Strategy and Consulting

WORKPLACE ADVISORY
OPTIMIZING YOUR PEOPLE AND SPACE

Going through a process, culture, or business change that may affect your workplace? Ensuring business continuity while creating an actionable plan and delivering successful change is at our core.

Our completely people-centric and data-driven approach ensures that you choose the best strategy for your needs and that your employees foster that change successfully.   

Our experts and proprietary technology analyze your needs in detail and provide you with the strategy and tools to implement and communicate the change. By the end of the process, you will have an actionable roadmap for your budget, schedule and program.

As a result, you can adjust rapidly to change, increase productivity and proficiency, and achieve your business goals — all while ensuring employee engagement and retention. 

Past Client Challenges and KGO's Solutions

Our client needed to address how they were going to work in hybrid. Additionally, they wanted to update their office space to accommodate hybrid working. They also wanted to know what the cost, risk and timing would be to implement the new office updates.

Our engagement and analysis determined that hybrid was the best model based on their business drivers. We developed a hybrid work program that could be implemented in a month to achieve their hybrid work goal. We developed a new workplace strategy that optimized their real estate and provide the right spaces that employees needed. 
 
Results:
  • Program and guidance that could easily implemented across managers, teams, and employees 
  • New workplace strategy and office update that increased real estate efficiency by 35%
  • ROM budget, schedule, and risk outline for capital planning 

Our client needed to help to develop a hybrid work program, understand the rate of office usage, and when and how often people were working when remote.

We developed a hybrid work program that outlines how teams could work collaboratively with guidance on when to meet in person. We also analyzed their badge data to see how the office was utilized.

Our client knew that post-pandemic, the company was going to approach work differently in the future – for the benefit of its employees and the company.

We uncovered that the organization need to operate as a more flexible workforce. We developed a hybrid work guideline, trainings for managers, and guidance for how the organization need to update policies, processes, and procedures. We implemented change management on their behalf.
 
Results: 
  • Increase in employee retention and engagement  
  • Increase in attraction and recruitment of talent 

Our client needed help to assess the real estate of their office locations to see if they had too much real estate and where they could pick up efficiency.

We conducted a space utilization study to understand the use and the efficiency of their locations. We created new occupancy plans to illustrate how they could significantly save on real estate. We were able to reduce their real estate by 30% across their HQ portfolio.

Our client needed hybrid work guidance and best practice for hybrid, global teams, and supporting flexible working. They needed a workplace strategy for future office designs that would support their hybrid working goals.

We developed a hybrid work guideline that supports the organization’s goals. We developed a new workplace strategy that optimized their real estate and provided the right spaces that employees needed.

Our client was rolling out a new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative within the organization. They needed a need a rollout strategy to inform executives, leaders, managers, and employees of the initiative benefits.

We developed a rollout campaign that the organization used to inform the organization.

Organizational Culture

• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Branding and Creative Services
• Change Management
• Strategic Communications

Hybrid Working

• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Branding and Creative Services
• Change Management
• Instructional Design and Facilitation
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Leadership Development or Change

• Instructional Design and Facilitation
• Workshop Facilitation
• Bespoke Individualized Coaching

Adopting Technology Workflow

• Program Development
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• App & Software Design

Program Management

• Program Development
• Change Management
• Branding and Creative Services
• Playbook and Process Design

Enterprise Research Planning (ERP) and Management

• Program Development
• Change Management
• Branding and Creative Services

Strategizing an Office Relocation or Renovation

• Workplace Strategy
• Occupancy Planning
• Space Utilization Analysis
• Space Programming
• Design Visioning & Facilitation
• Change Management
• Design & Implementation Guidelines

Business Growth or Acquisition

• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Change Management

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