Organisational Change & Strategy Consulting

Practical support when something in the organisation needs to change

Sometimes the issue isn't an HR matter that needs managing. The organisation itself needs attention.

The structure may no longer support the way the business operates. Roles and responsibilities have become unclear. A strategy needs to move from good intentions to practical action. A restructure is needed, or a major project requires additional experience and capacity to get it moving.

Alignment Group works with organisations on strategy, organisational change and complex workplace projects.

We bring an independent perspective, senior experience and practical support to help you understand what's happening, decide what needs to change and make it happen.

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Organisational change and restructures

Change can look straightforward on paper. The reality is usually more complicated.

A new structure affects roles, relationships and responsibilities. Decisions need to be communicated clearly. Employees need opportunities to understand and respond to proposed changes. Leaders need to manage uncertainty while continuing to run the organisation.

We can support:

• organisational restructures

• organisation and role design

• operating model changes

• workforce changes

• consultation and implementation

• change management

• communication and stakeholder engagement

• supporting leaders through change.

Our role can range from advising on the approach through to working alongside your team to deliver the change.

Strategy and organisational review

Sometimes an organisation knows something needs to change but hasn't yet worked out exactly what.

An independent review can help establish what's happening now, what is getting in the way and where attention needs to go next.

We work with organisations on:

• organisational and functional reviews

• people and workforce strategy

• inclusion and DEI strategy

• strategic planning

• operating models

• leadership and management capability

• governance and accountability

• translating strategy into practical priorities and actions.

The work is grounded in the reality of the organisation. We want to understand how things actually operate, not simply how they're described in a strategy, policy or organisational chart.

HR transformation and projects

There are also times when an organisation has a defined piece of work that needs additional senior capability.

That might be reviewing HR practices, introducing a new system, improving an employee process or delivering a project that the internal team doesn't have the time or specialist experience to lead.

We can support projects including:

• HR reviews and transformation

• HR systems implementation

• policy and process reviews

• employee experience

• manager capability

• workforce projects

• HR governance

• organisational frameworks

• project and program delivery.

We can lead the work, work alongside an existing HR team or provide independent advice at key stages.

Stakeholder consultation and engagement

Good organisational decisions rarely come from working in isolation.

Employees, leaders, customers, communities and other stakeholders often hold important parts of the picture.

We design and facilitate consultation that helps organisations hear those perspectives, make sense of what they're learning and use it to inform decisions.

This can include:

• employee and stakeholder consultation

• facilitated workshops

• leadership sessions

• focus groups

• strategy development

• co-design

• engagement to support organisational change.

Consultation should do more than demonstrate that people were asked. It should help the organisation understand something it didn't know before.

Getting underneath the presenting problem

Organisations often approach us with a clear idea of the problem they need solved.

Part of our role is to test that.

A performance problem might also be a role-design problem. Resistance to change may tell us something about how the change has been developed or communicated. Repeated complaints may point to unclear responsibilities or a process that no longer works.

This doesn't mean the presenting issue isn't real. It means there may be more to understand before deciding on the solution.

Taking the time to see the fuller picture can prevent an organisation from solving the wrong problem very efficiently.

This thinking also sits behind Unearthing Reality, Alignment Group's approach to exploring complexity, challenging assumptions and creating clearer choices about what comes next.

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Senior experience without adding permanent headcount

Not every organisation needs another permanent senior role to deliver an important project.

Sometimes you need experienced capability for a particular period, project or point of change.

Alignment Group can work independently, alongside your leadership team or with an existing HR, People and Culture or project function.

We bring the level of support the work requires and step back when the work is done.

Consulting that leads somewhere

A review that sits on a shelf isn't particularly useful.

Neither is a strategy that never changes what happens in the organisation.

Our focus is on work that can be used: clearer decisions, practical recommendations, defined priorities and support to turn those decisions into action.

That may mean leaving you with a strategy or roadmap. It may mean staying involved through implementation. It depends on the work and what will be most useful to the organisation.

Have a project or organisational challenge you need to work through?

You don't need to have the solution worked out before speaking with us.

Tell us what's happening, what you're trying to achieve and where you're getting stuck.

We can start there.