Executive Consulting

Executive Leadership

Senior decision makers are the public face of the organization, the people who answer to boards and/or regulatory bodies, take responsibility for the authenticity of financial reporting, manage sharply divergent constituencies, choose strategic priorities, and make ultimate decisions on the allocation of resources. Decisions made at the top can only be as good as the information/options presented by senior leadership teams, who need to be high level critical thinkers and skilled managers of people. Executive Leadership is a retainer-based program designed to help senior leaders and their direct reports keep strategic initiatives, people, resources, and outcomes in balance. EL also helps leaders negotiate a definition of "success" which is not about being tough enough to prevail, but being deft enough to prevail at reasonable cost to all stakeholders.

Emerging Leaders

According to an article in the June 2005 Harvard Business Review, the fully loaded costs of turnover reach an estimated $50,000 per employee across all US jobs and industries. Talented employees are more likely to leave when they are bored, blocked from rapid advancement, underutilized, or underpaid relative to their overall contribution to the business. To balance the "grass might be greener" curiosity that tempts your most valuable people, KCG recommends a systematic professional development program for your aspiring and emerging leaders. That program includes both one-on-one mentoring on how to exercise power responsibly and productively; explicit skill building in areas of communication, conflict resolution, and project management; training on how to use financials to drive business decisions; and expansion of participants’ strategic thinking capabilities. We help you identify the future leaders of your organization, keep them challenged, and create measures that accurately assess their contribution. In terms of outcomes, you’ll have a much deeper bench of talent from which to promote people into key positions. And, over time, you’ll successfully shift the focus of your organization from compensating for weakness to supporting success. The Executive Leadership and Emerging Leaders programs are headed by Sally Mechur, Senior Consultant.

Sara Klainer Sara Klainer specializes in corporate sales and operations management. She also has international experience as a business analyst and is responsible for writing business plans for new and emerging businesses. Sara works from our Chicago office, and is responsible for KCG’s operation there.

Sally Mechur Sally Mechur is an experienced head of mid-sized organizations with a particular talent for developing emerging and aspiring leaders. Her focus on talent development and successor training ensures that the right people will be ready with the necessary skill set and experience as the organization grows. She works with individuals and teams within organizations, and with similarly placed emerging leaders across organizations where information from other disciplines can accelerate the learning curve.

When you sign on with Klainer Consulting Group, you get us - not a stable of junior associates.

Our mission is to help you and your organization thrive.