leaders successfully shape their culture to perform at their peak.

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DIFFERENTIATE TALENT

Business results depend on attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining the right talent in the right roles.

We help make talent matter.

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3X ALIGNMENT™

ALIGNMENT
IS THE KEY
TO GETTING
WHERE YOU
WANT TO GO.

We define organizational alignment as the optimum combination of business strategy, corporate culture, and talent to maximize health and performance.

If you are not getting the most out of what you have, think alignment. If your current performance is not where you want it to be, think alignment.

Getting aligned means configuring the critical elements of your company to optimize short- and long-term performance. Misaligned strategy, culture, and talent cause poor short-term performance and unsustainable long-term organizational health.

While most leaders believe culture to be extremely important for organizational performance, less than one-third report their corporate culture aligns with their business strategy.  That is a big problem for companies looking to grow the top and bottom lines while retaining key clients and top talent.

LSA's organizational alignment research shows that highly aligned companies grow revenue 58% faster, are 72% more profitable and outperform unaligned companies in terms of:

  • Customer Retention 2.23-to-1
  • Customer Satisfaction 3.2-to-1
  • Leadership Effectiveness 8.71-to-1
  • Employee Engagement 16.8-to-1

Do not get fooled into making isolated strategy, culture, or talent moves that do not lead your company dramatically forward.

Neither talent, nor culture, nor strategy alone will produce the results you want. Organizational Alignment is the missing ingredient.

Download 3x Organizational Alignment Whitepaper

Download 3x Organizational Alignment Research

When it comes to organizational alignment, LSA Global
helps high growth companies:

Organizational alignment training Educate Senior Leaders

Educate Senior Leaders

Educate Senior Leaders about the importance of organizational alignment and change

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Assess Organizational Alignment

Assess the organization’s current
level of strategic, cultural and
talent alignment

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Implement Organizational Alignment Key Moves

Implement the critical actions defined for immediate impact on performance and organizational health

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We highly value the relationship we have with LSA Global.

I highly recommend LSA to anyone who is looking to strategically, practically, and fundamentally improve individual and organizational effectiveness in a way that makes sense for their unique culture and strategy.

Laura Dominguez
Director of Human Resources

The LSA customized Organizational Alignment Survey gave us a comprehensive view of how our employees experience our culture, talent, and strategy.

The systemic approach provided us with a great forum to discuss the strengths and opportunities in our organization, and then to quickly get focused on the key actions critical to executing our business and people strategies.

Mark Forrest
General Manager, FSM Division

Trimble

You have become our premier change leadership strategic partner. Your expertise in the human side of change is unparalleled and enabled our company to successfully implement our ERP Solution under challenging and ever-changing circumstances.

Thank you for your practical and outcome-oriented approach.

Ted Ramlet
CIO & SVP

McKesson

Thanks a million for the great strategy and cultural alignment session for our global leadership team.

Your experience and patience to expertly deal with the inherent and complex challenges between business units uncovered many hidden truths that created a great roadmap for us to move forward as a unified leadership team.

I recommend LSA to any leader looking to shape and align organizational culture.

Juan Plaza
Geospatial Sales Manager, Latin America

Trimble Navigation

Great job in designing the Mergers and Acquisition strategy session for our global leadership team. The session was excellent.

I gained additional insight on the importance of the role of HR regarding strategy, culture, and people in Mergers and Acquisitions and would recommend LSA to anyone looking to align strategies and cultures.

Gloria Veon
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Fujitsu

We looked to LSA Global as a consulting partner to help us explore innovative and scholarly approaches to promote employee engagement and sustain the unique culture we’ve built over the last decade.  LSA helped us perpetuate coaching as a discipline across the organization by integrating our core values, goal setting, and performance management.

We appreciate LSA’s commitment to cutting-edge practices to help keep us a step ahead during this time of rapid change.

Rosalyn Chan
Vice President, Human Resources

Redwood Trust

LSA Global really shifted our perspective about strategic clarity and organizational culture.

The 3 C’s approach to workplace culture is very practical and really helps  executive teams – even skeptical ones – ensure that your culture is healthy, high performing, and aligned.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer

symantec logo LSA Global

It was a challenge to find a consultant with an approach to performance improvement that fit our unique performance culture and style. We were pleasantly surprised to discover LSA’s depth of expertise in the fields of motivation, developmental coaching, performance management, and measurement.

LSA seamlessly integrated those components without our folks feeling like the intervention was forced. They understood what we were trying to accomplish, helped us clarify our objectives, and created a solid, refreshing approach that quickly got us moving and engaged at all levels across the organization.

