Our competency work defines what great leadership looks like at each level - grounded in research, tailored to your context, and ready to use across hiring, promotion, development, and performance.
Our Approach:
We bring a research-based leadership competency framework and validate it with your organizational data and leader input. The final model is tailored and finalized in partnership with your team to fit your culture and talent decisions. This solution is anchored in the OGC Leadership Competency Wheel, our research-based competency framework that scales leadership expectations from individual performance to enterprise leadership, giving organizations a practical foundation for development, hiring, and succession decisions.
Value:
Our leadership development programs are designed to build resilient leaders who can navigate challenges and drive growth in diverse teams. 21st Century Leaders are expected to lead in a way that fosters community and engagement, while holding teams accountable to goals and developing their skillets. Our leadership training is based on our taxonomy which focuses on developing a skill set along a continuum, offering actionable skills for today's leaders. Topics are oriented around creating a collaborative environment, effectively managing teams, and managing change - the one constant for leaders in today's dynamic world.
This solution is anchored in the OGC Leadership Competency Wheel, our research-based competency framework that scales leadership expectations from individual performance to enterprise leadership, giving organizations a practical foundation for development, hiring, and succession decisi...
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Orange Grove Consulting’s engagement assessment offers a research-backed, multi-dimensional view of the employee experience. We measure three subtypes of engagement — cognitive, emotional, and behavioral — to capture how employees think about, feel about, and act within the organization. Each type has been linked to outcomes like improved performance, reduced turnover, and stronger organizational citizenship. Our proprietary, mixed-methods survey is customized to each client and analyzes both quantitative and qualitative data for a deeper understanding of workplace culture. This solution is built on the OGC Workforce Priorities System, which uses regression-based analysis to identify the workforce drivers with the greatest impact on engagement, and a structured four-gate decision framework to help HR leaders move from data to defensible action.
Beyond measurement, our analysis c...
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Managers are struggling – give them the skills they need to manage performance expectations, develop proactive & constructive habits, and build effective teams. Our leadership training fills the skills gap for underequiped managers and provides experiential, applied training that learners can immediately implement to be the leaders your organization needs.
Our curated training programs can be delivered as stand-alone sessions, multi-day events, or as part of a structured leadership program that includes intersession accountability partnerships, peer coaching, and applied practice assignments to reinforce learning. In addition, we can integrate 1:1 coaching to support individual goals.
Our assessment, survey, and data analytics tools help organizations uncover specific opportunities to improve engagement, retention, and workplace effectiveness. By identifying the key drivers of organizational performance and where gaps exist, we enable clients to focus their learning and development efforts where they’ll have the greatest impact. This solution is built on the OGC Workforce Priorities System, which uses regression-based analysis to identify the workforce drivers with the greatest impact on engagement, and a structured four-gate decision framework to help HR leaders move from data to defensible action.
We gather and analyze both quantitative and qualitative data to surface actionable insights across 12 critical business areas. These findings not only provide a clear baseline for measuring progress but also guide decisions about what kind of training is needed and wh...
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Your future leaders are already inside your organization, but without the right development, their potential can stall. Our high-potential leadership training is designed to proactively cultivate the skills, mindset, and behaviors your rising stars need to grow into impactful, strategic leaders.
This experiential, application-based program, tailored to the needs of the learners, focuses on building the self-awareness, confidence, and executive-level capabilities that differentiate strong performers from future-ready leaders. We help participants shift from individual contributor thinking to broader organizational impact - while ensuring they stay aligned with your culture and priorities.
Our strategic talent planning services help organizations align leadership development and engagement initiatives with broader business goals. We guide your internal stakeholders through a structured, design thinking–based process to co-create specific, concise, and high-impact goals. Whether you're launching a new leadership initiative or responding to assessment insights, we ensure your strategy focuses on what will truly drive retention, performance, and culture improvement.
This collaborative process not only prioritizes what matters most, but also energizes participants and builds internal alignment for sustainable change.
Our live on-site or virtual multi-session Women in Leadership programs uniquely address the underlying assumptions of what it means to be a high potential woman. We help develop more confident leaders and key influencers. Women emerge from these courses with a clearer vision of career success, a personalized go-forward plan and a new set of advanced leadership skills to help them increase their impact on the organization.
These programs:
Many employees — including managers — struggle to initiate hard conversations, whether it’s addressing performance concerns, delivering feedback, or raising sensitive issues with peers or leadership. Avoiding these conversations can damage team trust, slow decision-making, and erode performance over time.
Orange Grove Consulting’s workshop equips participants with practical tools to approach conflict and/or difficult conversations with clarity, empathy, and confidence. Grounded in adult learning theory and cognitive-behavioral techniques, the training combines structured frameworks with applied practice. Participants learn how to prepare for high-stakes conversations, manage emotional dynamics, and build communication habits that foster psychological safety. Ideal for leaders and teams alike, this session can stand alone or be integrated into broader leadership development programs.
When off-the-shelf solutions fall short, Orange Grove Consulting partners with organizations to co-develop leadership training that directly addresses their unique challenges and goals. Our programs are built around your organizational context — whether you're addressing a specific skill gap, reinforcing internal initiatives, or supporting a cultural shift.
Grounded in research and adult learning theory, our training is designed to be practical, interactive, and immediately applicable. We work closely with internal stakeholders to define learning objectives, tailor case studies and examples, and build content that reflects your organization's language, leadership expectations, and strategic priorities. The result is a highly relevant training experience that drives meaningful behavior change and aligns with your broader talent development strategy.
SVP Client Solutions
Orange Grove Consulting
United States
