Elevate Management Consulting

This quote by a Midwest realist, Michael Couck (pronounced ‘Cook’) gives us a glimpse into his pragmatic thought process. Having walked in the employee’s shoes as well as being mentored by CEOs one-on-one, he has seen the complexities of the corporate world through the unique lenses of the employee, employer, and consultant. Over the years, he noticed the dynamics of human capital shifting. Where once employees were content with just a good salary or benefits package, they now sought for a seamless work-life equilibrium. This led employers to find effective ways to strike the right balance between working hours, employee performance, and company culture. Based on these workplace trends, Michael realized that, “Achieving such a balance requires more strategic and thoughtful planning on the part of the employer to not only answer the calling of the changing workforce but also ensure corporate aspirations were not lost for stakeholders.”

Thus, Michael laid the foundation for Elevate Management Consulting—a company that acts like a ‘compass’ for corporate organizations to undergo seamless and sustainable business transformations. It specifically focuses on people strategies and organizational effectiveness.

Today, Elevate is unraveling the art and science of organizational change management, empowering its corporate clients to achieve optimal productivity. The company’s personalized and hands-on approach to a sustainable change transformation is vested on the idea that ‘change’ needs to address the very core of organizational thinking to bring about long-lasting human capital improvements. To that end, Elevate offers a broad range of advisory services, including program health assessments, corporate strategy alignment, and organizational design architecture and delivery.

Leveraging the Tailwinds of Change

Many organizations want to change. For example, they want their HR departments to be strategic, more modern, yet still have a strong foundation based on standards and practices. Or, IT departments want to drive transformation but need to ensure that their teams are focused on the current work, while making a monumental mind shift. These can be daunting aspirations that require discipline, experience, and creativity. This is where Elevate comes in; they provide clear-cut guidance on how to optimize and produce custom strategic solutions for each client.

Elevate’s change management services are especially becoming crucial in the face of the pandemic crisis when organizations are witnessing the next revolution in the workplace. Businesses are implementing remote working capabilities at unprecedented rates, allowing their employees to work anywhere.

Elevate is unraveling the art and science of organizational change management, empowering its corporate clients to achieve optimal productivity

“This is good, as work is not where you go, it’s what you do. COVID-19 has changed so many things in the world, specifically remote working for office workers, which is becoming the new norm. And it will be the number one negotiating chip for Talent Acquisition professionals,” says Michael.

As this trend coincides with the long standing struggle of HR to maintain the perfect work-life balance, there has never been a better time to implement the gamut of organizational change management services offered by Elevate and bring sustainable transformation for the new normal. The company is relentlessly working on several initiatives to help organizations stabilize and compliment their strategies. “Our company is boutique by design, as it allows us to stay focused on our current clients and deliver maximum value,” says Michael.

A Symbiosis of Integrity and Efficiency

A big part of what makes clients choose Elevate over other service providers is the company’s strong ethics that is woven into its business interactions. For Michael and his team, treating clients with respect and integrity comes above all else. It is an approach that enables the company to work very well with its clients and it is a principle that comes from Michael’s upbringing by his parents. “My parents raised me with faith, and I have been very fortunate to have a mother who pushed me and my siblings to be bold and creative at a young age. And a father who pushed us to be respectful and maintain integrity in all situations. These are the same tenants that flow inside of Elevate today,” says Michael.

Elaborating further on this client-friendly approach, Michael mentions an instance where Elevate worked with a global automotive company based in Europe. The client needed an accomplished change management consultant to enhance the work culture and morale of their engineering and IT departments. Their search led them to Elevate, which began its proven change management process. For this engagement Michael led a workshop to drive the core values of their culture, address their future objectives, and show them their opportunity canvas, and what they need to do as senior leaders to close the gap. Using its quantitative data input, Elevate came up with a personalized and qualitative program for their HR department to drive forward. Thus, paving the way for enhanced employee engagement and productivity within the key departments. This produced greater retention, engagement, and operational success amongst their departments.

This is but one success story among many others that has enabled Elevate to etch its mark on the corporate sector in America as well as globally. Looking ahead, the company is ready to meet the demands and complexities of post-pandemic era. “At the end of the day, we want to deliver unique and creative value to our clients and help them achieve sustainable and realistic results,” concludes Michael.