Overall, I couldn’t be happier that we found a true strategy and implementation partner in LSA.

Doug Hansen
President and Director

Redwood Trust

I can’t emphasize enough what a huge shift you helped to create for us as an organization. Thanks again for your change management consulting help and guidance.

The clarity, practicality, focus, and accountability are exactly what we needed to make this strategy and major transformation a success from a hearts and minds perspective.

Cris Alvarez
VP Corporate Strategy

LSA Global Cambridge Investment Research Financial Services Client

The experiential New Employee Orientation was an incredible success for 2,500+ new hires over 4 years spread across the globe.

LSA partnered with us to create an innovative solution on very short notice and added a huge amount of value.

We could never have done it without their unmatched combination of expertise, professionalism, and creativity that aligned everything with our unique culture and growth strategy.

Even our executives and experienced hires were blown away!

Brenda Wagner
Founder and President

Proxicom

STRATEGIC CLARITY

IS YOUR
STRATEGY
TRULY
SET UP TO
SUCCEED?

Good leaders start by creating a strategy that outlines clear and compelling choices about where to play and what actions to take. Done right, a successful strategic plan sets a company up to perform beyond the sum of its parts. When it comes to performance however, strategy is the beginning, not the end.

According to a recent IBM study, less than 10% of well formulated strategies are effectively executed.

Our own organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

For a strategy to make a true difference, it must be properly executed. That is where we come in. If you are like most of our clients, you have high aspirations and a promising future.

Now, you want to know the best moves to get you where you want to go.

So, while most agree that a sound strategic plan is imperative, most companies struggle to effectively cascade and execute their strategy throughout the organization.

For most fast growing and changing companies, we know that the greatest obstacles to success have little to do with the actual crafting of a winning strategy. When you look under the hood of many organizations (even ones that have a solid strategic plan), you find that they are not firing on all cylinders.

They are not performing at their peak. And their leaders have not created a high performance environment to get sustainable results now or in the future. They are not aligned.

Download How To Stress Test Your Strategic Clarity

Download 3x Organizational Alignment Research

When it comes to strategy, LSA Global helps high
growth companies:

Strategic Clarity Facilitation of leaders creating a clear and winning strategy together

Clarify & Communicate

Identify and articulate the critical few strategic actions and performance metrics that will make the biggest impact.

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Align and lead senior teams

Align & Lead

Align senior teams and functions with
the strategic direction.

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Implement & Cascade

Implement and cascade strategic plans, actions and metrics throughout the organization.

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LSA worked with our Executive Leadership Team to help create strategic clarity and alignment as we look to increase our growth rate and unlock innovation.  They masterfully handled very complex, challenging, and high stakes leaders, decisions, and cultural nuances to help us identify what matters most and move toward one unified direction.

Their practical, straightforward, and client-centric approach was refreshing.  I highly recommend them to any executive team looking to get aligned to create even higher performance.  They are lights out awesome!

Patrick Resk
Chief Financial Officer, Partner

Porter Novelli logo LSA Global

Having taken on a new executive leadership role, one of my first calls was to LSA Global to help my leadership team to design, implement, and cascade clear strategic plans.  First, LSA helped our leadership team identify the strategy, culture, and talent areas that mattered most to create organizational alignment.

Then they helped facilitate the design of a strategic growth plan that is clear, compelling, believable, and implementable. We now have 100% commitment from an aligned leadership team and key stakeholders going forward.

I would recommend LSA to anyone who wants to create high levels of strategic alignment, growth, and performance.

Erik Arvesen
Vice President, General Manager

LSA was very thorough during all phases of our customer service strategy process.  Their time spent with management and our employees went very well.

LSA’s insights were very powerful, and their suggestions for the future were very valuable.

I can’t think of any phase of the process that wasn’t first class.

John Lynch
CEO & President

ESCI

LSA helped us to create the strategic clarity and alignment we needed for our team to thrive.

The practical, no-nonsense, and outcome-oriented approach really helped us all get on the same page and set us up to be a high performing leadership team to focus on what matters most.

Michael Carter
VP Human Resources

Samsung

LSA has a very unique and powerful methodology regarding learning. Their ability to overcome skepticism, obtain executive support, and create an aligned learning strategy that provides measurable business impact is second to none.

They understand your goals, flex to your needs, and solve problems. They certainly help make my job easier and are a pleasure to work with.

I highly recommend LSA to anyone trying to connect the dots between strategy, skills, knowledge, and results.

Noelle Van Vlierbergen
Human Resources Director

AKQA

We consider LSA our true business partner.

