The Challenge:
A multinational technology company was undertaking two major divestitures. In addition to executint.vg the transactions, maintaining workforce stability—particularly in the accounting function—was critical to ensure business continuity during organizational change and potential employee turnover.
The Solution:
Eliassen Group deployed our proprietary Workforce Resiliency solution, tools, and accelerators, to stabilize and scale the client’s talent strategy during divestiture. Key actions included:
- Evaluating skills for various roles, forecasted turnover risk, and identified the need for bench resources
- Developing a plan to quickly convert, train, and onboard new resources, integrating critical talent while maintaining operational continuity
- Designing onboarding workflows, communication and escalation plans to address resource challenges, reduce friction and accelerate productivity
- Collaborating with the client to implement best practices, develop custom interview tools, and deliver executive reports
As the engagement evolved, we provided strategic support to enable further scaling and change, transitioning topperforming team members to company employees. This ensued the retention of embedded expertise and sustained business continuity.
The Result:
The client successfully completed both divestitures on schedule and without disruption to their accounting operations. This engagement demonstrated how our strategic workforce planning support can de-risk transformation while enhancing workforce capability, agility and long-term resilience.
