Margaret-Ann Cole is a senior consultant and the Office Practice Leader of Organization Effectiveness for Towers Watson’s NY Office. She specializes in Human Resource Transformation, working with companies in: conducting baseline organizational assessments to identify key design requirements; analyzing organizational structure attributes, including division of labor, authorities, responsibilities, and spans of control; applying change management practices and methodologies to facilitate the execution of organizational plans and change initiatives; designing, facilitating, and conducting stakeholder analysis; and gathering and analyzing data to develop recommendations to senior management. She also helps businesses develop corporate culture to effect individual performance; enable teams and systems efficiency and effectiveness; perform assessments for selection and development; and assist individuals to develop their personal performance.

Prior to joining Towers Watson, Margaret-Ann held senior consulting positions as a partner with Towers Perrin and PricewaterhouseCoopers where she focused on strategic planning, organizational development, market definition, vendor review and selection, vendor negotiation, outsourcing, implementation planning, creating strategic alliances with partners and strategic planning and development of organizational strategy. Margaret-Ann graduated with a BS in economics and psychology from Fordham University and a Global Executive MBA from TRIUM, an alliance of the New York University Stern School, the London School of Economics, and the HEC Management School of Paris. She has spoken on management issues for the American Management Association, Linkage, Marcus Evans, IQPC, Business Week On-line and The College of New Jersey and has written for Dalbar, Trust & Investments, HR Advisory, Pharma Executive, and Human Resource Executive On-line magazine.

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