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Strategic Pivot: Pandemic Management & Beyond

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Course Description 
Have you re-examined your organizational plans and talent management strategies to pivot for Covid-19’s effect on our world? This course provides strategic thinking guidelines for talent planning during the next 12 to 18 months, as well as leads you to envision a post-vaccination workplace that’s stronger than before.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
  • Identify how to assess talent and make recommendations for the current work environment.
  • Identify how to utilize design-thinking exercises to envision scenarios for future business disruptions.

Duration: 63 minutes
Closed Caption: English


Speaker
Kelly Watson
Kelly Watson is Managing Partner of Orange Grove Consulting and has spent more than 20 years as an accomplished operations and organizational development consultant. Kelly’s clients have included Oracle and Toyota, as well as Skillsoft and Linkage, for whom she has designed women’s leadership curriculum. Kelly is an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount University and is co-author of the book, The Orange Line: A Woman’s Guide to Integrating Career, Family, and Life. Her upcoming book on building inclusive workplaces will be published Spring 2021. Prior to consulting, Kelly served as Vice President, Marketing for Telecom New Zealand USA and has held other senior operational roles. Kelly holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.