- EXAMPLE 1
Client Situation: The client hired Lanterna to assess the impacts to her executive team following the departure of key team member.
Lanterna Results:
- The consultant conducted individual interviews to gather executive team perspectives on impacts and opportunities related to a key team member’s departure.
- Leveraging insights gathered from the team interviews, Lanterna assisted the CEO with restructuring her direct reports to meet both executive team and organization needs.
- EXAMPLE 2
Client Situation: To address urgent strategic trends, the client sought experienced expertise in the integration of two successful divisions into a new combined entity of approximately 1,000 staff.
Lanterna Results:
- Engaged by Commissioner of a state agency to integrate two successful divisions into a new division in response to urgent strategic drivers, Lanterna provided direct support to the new transition leader and created a project management structure and phased approach for the integration work.
- The consultant worked closely with the client on communication and change management to engage staff in the development of the new organization.
- High levels of customer satisfaction remained intact throughout the integration process.
- EXAMPLE 3
Client Situation: The client sought Lanterna’s assistance in restructuring their division’s leadership team structure, positions, and responsibilities to better align with client’s mission and strategic priorities.
Lanterna Results:
- Lanterna’s team worked closely with executive leadership to identify and organize key bodies of important work supporting the organization’s mission and then helped the client assess and ultimately redesign their structure for better alignment of leadership responsibilities and capacity to deliver.
- The consultant team used multiple methods and engaged a variety of staff groups throughout the initiative including staff surveys, regional/state-wide meetings, and monthly update communications to provide context and rationale for the changes.
- The new leadership team structure streamlined the number of reports and aligned responsibilities to key areas of work for a more effective organization.
- EXAMPLE 4
Client Situation: The client needed expertise and capacity to write several new and revised state agency position descriptions.
Lanterna Results:
- The consultants worked closely with the client to write and edit several position descriptions for both new and revised positions ranging from individual contributor to top leadership roles.
- Lanterna’s expertise included interviewing and development in all aspects of the position description such as position justification, principal responsibilities, tasks, and performance indicators.
- EXAMPLE 5
Client Situation: A new entity, created by the integration of two previous competitors, hired Lanterna to design and manage the integration of their two legacy securities corporations as part of a larger financial services merger.
Lanterna Results:
- Lanterna conducted a comprehensive assessment and developed a recommended approach for integrating the two organizations’ securities corporations as part of a large financial services merger. The plan was approved by the executive leadership team and Lanterna was then hired to manage the plan.
- The consultant worked with internal leaders and coordinated teams to successfully meet critical scope, budget and timeline requirements while directly engaging over 300 staff in the process.
- Lanterna successfully completed the first phase of the plan, developed the plan for the next phase of work, and then trained and transitioned implementation to an internal program manager.