Great Circle Associates

At-A-Glance

Description

Great Circle Associates is a management consulting firm specializing in the implementation of business and organizational objectives that necessitate a departure from the status quo. The firm’s business proposition takes advantage of more than 20 years of its founder’s experience and track record at problem solving, and the planning for and execution of complex business and organizational change in rapidly shifting and volatile environments.

The firm’s founder, Lin Coughlin, leads and facilitates the rapid development of plans for and the implementation of “change at core” tactics in support of significant shifts in strategy.  Her approach integrates business continuity strategies in the short term, when the risk of organizational and business destabilization is high, with a rapid but planful transition to the desired end state.

GCA’s Prospective Client Profiles

Great Circle Associates’ value proposition is relevant to small and large organizations in the private sector and otherwise.  The defining condition is an inflection point in an organization’s life cycle that is prompted by significant market, regulatory and/or internal developments.  Such conditions usually lead to the articulation of “change at core” strategies to, for example, redefine if not build/reduce capacity involving people, process and technology; merge, divest and/or acquire strategic assets; consolidate redundant operations, etc. 

GCA’s Approach to Implementation

·      Rapid, hands-on, strategic execution through the stakeholders

·      Execution of short term, business-as-usual objectives in parallel with the implementation of the transition to the desired end state 

·      Rigorous measurement and aggressive  communications of milestones and lessons learned — especially in the short-term , when the risk of organizational destabilization is high

·      Anticipation of and readiness to course correct

·      Client-owned planning and implementation process

Examples of Potential Assignments:

·      Interim leadership role to include responsibility for internal resources

·      Activist advisor involving the enablement of a leader and/or team of leaders to enact a four pronged approach to implementing a “change at core” business and organizational objective(s)

·      Shadowing individual leaders through the resolution of discrete challenges aimed at implementing a “change at core” business and organizational objective

·      Serving on boards  of organizations that are at strategic inflection points and are anticipating or are in the midst of  implementing “change at core” strategies

Work-in-Progress “business wish list”: 

Four to ten clients on a rolling 12 months basis — including board assignments – depending on the scope of the assignments. 

Access to subject matter technical experts can be provided depending on the need and the scope of responsibility for Great Circle Associates.