Transforming Organizations
Since 1992 the Piñon Group has been helping global corporations and nonprofit clients to improve their effectiveness by transforming their organizations. By combining our whole system approach with our global experience and creativity, we help our clients achieve their business objectives.
We have built our reputation as a responsive and trusted advisor with our guided discovery approach to transformation and conscious change. We align your leaders around your business strategy, establish a resilient organizational structure to support that strategy and build the capability of your leaders to deliver the results you require by consciously leading the change process.
“The Piñon Group partnered with us on the development of the Executive Lead Institute program. All our participants agreed it was a great success.”
Director of Human Resources
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What We Do
Organizations are a dynamic, integrated system of critical activities that respond to a process of guided discovery and not ‘expert solutions’. We are a client centric boutique consulting company that combines a depth of global experience, and a powerful system thinking process with a passion for helping clients succeed.
Our work focuses into 4 key areas critical to your success:
1.
ORGANIZATION
DESIGN
We develop Operating Models, structures and systems to help your organization meet its strategic objectives… and run more efficiently. We align; people, roles, workflows, and procedures with its strategy, mission, and resources.
2.
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We use systematic processes to improve your organizational capability and effectively build your ‘organizational muscle’ to execute your strategy. This is achieved by aligning of strategy, structure, people, rewards, metrics, and management processes and culture.
3.
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
We use a strategic approach to navigating transformations within your organization and help them adapt successfully to a new reality. We help in the planning, communicating, and executing of changes to minimize resistance, enhance employee buy-in, and ensure a smooth transition.
4.
EXECUTIVE COACHING
We focus on enhancing the abilities of your leaders to enhance their decision making, communication and strategic thinking with personalized 1:1 coaching.
About the President
Nic Smith
Piñon Group President
Professional Experience
Nic Smith has been President of the Pinon Group since 1992. His experience as an organizational effectiveness consultant focuses upon advising global businesses across a wide range of industry sectors. He has worked in over 30 countries for corporate clients and undertaken projects for many local nonprofit organizations. His role in organization design and effectiveness includes, developing and implementing business strategy, conducting organizational assessments, and building new operating and service delivery models. Having created a more efficient and effective organization design he then advises clients on how best to build their organizational capability to manage the change and integrate people, processes, and technology. This includes change management strategies, leadership development programs and cultural initiatives to transform organizations.
Background
Originally from the UK, Nic began his consulting career in 1988 with Robert Purvis Consultants then joining Crane Davies Consultants, before starting the Pinon Group in the US in 1992. He has delivered keynote speeches on organization, leadership and change at conferences in Shanghai, London, and various US locations.
His most recent role was as Managing Director of the Organizational Design, Change and Transformation practice at CBRE, the largest global corporate real estate company. Here he worked with Fortune 100 clients across a range of industries to support their organization design and transformation initiatives. He previously spent 3 years at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he led the People & Organizational Development group and built the teams OD capability to support mission critical projects across the laboratory.
He has delivered keynote speeches on organization, leadership and change at
conferences in Shanghai, London, and various US locations.
Pro Affiliations / Accreditations
• PROSCI certified
• Certificate in Organizational Design and Transformation – IAODT
• Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
• CCL 360 Certification and PDI Profilor
• Personal Strengths Inventory (SDI)
• Hogan Personality Assessment Tool
Education
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies, Norwich College for Further Education, England
• BA (Hons) in Economic & Social History, University of East Anglia, England.
