The document discusses how organizations can better engage and empower their talent to improve performance, culture, and capabilities. It emphasizes that leadership must evolve their thinking on talent engagement and adopt practices that respond to today's diverse workforce. Affect Partners believes each organization should develop a unique approach to aligning their resources and empowering their people, rather than copying others, in order to extend their value. Their talent services help organizations become more effective by listening to employees and advancing the organization towards its goals.

1. Talent is about people and the processes that empower them. It
is about harnessing the power of this precious human capital and
directing it to enhance performance, culture and capabilities of
the organization. In a time when more and more professionals are
dissatisfied with their work, it is paramount that leadership evolve
their thinking on how to engage their talent. Old practices that fail
to respond to today’s diverse workforce result in poor performance
and a disengaged team.
At Affect Partners, we believe each organization has a special recipe for bring-
ing their resources together to fulfill their strategy. We live in a diverse and ever
changing world, so it is paramount that organizations understand, align and
empower their people to extend their value. This is not accomplished by copying
the practices of others, but rather finding inspiration to develop an organization’s
own unique approach.
Our Affect Talent services align and elevate your team to make your organization
more effective. We have developed a range of services that support your talent
related needs. All of our services focus first on listening and learning. We learn
from the voices of the individuals that define the organization and then focus this
knowledge to advance the organization towards its goals. Our role is to serve as
your guide. We are an objective partner to help build sustainable practices and
aid in unlocking the full potential of your talent.
Do You Want Better Results?
• Reduced employee turnover
• Increased employee satisfaction
• Aligned teams working together
• Engaged and invested leaders
• Improved development programs
ELEVATING ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR
PEOPLE AND THEIR PERFORMANCE.

2. Organizational Development
Organizational development is a journey.
It is a journey to be owned by leadership.
Too often self-imposed structures, policies
or practices that are slow to change impede
the ability of an organization to serve. This
can stymie talent development and limit
an organizations ability to unleash its full
potential. Leadership must embrace new
ways to innovate design, effectiveness and
enablement if they hope to get the most
out of their organization.
Our services start with understanding how
the organization functions and where it is
heading. This informs our thinking on how
best to navigate the development process.
Tempering proven practices with contem-
porary thinking focuses the conversation
on how best to enable resources. Our goal
is to understand, align and enable the team
to be their best. We strive to eliminate the
barriers that hold organizations back from
reaching their potential.
Leadership Services
Demands on leadership are fluid. Unforeseen
events challenge organizations to keep initia-
tives on track and to maintain the team’s mo-
tivation. Augmenting leadership to get the job
done helps bring energy, focus and intellect to
bridge these critical periods. However, these re-
sources should encompass both the technical
and soft skills to make the best impact. Knitting
together a disrupted environment can be very
challenging and requires proven capabilities.
Our experience allows us to step in quickly and
make an immediate impact. We can push ini-
tiatives forward or bring stability to an unset-
tled team. A proven set of strategy, talent and
operations capabilities are blended to connect
with rattled resources while tenaciously attack-
ing urgent priorities. As an interim member of
the team, we lock arms and do what is needed
to make a difference. Our leadership services
provide seamless support when you need it.
Performance Management
Getting the most out of an organization
requires thoughtful performance manage-
ment. Today’s workforce is more diverse
than ever, and the blending of generations
requires tailored solutions to attract and
retain the best talent. The days of canned
reviews or vague feedback are no longer
acceptable nor serve to motivate resources.
Instead, organizations must embrace how
their workforce responds and build pro-
grams to drive the desired behaviors.
Our services focus on helping our clients
understand and define a mutual definition
of success for their talent. It is a definition
aligned with strategy and informed by col-
laboration. We bring thoughtful methods
rooted in current realities to help design
robust performance programs. We then
help leaders architect the details that
will drive desired outcomes while showing
them how to nurture the team along the
way. Our goal is to help connect talent and
results so all can enjoy success.
Training & Development
Training and development is critical to delivering
a quality experience to your customers. Today’s
customers have a discerning eye, so equipping
your team with the right knowledge, skills and
tools is critical. All too often, training is infor-
mal, out of date or non-existent. The best or-
ganizations have learned that performance im-
proves dramatically when talent is consistently
developed. Failure to nurture these precious
resources only diminishes an organization’s
ability to succeed.
Our services help organizations build thought-
ful training programs. We strive to help your
team define and develop the tools to succeed.
Leveraging proven learning management tech-
niques, we assist our clients in assembling a
customized curriculum and a model to deliv-
er it. Our strength comes from providing the
focus, organization and intellect to make it hap-
pen. Our goal is to act as a catalyst to rapidly
accelerate each of our client’s training and devel-
opment agendas.
Questions to Consider
Would you say your organization
is aligned to support its future?
Do you have the right people
on your bus and are they in the
right seats?
How would your employees rate
your development process?
Is your organization
prepared and training for
tomorrow’s challenges?
Robert Sinkhorn, Managing Partner | robert.sinkhorn@affectpartners.com | 513-673-8349​| affectpartners.com