Question 1

Strategic Advisory/SME support

Accepted Answer

Whether strengthening a leadership team, delivering expert human capital strategies, or providing SME support at a leadership level, our experienced team works with our clients to make immediate changes to develop and amplify business goals.

Question 2

Strategic Planning

Accepted Answer

Our strategic planning solutions combine a deep understanding of our client’s needs with strong organizational and human capital expertise. We apply this expertise when our clients require an organizational strategic plan, human capital strategic plans (HCSP), human capital operating plans (HCOP), succession plans, or an assessment of the overall organization from a business strategy perspective.

Question 3

Culture and Employee Engagement

Accepted Answer

Building a strong culture occurs day by day and experience by experience. By setting up a solid engagement strategy focused on employee needs, including staff and supervisors, our team facilitates engagement at all levels of the organization.

Question 4

Leadership Development & Coaching

Accepted Answer

We understand leadership development is a mission-critical organizational component that is key to long-term business and organizational success. Our leadership framework embodies the contemporary conception of leadership as an organizational asset that can be exercised from any vantage point within a company - regardless of organizational level or position.

Question 5

Organizational and People Assessments/Workforce Analytics

Accepted Answer

AvantGarde offers data-driven assessment and implementation solutions pinpointing where clients are experiencing pain points. These can include areas such as employee engagement, workplace culture, workforce competency and skills; human capital alignment with OPM’s HCF Model, organizational needs (encompassing mission and/or function), succession planning, and recruitment.

Question 6

Process Improvement and Enablement

Accepted Answer

By understanding, developing, and streamlining processes, our consultants conduct end-to-end process reviews utilizing proven methodology and standards. We work with our clients to identify problem areas early on in a process to ensure quick wins can be achieved throughout the enterprise.

Question 7

Training and Development

Accepted Answer

Across development, facilitation, execution, and continuous improvement, our training and development approach is aligned to our clients’ mission and focused on long-term employee growth.

Question 8

Change Management

Accepted Answer

We believe change management is at the center of every major effort, therefore our consultants diligently work to understand a team’s collective and individual needs and work in small and large ways to identify opportunities to understand roadblocks, manage changes that arise, and focus on adoption and growth.

Question 9

Communications

Accepted Answer

In every engagement, we realize that transparency around change is key. Therefore, throughout every engagement we can deploy a comprehensive communication strategy and plan to ensure the workforce, including union officials when appropriate, and managers are informed through each stage of the engagement.

Organizational & Strategic Solutions (OSS)

Unlocking full workforce potential, AvantGarde specializes in comprehensive organizational development and strategic solutions that are tailored towards clients’ sustained success and growth.