People & Change

We help clients and their most impor­tant asset — peo­ple — move through
trans­for­ma­tion­al change. 

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Empower your people to thrive in change.

At Propeller, we help you optimize your most important asset: people. Organizations must be responsive and flexible while navigating continuous transformations to keep pace with how markets and industries are changing. Change management enables organizations to achieve a desired future state where employees are engaged, the processes are clear and impactful, the adoption of change is high, and change is sustained. Change is hard; we can make it easier.

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Riley Smith

People & Change Director

Areas of Expertise

We lead critical change initiatives with meaningful, tangible, transformative solutions that drive business success, engage employees, and achieve measurable growth, enabling your organization and people to thrive in change. Whether you’re instituting a new organizational structure, redefining ways of working for hybrid work models, or rolling out new technology and need to get your people on board—we have the expertise to help. We use five key People & Change practice capabilities to solve your most pressing business challenges.

Organizational Alignment

Driving organizational change requires a consistent vision applied through capability mapping, organizational design, talent mapping, process improvement, and ways of working.

  • Organizational Assessment + Visioning
  • Organizational Design + Effectiveness
  • Capability + Value Stream Mapping
  • Resource Alignment
  • Operating Model
  • M&A Integration and Onboarding
People Strategy

Enabling a company vision requires employees to be in the right position, with the right support, and the right growth opportunity. This real-time challenge amplifies with shifts in market needs, employee demands, and business scaling. 

  • Talent Strategy
  • Workforce Planning
  • Job Architecture
  • Career Development + Performance Management
  • Succession Planning
  • Ways of Working
  • Culture Enablement
Change Management

Change across a business is constant. To realize the value of that change requires intentional and people-forward approaches that enable employees to become beacons of that change.

  • Change Strategy + Execution
    • Stakeholder Engagement
    • Strategic Communications
    • Resistance Management
    • Coaching + Training
  • Change Center of Excellence / Office Setup
  • Change Management Workshops
  • Technology Enablement and Adoption
Learning & Development

To adapt to an ever-evolving marketplace, companies are investing in becoming learning organizations and enabling their employees to own their growth and development.

  • Learning Strategy
  • LMS Selection + Implementation
  • Competency Development + Assessment
  • Curriculum + Learning Program Development
  • Instructional Design + Training Delivery
    • eLearning
    • Train-the-Trainer
    • Workshop Facilitation
People Analytics

The world is awash in data that isn’t always easy to organize or interpret. We help leaders use data to drive strategic decision-making about people and organizational change.

  • Change Analytics
    • Adoption + Success Metrics
    • Change ROI
  • Talent Assessment
  • Workforce Forecasting
  • OKR + KPI Establishment
  • Change Maturity Assessment

Let’s tackle some of your biggest problems together.

As an embedded partner, we work with you to uncover the root problems and create actionable and sustainable solutions. There’s never a one-size-fits-all approach. However, here are some common challenges we encounter and our solution-finding approach.

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Upcoming organizational change?

Companies beginning a reorg, M&A, or onboarding new C-suite leadership are challenged with multiple priorities, objectives, and strategies.

Related Solutions:

  • M&A Integration + Onboarding
  • Organizational Assessment + Visioning
  • Organizational Design
  • Talent Mapping