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Organizational Transformation
Make change stick by evolving your strategy, structures, processes and people.
Leadership Vision
Define a clear and compelling mission, align goals with organizational objectives, and foster leader growth to drive transformational change.
Change Readiness
Assess your organization's resilience, empower its agility, and equip your people to embrace and navigate change.
Agility at Scale
Build responsive agility across all levels to drive innovation, adaptability, and success in a rapidly changing business landscape.
Hybrid & Flexible Work
Unlock the power of hybrid work with adaptable strategies and frameworks that enable seamless collaboration, productivity, and employee wellbeing.
Change Management
Lead human-centered change that moves your culture forward.
Stakeholder Engagement & Analysis
Identify key stakeholders, assess their impact, and craft tailored strategies to secure buy-in and support for successful change.
Impact Assessment
Analyze the effects of change on processes, systems, roles, and individuals to mitigate risks and ensure a smooth transition.
Communications Strategy
Develop a comprehensive plan, craft impactful messages, and execute targeted initiatives to inform, engage, and align stakeholders throughout the change journey.
Change Champions
Establish and empower a network of change champions within the organization to drive and sustain change initiatives, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Sustainability & Embedding Change
Ensure lasting change and foster long-term success by embedding new practices, behaviors, and mindsets into your organizational DNA.
Leadership Development
Empower leaders with the skills and mindsets to thrive in the future of work.
Strategy & Program Design
Unlock your leaders' potential with customized strategies and leadership programs that build their capacity to navigate change and drive organizational success.
Leadership Competency Models
Develop comprehensive competency models that define the skills, behaviors, and attributes required for effective leadership at all levels.
Individual Leadership Coaching
Empower leaders through personalized coaching that fosters growth, self-awareness, and enhanced leadership capabilities.
Leadership Training Programs
Engage leaders in interactive training programs that equip them with responsive practices and inclusive mindsets to inspire high-performing teams.
Performance & Feedback Coaching
Build leaders’ ability to draw the best out of people with targeted coaching and training on feedback, performance management, and continuous improvement.
DEI Coaching & Training
Equip leaders with the knowledge and skills to foster diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplaces that drive innovation and engagement.
Strategic Planning (and Doing)
Develop agile strategies that sense and respond to emerging opportunities.
Vision & Mission Development
Craft compelling vision and mission statements that align your organization toward a purposeful future.
Strategy Summit
Engage senior leadership and executive teams in an immersive retreat and workshop to define strategic priorities and align on a shared direction.
Strengths & Opportunities Analysis
Conduct a thorough assessment of internal strengths and external opportunities to guide decision making and capitalize on competitive advantages.
Strategic Initiatives & Action Planning
Translate strategic goals into tangible initiatives, with action plans that empower clear and purposeful execution.
Pilot Teams
Test and evaluate innovative ideas in small, targeted experiments, providing rapid validation and insights for successful implementation at scale.
Organization Design
Craft structures, processes, and roles that are fit for purpose and for people.
Assessment
Gain insight into your organization's current structure, processes, and culture to uncover areas for improvement and inform future design decisions.
Collaborative Design Workshops
Engage diverse stakeholders to co-create an optimized organizational design that fosters ownership and leverages collective expertise.
Team Design
Craft high-performing teams by defining clear roles, optimizing composition, and fostering collaborative synergy.
Workflow & Process Evolution
Drive organizational effectiveness with streamlined workflows and processes that enhance efficiency, reduce bottlenecks, and improve cross-functional collaboration.
Governance & Domain
Establish decision-making clarity and frameworks to enable effective governance, align authority and accountability, and drive organizational success.
Talent Development Pathways
Map out paths for individuals' growth and development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and empowering talent for future challenges.
Culture Transformation
Evolve your organizational culture to become more open, agile, and human-centered.
Employee Voice & Culture Assessment
Amplify employee voices through comprehensive assessments to understand the current culture, identify strengths, and uncover areas for improvement.
Vision & Values Development
Integrate compelling vision with employee-driven values, in an inclusive, collaborative process that cultivates a shared sense of purpose.
System & Policy Alignment
Enable consistent cultural alignment by integrating the new culture and values into performance management, daily processes, and core systems.
Leadership Development for Cultural Change
Empower leaders with human-centered practices and transformational mindsets to lead and drive cultural change.
Change Champions & Culture Ambassadors
Identify and empower key influencers and advocates to inspire and guide others, embedding the desired culture throughout the organization.
Measurement & Evaluation
Establish metrics and evaluation mechanisms to measure progress, assess effectiveness, and ensure continuous improvement of cultural transformation initiatives.
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Scaling Agile Ways of Working at PepsiCo
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Empowered Decision Making at Autodesk
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Working with us
We specialize in partnering with large, complex organizations. Clients have told us that August does what they previously thought impossible: translating the trickiest aspects of organizational transformation into practical tools and lasting behavior change.
Our Expertise
Our four transformation levers create a responsive framework for driving accelerated, enduring change.
Guiding Principles
The 20th-century's command-and-control model, rooted in obsessive planning and the pretense of predictability, is now preventing 21st century organizations from reaching their full potential. Our guiding principles can help you shed this outdated way of working.
Be Purpose-Driven
Focus on the impact you’re trying to achieve together, and let that clarity of purpose shape and guide your work.
Design for Networks
Enable people to contribute, regardless of who they are – across functions, divisions, levels of seniority, and even beyond the formal boundaries of the organization.
Distribute Authority
Empower individuals with the autonomy to take action, seeking input from colleagues rather than permission.
Learn by Doing
Adopt a "make → test → learn → iterate" approach to all work, combined with a steady rhythm of testing and reflecting on a weekly basis.
Default to Open
Make information easily accessible and visible by default - including budgets, decisions, and work in progress.
Our Unique Partnership
Our work has shown us that there is no single, one-size-fits-all system that can address the needs of every organization. This is why our change management methods are built on the principles of human-centered design. Our change initiatives succeed because they are designed with and for the people who want to change.
We empower individuals
Our work deliberately breaks down the traditional command-and-control dynamic within large organizations. We collaborate with senior-most sponsors to support and model this change, empowering teams and individuals to work faster, smarter, and with greater autonomy.
We coach from within
Changing how people work together requires a high degree of empathy and agility. Over time, our approach has led us to eradicate the boundaries of typical consulting relationships. We work side-by-side with our clients, leading change and building capacity through coaching and daily practice.
We iterate and scale
There is no standard, one-size-fits-all model that works for all teams. Each culture presents its own levers for change, as well as its own areas of resistance. We swiftly pinpoint the best opportunities for change, engage all employees in a participatory process to ‘edit’ their organization, and scale what works.