Recruitment & Hiring
Successful hiring is driven by clearly defined, inclusive, and fair recruitment processes. As Good to Great author Jim Collins puts it, effective organizations start by "getting the right people on the bus." GM Consulting's approach to hiring the "right people" focuses on: 1) building broadly diverse and deeply qualified applicant pools, and 2) establishing and adhering to equitable candidate review and decision-making practices. We help clients develop or revise job descriptions, write and place ads, assess applications, conduct interviews, and negotiate hiring.
Dialogue Facilitation
GM Consulting specializes in facilitating dialogue about topics that are often difficult or contentious. We foster effective cross-cultural interactions that are characterized by shared investment and mutual recognition. This work honors multiple perspectives while simultaneously advancing the mission and priorities of the organization.
Coaching & Team Building
GM Consulting's one-on-one coaching and team building services are custom-designed to achieve specific client objectives. Whether you are looking to address gaps that limit effectiveness or foster innovation and synergy, we focus on clarifying goals and providing the tools necessary to achieve them. Here, as in all of our work, we are guided by our motto: "Everyone matters, everyone contributes, everyone benefits."
Training & Educational programs
Knowledge is power, and ignorance, despite the popular adage, is not bliss. GM Consulting provides a wide range of educational and training programs to meet clients' specific needs. We custom-design our presentations and workshops to maximize participant engagement and insure measurable outcomes. Our programs can focus on diversity and inclusion, broadly, or more specifically on a range of particular issues and categories, including: race, ethnicity, sex/gender, gender identity and expression, class/socio-economic status, ability (including 504/ADA), national origin, and other significant aspects of individual and cultural identity.
StrAtegic Planning
The term "strategic planning" has become a buzz word in the consulting world. At GM Consulting, we think that being strategic about your organization's future needs to go beyond checking a box. We also know that strategic plans focused on diversity and inclusion must extend and strengthen existing structures and practices. We help clients focus on core priorities, establish realistic action steps, and develop functional assessment tools.
Conflict mediation
Understanding and resolving conflict requires informed attention to both the sources and the context shaping the issues at hand. Effective conflict mediation also relies upon recognizing and respecting diverse perspectives. We bring deep experience with complex diversity-related schisms and a commitment to pragmatically addressing the challenges they can create. GM Consulting uses both traditional mediation tools as well as alternative approaches, such as restorative justice, to help clients solve difficult problems.