From Strategic Facilitation and Planning to Presentation Skills and Management Training, they continue to provide excellent value and extremely high quality solutions that make an impact.

I recommend them to anyone looking for a practical approach to drive true business and people results.

Michelle A. Mitchell
Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources

The LSA customized Organizational Alignment Survey gave us a comprehensive view of how our employees experience our culture, talent, and strategy.

The systemic approach provided us with a great forum to discuss the strengths and opportunities in our organization, and then to quickly get focused on the key actions critical to executing our business and people strategies.

Mark Forrest
General Manager, FSM Division

Trimble

LSA Global really shifted our perspective about strategic clarity and organizational culture.

The 3 C’s approach to workplace culture is very practical and really helps  executive teams – even skeptical ones – ensure that your culture is healthy, high performing, and aligned.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer

symantec logo LSA Global

Having tripled in size and recently merged, LSA helped our executive team to increase our level of strategic alignment, to solidify our new direction, and to push our agency forward.

As we look to rapidly scale, the clear, actionable, and critical few strategic moves combined with how we differentiate ourselves to our top accounts and target clients has really set us on a great path to success.

This is exactly what we needed to get to the next level. Thank you LSA!

Matt Britton
CEO

You have become our premier change leadership strategic partner. Your expertise in the human side of change is unparalleled and enabled our company to successfully implement our ERP Solution under challenging and ever-changing circumstances.

Thank you for your practical and outcome-oriented approach.

Ted Ramlet
CIO & SVP

McKesson

HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE

DO YOU
HAVE A HIGH
PERFORMANCE
CULTURE TO
DRIVE YOUR
STRATEGY?

Once your strategy is clear enough to act, it is time to understand, shape, and align your culture to best drive your key initiatives forward.

We define culture as how and why things truly get done in an organization. Culture can be measured by understanding the way people think, behave, spend their time, and work.  This includes the known and unspoken values and assumptions that drive key business practices and behaviors — especially in leaders and in who they hire, fire, and promote.

Organizational culture is often set in large part by its founder.  Your culture also represents what a new employee needs to learn to be "accepted as a member," and what makes the company "feel and act" like itself.  While often invisible, organizational culture becomes very apparent when people act in ways that are deemed to be against accepted cultural norms.

Company cultures, regardless of their strength, progress and change over time.  How leaders define and shape their corporate culture over time has become a critical variable in defining the success and failure of their strategies.

Many still mistakenly believe that culture is "soft HR-type stuff" that can be ignored because it does not have a quantifiable impact on performance. Successful organizations and leaders know better. They understand and leverage their culture to outperform their competition.

A recent Harvard Business School research report found that an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between organizations in the same industry. Our own organizational alignment research found that cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low growth companies. This should be a powerful motivator.

Organizational cultures exist by design or by default. And, regardless of their origin, some strong cultures help companies perform (e.g., Southwest Airlines) and some strong cultures hurt performance (e.g., Enron). One thing is certain-as a leader, if you do not understand, shape, and align your culture and strategy, you are not performing at your peak.

Download The 3 Levels of a High Performing Culture Whitepaper

Download 3x Organizational Alignment Research

When it comes to high performance culture, LSA Global
helps high growth companies:

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Assess & Prioritize

We identify the key moves to achieve maximum performance and long-term organizational health.

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Shape and Align Organizational Culture

Shape & Align

Our unparalleled network of elite specialists ensures that you get the best possible combination of thought leadership and expertise.

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Implement & Change

We measure our success based on your success and will put ourselves at risk to further your success.

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The LSA customized Organizational Alignment Survey gave us a comprehensive view of how our employees experience our culture, talent, and strategy.

The systemic approach provided us with a great forum to discuss the strengths and opportunities in our organization, and then to quickly get focused on the key actions critical to executing our business and people strategies.

Mark Forrest
General Manager, FSM Division

Trimble

We highly value the relationship we have with LSA Global.

I highly recommend LSA to anyone who is looking to strategically, practically, and fundamentally improve individual and organizational effectiveness in a way that makes sense for their unique culture and strategy.

Laura Dominguez
Director of Human Resources

I can’t emphasize enough what a huge shift you helped to create for us as an organization. Thanks again for your change management consulting help and guidance.

The clarity, practicality, focus, and accountability are exactly what we needed to make this strategy and major transformation a success from a hearts and minds perspective.

