We at the Brannen Group help organizations to scale in the global workplace.  Our consultants work hand-in-hand with Human Resource, Learning and Development, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operations, Procurement, and Sales personnel to minimize cross-cultural mistakes and maximize success.

Consulting

Implementing Global Initiatives

Mergers —Cross-cultural HR Consulting

Negotiating —Cross-cultural Negotiating

Overseas Assignment —Preparation for Expats

Vendor Management —Issues Surrounding Global Vendor-Management

Past Projects Include:

• Organizational Development —helped US-based company after acquisition of Swedish-based R&D company build mutual cross-cultural understanding in:
• Collaboration
• Virtual communications
• Leadership
• Team processes to maximize performance
• Overseas Assignment —prepared new President and family of a U.S.-based hi-tech subsidiary for assignment to Tokyo. Prepared new senior management team of a U.S.-based hi-tech subsidiary for assignment to Ireland.
• Negotiating Preparation —prepared project managers and negotiators for OEM pricing negotiations with Asian partners.
• Mergers and Acquisitions —helped create two-year integration initiative for successful merger of two corporate cultures, U.S. and Japan.
• Vendor Management —helped mend a broken cross-cultural vendor relationship. Set negotiations objectives, scripted e-mails and recommended positioning statements.
• Global Marketing Initiative —provided input on a world-wide marketing campaign.