ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING
Lav Chintapalli
Helping transform vision into value by solving for specific gaps and crafting solutions for success.
"a consultant is someone brought in to build a one-handled wheelbarrow"
This is organizational and management consulting for strategic design to match outcomes, development, operational planning, implementation, governance optimization, or change management support. Whether it is yesterday's need or a future-focused one, let's partner and create solutions for success. You can choose a DONE-FOR-YOU or DONE-WITH-YOU option
Solving for Specific Gaps
Change is inevitable but growth is intentional. If you are a future-focused company building for growth or solving for an unexpected turn, let's connect. A chat is always enlightening for all!
WHO'S IT FOR:
Organizations, Departments within large orgs, Small to Medium sized Companies, Startups, Nonprofits, Academia - unique problems often require customized solutions.
FORMAT:
> An initial meeting to launch conversation
> Subsequent meetings designed to solve the need as consulting projects vary by scope, timeline, and urgency.
> We have a network of specialists and providers who may be included in the project as needed.
EXPERTISE:
> Lav brings decades of experience in Organizational Strategy, Change Management, Instructional Design, and Adult Learning.
> She is well-versed in conducting a large scale needs-analysis, designing and creating international programs and/or experience, along with formative + summative evaluations.
WHAT ORGANIZATIONS WALK AWAY WITH:
> Focused growth and more confidence and clarity
> Greater and broader influence, connection with teams and clients, and executive presence
> Stronger communication, trust, and connection with teams and colleagues.
> Practical tools to use everyday, to influence effectively and grow intentionally
> Insights around communication style, leadership style, sales styles, and how to modify style to build rapport
a few examples
Disseminating Research: Moving From Conferences To Virtual @ MIT CISR
FOCUS AREA:
In active consultation with Director, Associate Director, Professors, and administrative personnel, I helped create a strategic plan including design and implementation, to disseminate research, previously distributed during conferences, to a virtual format. We had weekly virtual meetings to plan implementation, and ongoing design.
The project also included meeting with research professors to understand their need. Helped design learning experiences for participants, and ways to collect new data during the process for future research projects.
This consulting project was to solve a very specific problem that occurred unexpectedly. Can' t provide details of teh engagement due to an NDA.
TESTIMONIAL:
“Lav consulted with MIT CISR to help our team design and deliver online events. She is a real professional: patient, intuitive and execution-oriented. I was very impressed by her emotional intelligence and ability to build consensus.” – Leslie Owens, Executive Director, MIT CISR
Managing Remote Teams: Managers of Large Retail Stores Within An Expanded Territory @ Apple, Inc
FOCUS AREA:
Apple was looking for a leadership development methodology to help its ASC managers in charge of large retail stores manage their remote teams well, which was part of the Worldwide Consumer Sales division. I had to design a comprehensive and practical leadership development program.
This systematic approach needed to include principles of Instructional design, learning objectives, Kirkpatrick's evaluation, and practical lists and steps that made it easier for the leaders to use it day to day.
Gallup had just released their Employee Engagement Trends report (2016), breaking EE into three factors. I further analyzed and created strategies for each factor., breaking down the Employee Engagement into Leadership, Meaningful Work, and Relationship with Coworkers.
PROGRAM:
“For Leadership I used I used Bersin & Associates Maturity Model as the foundational basis for the program, layered with Blake & Mouton's Managerial Grid Model for Retail.
For Meaningful work I used Engage and Mobilize Employees by Andre Neitlich.
For Relationship with coworkers I used supportive worksheets to map engagement plan with each employee.
This program also included 1-1 coaching calls for 20days, 40 days and 60 days. And a before and after survey from the team to measure shift in subjective experiences.
Multi-million Dollar
Needs-Analysis To Understand Technology Needs in Classrooms @ NCSU
FOCUS AREA:
North Carolina State University's provost (2006) asked for a needs-analysis to be done for the university. I was the Doctoral student on the task force., alongside other professors. The task was to determine the utility and specific tech that was needed in every classroom to enhance digital learning,. In 2006, it was ahead of its time, incorporating digital tools for professors .
We did a quantitative survey and qualitative interviews . Every professor wanted all the tech in their classroom, so the analysis was also determining what tech specifically went to which classroom. The data was analyzed using SPSS, cross tabulated with the interview data.
The report was submitted to the Provost, and we wrote two research papers in the process.
PUBLICATIONS:
Surveys Related to Technology and Pedagogy. Educause,
N.C. State. Spurlin, J., Raubenheimer, D., Martin, S. N., Mehlenbacher, B., Fortune, J., Lee, V., & Chintapalli, L. (2006).
ClassTech Assessment Project: Interview of Faculty and Observation of 15 Selected Courses.N.C. State. Spurlin, J. & Chintapalli, L. Class-Tech Observation Study Report, N.C. State (2006)
