APPROACH
APPROACH
Since 2003, Nevins Consulting has supported leaders in accelerating the development and effectiveness of their people, teams, and organizations. Our clients say that what they most value from us, beyond our commitment to great results, is that we take the time, from the beginning, to understand their needs, their particular context, and their ambitions.
At Nevins Consulting, we consistently find ourselves guided by a handful of beliefs, values, and passions:
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We appreciate that no two companies or situations are alike, and therefore we don’t offer “off-the-shelf” products or solutions. Rather, we collaborate with our clients to develop creative solutions and programs that exactly meet their needs.
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We suspect there is more art to leadership than most people realize. Effective leadership is based in insight, practice, dialogue, and the desire to be a better leader.
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We believe that “soft skills” such as persuading, influencing, building consensus, and fostering dialogue are indispensable when it comes to engaging people, motivating them, and holding them accountable. Often, “the soft stuff is the hard stuff.”
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We know our clients’ emotions and intuitions are just as important as their intellect when it comes to making changes and being better executives.
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We believe that “doing” and experiential learning are keys to improving performance and changing behavior.
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We feel that management fads can be counterproductive, and that “cookbook” approaches to leadership don’t work everywhere.
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We accept complexity, conflict, and risk as natural parts of life, both within and outside business. We understand that any solution must address potential negatives in order to achieve results.
MEL LOWE
Mel works internationally with executive leaders involved in transformational change and on issues related to individual and team effectiveness. A trusted advisor to CEOs and executives, as well as a highly versatile organizational change strategist and practitioner, Mel has worked extensively with C-suite and senior leaders, often throughout periods of significant change for their organizations.
Typical client assignments include post-merger integration, organizational transformation, culture change, leadership alignment, organization design, developing initiatives to embed new business strategies and structures, and executive talent management programs. She works with a diverse range of clients across industries, with particular experience in the media, retail, and consumer sectors.
Mel was a partner of Delta, a renowned consultancy in board, leadership, and organizational effectiveness that was part of Mercer and Oliver Wyman. Before Delta, she was an associate partner in the Strategy and Change practice at PwC Consulting (acquired by IBM), where she worked predominantly in merger integration and the strategic design phases of enterprise-wide transformation. She began her career in roles in corporate reputation and organizational change communication, working for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Citigate Dewe Rogerson, and Burson-Marsteller.
Mel is based in New York and Pennsylvania. She is a citizen of the United Kingdom, with a degree in law from the University of London (Queen Mary), and a MBA specializing in marketing and consumer behavior from the Cass Business School, also in London.