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Optimizing Organizational Effectiveness

Drive growth, spark innovation, and increase productivity and profitability through expert talent management.

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About Bryan Allen

As Managing Partner, Bryan brings real-world expertise and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics to help your business succeed.  He is experienced in navigating the diverse priorities of the Board, CEO, Executive team and Employees to achieve organizational goals and financial metrics.  As an Advisor, Bryan partners with companies to create tailored HR and Talent strategies that drive sustainable growth, innovation, productivity and profitability.  Bryan held Executive Leadership roles within global organizations in highly regulated and competitive industries including Morgan Stanley, Citi, Hanover Insurance, Samsung Electronics, US Trust, Tranzact and CIT.

Bryan has successfully led broad based transformation strategies to optimize organizational effectiveness in very dynamic environments.  He completed a number of complex corporate transactions including cross-border mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.  As CHRO he has a proven track record of achieving financial and operating metrics by transforming HR strategy and capabilities to align with the organizational strategy.  Bryan holds an MBA in Finance & Accounting from Columbia Business School and a BS in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University.

Stay in touch to hear the latest on Bryan’s forthcoming book which offers a practical roadmap for Executives and HR Leaders on effective retention strategies to sustain long-term organizational performance. Filled with actionable advice and case studies you will understand the criticality of reducing turnover in your team and organization and how to make it happen.

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Driving Exceptional Outcomes through Higher Retention

In his new book, Bryan Allen shares lessons learned and provides a practical roadmap for executives and HR leaders who are responsible for driving  organizational effectiveness. This how-to book resets the most critical priority to employee retention from the so-called ‘balanced’ scorecard approach.

It’s filled with real-world examples, case studies, and actionable advice that will help readers develop and implement effective retention strategies. Bryan’s insights and recommendations are based on his extensive experience and a deep understanding of what it takes to build and sustain a high-performing workforce.

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Our Services

Organizational Effectiveness

We help you align your organizational structure with business objectives; design effective change strategies for Talent programs; and assess and align your HR function, including systems and processes, to meet organizational goals.

Corporate Transformation

We guide you through HR & Talent due diligence for mergers, acquisitions & divestitures/corporate restructurings; develop cultural integration plans; and redesign your HR operating model to achieve the transformation goals.

Talent Management

We assist in creating talent frameworks and developing an overall people strategy, assessing industry talent trends, establishing leadership/succession pipelines, and enhancing your executive selection processes.

HR Analytics and Technology

We support your shift to data-driven HR decisions; help streamline processes with fit for purpose tools and technology; and create appropriate scorecards to measure HR’s business impact and the success of your talent programs.

Assessments and Rewards

We design performance systems aligning your corporate objectives with the best assessment tool; and develop competitive compensation structures & rewards to attract and retain top talent across the organization.

Speaking Engagements

Engage Bryan Allen for your events.  His industry insights provide valuable perspective for keynotes, executive offsites and conferences.

Colleague Feedback

The strategies and programs Bryan recommended have led to a very successful international acquisition in which we retained the key talent necessary to sustain the business performance for years to come. Integration planning ensured we supported the transition to a new hybrid culture that engaged all staff from both former organizations.

President, Specialty Insurance

Bryan's counsel provided our managers with invaluable tools and techniques to improve team performance. The results have been outstanding, with a noticeable increase in
retention, employee engagement and overall productivity.

EVP-Technology, Healthcare

Working with Bryan was a game-changer. His expertise in HR and talent leadership helped us develop a more cohesive and motivated executive team with the right metrics to measure the team performance and appropriate assessment and reward programs to provide feedback and align long term performance objectives. Our retention of existing clients is higher than ever and we are growing the business at industry leading rates.

CEO, Financial services

Bryan Allen's insights on retention and talent management have been transformative for our organization. His recommended strategies have significantly reduced our turnover rates and boosted our overall efficiency and productivity within the first year.

Managing Partner, Private Equity

Bryan Allen's approach to HR management is both innovative and practical. His guidance has helped us create a more stable and productive organization.

Current CMO, Consumer Products

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