Even the most skilled crew cannot reach its destination if the boat is not designed and equipped to support the journey. Likewise, organizations cannot realize the full potential of their people without a workplace that enables trust, collaboration, and performance. As organizations navigate continuous change driven by evolving workforce expectations, digital transformation, and shifting priorities, HR leaders need an integrated understanding of both the workforce and the workplace to steer effective organizational transformation.
This interactive session introduces Birches Group’s Workplace Assessment, developed as a companion to its Workforce Assessment. Built on a common Principles, Policies, and Tools framework, the two assessments provide a holistic view of workforce architecture—Jobs, Pay, Skills, and Performance—and the workplace conditions that shape employee experience through four dimensions: Safety, Enable, Empower, and Compact.
Presented by:
Gary McGillicuddy
Founder and Managing Partner
Birches Group LLC
Drawing on early findings from organizations across the workforce maturity spectrum, participants will explore how workforce design and workplace conditions interact to influence organizational performance, trust, and readiness for change. Through practical examples and emerging insights, the session will demonstrate how integrated diagnostics help HR leaders identify priorities, target interventions, and strengthen their strategic role in leading organizational transformation.
Participants will leave with a practical framework for assessing organizational maturity and making evidence-based workforce and workplace decisions. Because navigating change is not only about building a stronger crew—it is also about building a better boat.
Date: Wednesday, 30 October
Time: 10:35- 12:00
Capacity: 30
About Birches Group
Birches Group’s partners are HR leaders with decades of senior level HR management experience in large, global organizations. We have been in your shoes and recognize the issues you face. Our deep understanding of how organizations grow and thrive has influenced the development of our unique approach and effective tools.
The Birches Group team offers a unique combination of handson experience and broad-based knowledge in managing international human resources programs, as well as designing and implementing innovative and practical policies at significant global institutions.
Our founders began their HR careers in a multilateral organization. As consultants, we have worked with international organizations on workforce management, compensation policy and benchmarking, general HR policy consulting, job evaluation, skills models, performance management, and much more. We understand both the technical requirements and the political environment.
