Organizational Renewal
Facilitating strategic, organizational and cultural transformation, customized to your needs
Our Organizational Renewal team members are the go-to advisors for leaders and their teams needing strategic agility: the ability to make wise decisions fast, to work together effectively, to embed change and to nurture high-performing, empowering, diverse and inclusive cultures.
We accelerate strategic thinking and execution by getting in front of your organization’s challenges, daring to ask tough questions, helping your teams think differently and using creative processes to devise pathways for long-term success.
We make it a point to stay in front of emerging realities, whether related to the increased focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues or the critical importance of diversity, equity and inclusion. We use powerful tools to rapidly assess situations and work quickly and collaboratively to develop solutions that belong to you.
Helping you transform, so you can meet your goals
To help you tackle your most critical organizational challenges, we work with you to master change and create enduring value from transformation. Our support encompasses the entire continuum of change efforts, from analysis and planning, to design, implementation and evaluation.
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Strategy & Business Planning
Working seamlessly with your team, we develop plans and implementation tools based on a solid understanding of market dynamics, industry trends, customer needs, and internal factors, to drive growth. Your results: sustainable relevance for your organization.
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Scenario Planning
Dynamic decision-making in times of uncertainty pays off. We help our clients identify influential trends and then design strategic, operational, organizational, and technological responses that are fit for purpose and the emerging situation.
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ESG Strategy & Advisory
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have material impact on operating and financial performance. We help you articulate the value proposition, identify priorities, targets, and measures, and build the skills to drive change.
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Organization Design
Organizations are complex systems where hierarchy, ways of working and skills come together to deliver on goals. Our advisors work with you to design an organization that supports entrepreneurial cultures and generates lasting success.
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Human Resources Management
We understand that people are core to your organization’s stability and performance. We develop leading-edge strategies and tools that empower and train your people to become the best contributor they can be for the success of your organization.
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Transformation & Change Management
Change is constant, and organizations needs to be ready to adapt at all levels to succeed. We know what it takes, and help your people embrace change and overcome the many challenges that can arise on the journey.
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Stakeholder & Indigenous Engagement
Identifying and addressing stakeholder needs and concerns is key to organizational success. We can support your community or organization to effectively design and implement internal or external engagement processes with relevant stakeholders, and Indigenous groups.
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Leadership & Talent Development
Today, leaders must continually refine and build new skills to succeed in a digital age. From leadership assessments, to development planning and executive coaching, we help you to build the leadership and talent that your business needs.
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Culture Transformation
The right organizational culture is critical to organizational success. Our advisors use leading-edge assessment surveys and design tools to help you assess and shape the unique culture that sets your organization apart.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Fostering diversity, equity and inclusion ensures a successful working environment and company culture. We help you build data-driven insights, and devise the programs and strategies to address your challenges and measure progress.
Insights
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Performance
March 24, 2023
Practically Speaking AMA recap: People planning and strategy
Read our AMA recap to discover our answers to your most pressing questions about people planning and strategy as part of the Practically Speaking series.
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Confidence
March 17, 2023
Corporate governance forging a new standard and a new mindset
Today’s stakeholders have elevated expectations and standards of what strong governance should look like. Here’s how you can raise the bar for the “G” in ESG.
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Confidence
March 15, 2023
Five signs your business may be a victim of fraud
Discover five signs of financial fraud that may impact your business including employee behavior and complex transactions and take steps to protect your organization.
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Mary Larson MBA, ICD.D
Leader, Consulting – Organizational Renewal
Mary Larson, ICD.d, is a Partner with MNP’s Consulting Services group in Montreal. Mary helps clients clarify and build alignment around their strategies, build leadership capacity and embed cultures that foster outstanding execution.
Mary is particularly focused on working with C-suite executives and CEOs. Drawing on her extensive business experience and skill in asking the right questions, Mary helps clients become more effective in aligning their teams around their work, and successfully addressing the issues that drive both behavior and culture.
Mary has worked with clients across North and South America, Europe and Asia, including the Business Development Bank of Canada, Bosch / Siemens, Cirque du Soleil, Duke Power, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s and Western Union. She has held senior executive positions with McDonald’s Corporation in the U.S. and Alcan in Canada.
Mary, who works in both English and French, received her Bachelor of Arts (BA, Honors) from Princeton and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mary is a designated graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.d) at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. She is board chair of McGill’s School for Continuing Studies, a board member of Prostate Cancer Canada and vice-president of the University Club of Montreal. She co-founded the International Women’s Forum in Canada.