Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.
Helping leaders orchestrate business successes
Colleen Burke, President Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.
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Houston
Privately held management consulting
firm founded to help companies improve
business performance
Texas-based…globally
focused
Who Is Ascentrics?
Integrates five critical components:
strategy, process & technology, people,
organization structure, measurement
Focuses on implementing projects and organizational
efforts in such a way that benefits are realized &
sustained
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Why Companies Call Us
Ascentrics’ growth spurred by Fortune 100 companies’ facing issues such as:
Need to fully realize and sustain program / project benefits
Need for “up-skilling” to improve organizational capability
Need for enterprise system implementation to deliver targeted value
Repeated organization structure changes; organizational ineffectiveness
Need for multiple functions to work together to improve decision quality and effectiveness
Need to improve supply chain performance
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Ascentrics’ framework for aligning organizational components around strategy to create sustainable step-change improvement
• Balanced System – views the organization/project as a system with five key components, and ensures all components are appropriately addressed for success
• Scalable – adjustable for the size / complexity of the problem
• Customized – tailored to address client’s specific situation
• Acceleration Methodologies & Tools – framework supported by unique and proprietary techniques for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe
Framework Benefits:
Framework
Sustainable step-
change
improvement
2. Process & Technology
1. Strategy
4. People 3. Structure
5. Measurement
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Each of our methodologies has a well defined process for achieving accelerated results
Methodologies
Driver-Result Mapping
CUSTOMERSHUMAN RESOURCES
SUPPLIER & PARTNER
OPERATIONS & PRODUCT/SERVICE
QUALITY FINANCIAL & MARKET
INTERNAL OPERATIONS RESULTS OF ALL RESULTS
*Organizations have capabilities, people have competencies. Examples of organization capabilities: a) ability to build to order, b) ability to quickly assimilate information, c) ability to deploy/re-deploy people
Examples of three of our methodologies/tools
Superior
Parity
Deficient
Per
form
ance
Criticality
Surplus
Aligned
Gap
Capability* Assessment
Needed to Win
Needed to Play
Organization Mindset Alignment**
1. IDENTIFY Key Organization Mindset
Issues
3. BUILD on Your Organization’s
Mindset’s Strengths
5. ALIGN Processes to Support New Organization Mindset
4. DEPLOY Your Organization’s
Mindset Carriers
2. ASSESS Your Organization’s Present
Mindset
Change Agent/ Org. Leadership
Start
**E.H. Schein, Organizational Capability and Leadership, Jossey-Bass
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Services
Our services address specific company issues, while applying proven methodologies to deliver accelerated results
Fra
mew
ork
Com
pon
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ts
Services
Methodologies (partial list)
Examples o f Acce lerat ion Methodolog ies & Tools Used in Serv ice Del ivery
Services
Performance Improvement Organizational Change
Project Mgmt
Bus. Process & Gover-
nance Design
Innovative Engineer-
ing Process Design
Supply Chain
Optimi-zation
Perform-ance
Measure-ment
ERP Turn-
around
Merger & Acquisi-
tion Assimila-
tion
Org, Design
Culture Shap-
ing
Shared Services Design
Out-sourcing Design
Exec. Develop-
ment
Strategy Capability Assessment Benefits Realization
Technology Strategy Development - Process & Technology
Project Management (Decision-Based) Decision-Making Process Outcome Process Mapping & Design Org. Mindset Assessment & Shaping Root Cause Analysis Change & Communicat ion Planning & Implementat ion
Structure Organization Structure Assessment, Design, Implementation
New Role & New Management Trans it ion Labs
People In ter -Group Simulat ions Competency Assessment & Des ign Business Process Train ing/ Cer t i f icat ion
Cont inuous Par tner ing Educat ion Ins truc t ional Systems Des ign
Measure-ment
Accelerated Measurement Sys. Design & Deployment
Driver-Result Mapping
Customer & Employee Surveys
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Why Clients Choose Us
Proven Approach A proven performance improvement framework for obtaining results in an accelerated timeframe
Strategy AND Implementation FocusedHelp clients ensure success from strategy through implementation, successfully transferring tools to internal staff for sustainable results
Seasoned and Specialized Consultants Provide skilled consultants with an average of 15+ years experience, plus a large network of consultants with specialized skills
Collaborative Approach Work closely with clients to create a solution that has the buy-in and the understanding of the organization
ValueOur passion is quickly transferring ideas and techniques to companies, resulting in rapid achievement of substantial business benefits at a cost-effective price
Why Ascentrics?
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For additional information, please contact:
Colleen BurkePresident, Ascentrics Consulting Group, Inc.832-978-6514
Houston Office713-665-6910 (phone/voicemail)713-665-6937 (fax)
State of Texas HUB
Helping leaders orchestrate business successes