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 Downey Kates Associates, and its predecessors, has been in existence since 1986. Through that time, our work has been guided by a core set of principles based on our founder's belief in always doing right by the client.
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We develop customized solutions. DKA doesn't force a predetermined solution on clients. We develop innovative solutions to deliver results given the organization's constraints. DKA is committed to delivering outcomes that improve performance.
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We build "consultant independence" into our approach. We want you to get the most for your consulting dollar. As part of any project, we help clients develop the skills they need to implement the solutions and do the work themselves the next time.
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We embed involvement and participation throughout the process. Our work is built on a platform of employee participation. We believe that involvement yields better decisions and easier change implementation.
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For more about our founder, Diane Downey, click here.
Global Resource
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We provide a full range of consulting services, including diagnosis, individual and organization assessment, program design and development, training, facilitation, and implementation support. Our core group of employees is small by choice. This allows us to focus on work where we can have the greatest impact. When our work requires additional resources, DKA calls upon a team of senior global associates. This team approach means flexibility, quick turn-around, high quality, and personal attention by senior consultants.
DKA is a member of the Organization Design Forum, the international professional group for organization designers. For more information on ODF go to www.organizationdesignforum.org.
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Amy Kates |
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Amy Kates is principal partner with Downey Kates Associates and specializes in organization design. Ms. Kates works with leaders and their teams to assess organizational issues, reshape structures and processes, and build depth of management capability. She is a skilled diagnostician and designer and helps her clients understand organizational options and their implications, and make good decisions.
For Amy's complete bio, click here.
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Rollin Burhans |
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Rollin Burhans is a senior consultant with Downey Kates Associates. Rollin brings a business perspective, and a passion for accountability and impact. He specializes in organization design, business transformation, leadership and organization development, and change management consulting that develops and increases the organization's capability and effectiveness to execute its strategies and value proposition.
For Rollin's complete bio, click here.
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Lilian King |
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Lilian King is a senior consultant with Downey Kates Associates. Lilian combines an acute understanding of business with analytical assessment of organization, leadership capability and fit. Her insight helps clients and their teams penetrate their company challenges and find ways for its leadership to solve them.
For Lilian's complete bio, click here.
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Alice Mann |
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Alice Mann is a consultant with Downey Kates Associates. She works with leaders and their teams to help diagnose organizational issues, evaluate options, and accelerate the implementation of strategic decisions that drive performance. A skilled problem-solver and facilitator, she helps clients articulate their strategy, develop their leadership teams, redesign business units and core processes, and plan actionable changes to realize their capabilities.
For Alice's complete bio, click here.
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Yvonne Wolf |
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Yvonne Wolf is a senior consultant with Downey Kates Associates (DKA), an organization design and development consulting firm located in New York City.
Yvonne has a wealth of progressive and proactive human resources experience enabling companies to create and sustain a competitive advantage. Colleagues recognize her as an expert in understanding the business implications of human resources work, designing and leading practices in global companies, multiple industries and start-up through mature business cycles.
For Yvonne's complete bio, click here.
Recent Clients
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Bank of America
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Comcast
Dell
Deutsche Bank
Disney
The Ford Foundation
General Mills
General Electric Energy
Honeywell
Johnson Financial Group
Marriott International
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MetLife
Morgan Stanley
MeadWestvaco
New York University
Nike
Old Mutual South Africa
Pepsico
Prudential
Tyco Flow Control
Welch Allyn
Wells Fargo
Westinghouse
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