Cris Alvarez
VP Corporate Strategy

LSA Global Cambridge Investment Research Financial Services Client

It was a challenge to find a consultant with an approach to performance improvement that fit our unique performance culture and style. We were pleasantly surprised to discover LSA’s depth of expertise in the fields of motivation, developmental coaching, performance management, and measurement.

LSA seamlessly integrated those components without our folks feeling like the intervention was forced. They understood what we were trying to accomplish, helped us clarify our objectives, and created a solid, refreshing approach that quickly got us moving and engaged at all levels across the organization.

Overall, I couldn’t be happier that we found a true strategy and implementation partner in LSA.

Doug Hansen
President and Director

Redwood Trust

You have become our premier change leadership strategic partner. Your expertise in the human side of change is unparalleled and enabled our company to successfully implement our ERP Solution under challenging and ever-changing circumstances.

Thank you for your practical and outcome-oriented approach.

Ted Ramlet
CIO & SVP

McKesson

Thanks a million for the great strategy and cultural alignment session for our global leadership team.

Your experience and patience to expertly deal with the inherent and complex challenges between business units uncovered many hidden truths that created a great roadmap for us to move forward as a unified leadership team.

I recommend LSA to any leader looking to shape and align organizational culture.

Juan Plaza
Geospatial Sales Manager, Latin America

Trimble Navigation

Great job in designing the Mergers and Acquisition strategy session for our global leadership team. The session was excellent.

I gained additional insight on the importance of the role of HR regarding strategy, culture, and people in Mergers and Acquisitions and would recommend LSA to anyone looking to align strategies and cultures.

Gloria Veon
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Fujitsu

We looked to LSA Global as a consulting partner to help us explore innovative and scholarly approaches to promote employee engagement and sustain the unique culture we’ve built over the last decade.  LSA helped us perpetuate coaching as a discipline across the organization by integrating our core values, goal setting, and performance management.

We appreciate LSA’s commitment to cutting-edge practices to help keep us a step ahead during this time of rapid change.

Rosalyn Chan
Vice President, Human Resources

Redwood Trust

LSA Global really shifted our perspective about strategic clarity and organizational culture.

The 3 C’s approach to workplace culture is very practical and really helps  executive teams – even skeptical ones – ensure that your culture is healthy, high performing, and aligned.

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf
Chief Human Resources Officer

symantec logo LSA Global

The experiential New Employee Orientation was an incredible success for 2,500+ new hires over 4 years spread across the globe.

LSA partnered with us to create an innovative solution on very short notice and added a huge amount of value.

We could never have done it without their unmatched combination of expertise, professionalism, and creativity that aligned everything with our unique culture and growth strategy.

Even our executives and experienced hires were blown away!

Brenda Wagner
Founder and President

Proxicom

DIFFERENTIATED TALENT

DO YOU
HAVE THE
RIGHT TALENT
TO ACHIEVE
YOUR GOALS?

Once your strategy is clear enough to act and you have shaped and aligned your high performance culture for that strategy, it is time to attract, develop, engage, and retain talent that fits your unique situation.

Organizations with higher capabilities in leadership and talent management outperform their peers in terms of profitable revenue growth.

Our own organization alignment research found that talent accounts for 29% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

We define talent as the workforce that leaders build and manage to create a unique advantage their competitors cannot replicate. One good indicator of success is observing that people who are a good cultural fit are most likely to be high performers.

Top companies know that different talent contributes differently to every organization. Because of this, winning organizations make sure that their talent strategy aligns with their unique organizational culture and business strategy.  Especially for companies that rely on their people to succeed, business results depend on designing and implementing the right talent strategy.

Our clients tell us that they are struggling with getting the right people with the right capabilities in key positions to consistently perform. They also speak of challenges with attracting, retaining, and developing their next generation of leaders.

With so many companies making talent moves that are not linked to or supported by their performance environment or strategy, these challenges are not surprising.

Download The Surprising Talent Management Recipe for Success

Download 3x Organizational Alignment Research

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When it comes to differentiating talent, LSA Global helps
high growth companies:

Brand, Attract & On-Board

Design and implement state of the art processes to attract, hire and onboard top talent that aligns with your brand and strategy.

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Assess & Develop

Identify, prioritize, and close key performance gaps to create
differentiated talent.

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Engage and retain talent at work

Engage & Retain

Engage and retain “A” players to move the business forward.

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Solutions

Centers of Excellence built by an unparalleled network of specialists to ensure the best possible combination of thought leadership, expertise, and results.

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Toolkits

Get key strategy, culture, and talent tools from industry experts that work

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Health Checks

Assess how you stack up against leading organizations in areas matter most

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Methodologies

Review proven research-backed approaches to get aligned

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