The document discusses recommendations for improving the education reform organization Achievement Network (ANet). It provides background on ANet's mission and analysis of weaknesses from interviews. Four key areas for recommendations are identified: employee hiring, manager development, career path visibility, and communication systems. The recommendations aim to address weaknesses while aligning with ANet's data-driven culture. They can be implemented simultaneously at no financial cost by leveraging existing skills and evaluation systems. Each recommendation is measured and aligned with ANet's core values to promote leadership, drive results, and prioritize people.

1. The Achievement
NetworkA Human Capital Analysis of the
Data-Driven Education Reform
Org.
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2. The US education system is broken
US students consistently perform in the bottom tier of
all industrialized countries in math, science, and reading
“In these days, it is doubtful that any child
may reasonably be expected to succeed in
life if he is denied the opportunities of an
education. Such an opportunity, where the
state has undertaken to provide it, is a
right that must be made available on equal
terms.”
- Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v.
Board of Education (1954)
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3. ANet is an education
reform organization
Mission, Vision and Core Values
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Mission
Helps schools boost student
learning with great teaching that’s
grounded in standards, informed by data,
and built on the successful practices
of educators around the country.
Beliefs
• Every student deserves opportunity in
life.
• Educators who devote their
professional lives to this goal
deserve support.
• There are no silver bullets. All
schools are different and need a
tailored approach. But there's no
reason to re-invent the wheel over and
over: we should learn from each other.
Values
Advance Equity • Bold Thinking • Drive Results •
Promote Leadership • Team First • People
Matter

4. ANet focuses its resources on six areas
ANet’s primary competencies
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1 2 3 4 5 6
Assess
ments
Coachin
g
Reports
Best
Practic
es
Sharing
Technol
ogy

5. Quiz Break
What percent of high school students graduate
ready for college in English, reading, math, and
science?
25
55
60
Only one in four high school students graduate ready for college in all four core subjects
(English, reading, math and science), which is why a third of students entering college have
to take remedial courses
--ACT, 2011
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6. Our AnalysisWe interviewed a vice president, director, and manager,
then conducted a SWOT analysis based on their answers

7. Our analysis revealed a strong, responsive
org.Our focus, however, is only on weaknesses identified by
the interviewees
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• Core
Values
• Mission
• Data-
driven
decision-
making
• Talent
• Built to
Change
• Career
Trajecto
ry
• Growth
inefficien
cies
• Geographi
c
inflexibili
ty
• Variable
manger
quality
• Strong,
dynamic
culture
with fast
response
rate to
recognize
d isues
• Allure of
competiti
on
• Technolo
gy
outpaced
S W
O T

8. We identified four key areas that were response
themes
Employee Hiring. Manager Development. Line of Sight
Career Path. Communication Systems
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Geographic
Flexibility
Leveraging
tools that
allow
employees
outside of
Anet’s
office
locations
to work
remotely
Professional
Development
Developing
the skills
of
managers
and
employees
Line of Sight
Career Path
Developmen
t a formal
rewards
systems;
especially
focusing on
promotions
as a
reward
Communication
Systems
Flattening
the
communicati
on
structure,
so the
organizatio
n can more
quickly
make
decisions

9. The recommendations must align with ANet
culture
ANet has a strong, data-driven culture
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Cultural Fit
Align with
Core Values
Sustainable
Decisions
must be
viable long
term
Meauresable
Survive
rigorous
analysis
Because ANet has a strong culture, the recommendations must
meet the following criteria to be acceptable

10. Quiz Break
What percent of American students finish
college?
56
46
70
The U.S. ranks last among 18 industrialized countries measured on this indicator.
--OECD.org
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11. 6
9
8
6
50%
Geographically
Flexible Work
Environment:Develop
Managers
:
Career Plans, Point-
Driven Evaluation
System:Develop
Communication
Efficiency:
The average timeline for all proposals is nine
months
Because of their structure, can be rolled out
simultaneously without conflict
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All recommendations are simple and time efficient
that they may be implemented
at the same time

12. The recommendations have no financial cost
The recommendations leverage ANet’s existing skill
sets, so don’t require additional financial costs
ANet is able to leverage all its six resource
investments to achieve all recommendations
Geographic
Flexibility
Develop
Managers
Lineof
Sight
Career
Efficient
Communicatio
n
$0 $0 $0 $0
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13. Recommendations leverage ANet evaluation
systems
Every aspect of the recommendations are measureable;
the majority leverage existing evaluation systems
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• Line of sight career path
(B and C)
• Geographic flexibility (C)
• Manager development (A)
• Manager development (B)
• Communication efficiency
(B)
Existing Org. Health
Survey
• Line of sight career path
(A)
• Geographic flexibility (B)
• Communication efficiency
(A)
Existing Employee Exit
Survey
• Geographic flexibility (A)
• Geographic flexibility (B)
Other

14. All recommendations are aligned with core
values
Every stage of the recommendation, from beginning to
end, gives deference to ANet values
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Geographic Flexibility
People Matter • Promote Leadership •
Drive Results • Team First • Bold
Thinking
Promote Leadership • Drive Results
People Matter • Promote Leadership
People Matter
Develop Managers
Line of Sight Career
Path
Efficient Communication

15. Quiz Break
A one year increase over average level
educational attainment can reduce certain crimes
by…
50%
69%
55%
A one year increase in the average years of schooling completed reduces violent crime by
almost 30 percent, motor vehicle theft by 20 percent, arson by 13 percent and burglary and
larceny by about 6 percent.
--American Economic Review
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16. Create a geographically flexible environment
Recommendation for Geographic Flexibility
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Proposed Recommendations
•Determine eligibility for
flexible work arrangement
•Telework/remote work
training program
•Teambuilding exercises
•Streamline all-company check-
ins and decision-
making procedures
Currently, ANet loses talented current employees and
potential ones who don’t live near an office; culture is not
supportive of telework
“The challenge
is…to scale so we
all feel
connected, but …
not everyone has
to be in the
office.”
- Director

17. Develop managers
Recommendation for Professional Development
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Proposed Recommendations
•Implement a feedback system
that allows direct reports to
give group and individual
feedback to their managers,
twice a year
•Based on the feedback, human
capital arranges professional
development curriculums for
managers
Currently, ANet a majority of ANet staff members cite their
manager a as reason for their leaving ANet; no official
managerial program exists
“Folks cite their
manager as a
top-three reason
for leaving.”
- Vice President

18. Creation of a cohesive, point-driven rewards
system
Recommendation for Line of Site Career Path
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Proposed Recommendations
•Create Career Plans for
every position
•Leverage point system in
evaluations
• Special awards like Core
Values Champion receives
additional points
Currently, ANet has no formal rewards system; a top three
reason for employees leaving was no clarity of career
trajectory“I don’t know; I
don’t have an
answer to that.”
-Manager in response to the question,
“What rewards does ANet offer its
employees?”

19. Develop communication efficiency
Recommendation for Communication Systems
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Proposed Recommendations
•Re-interpret People Matter
Core Value
•Encourage use of instant
messaging system like Google
Chat
Currently, ANet culture encourages broad consensus building
before a decision is made
“We’ve gotten to
a point where we
are too big to do
collaboration the
way we’ve always
done it.”
- Director

20. Quiz Break
About how many students a day drop out of
high school?
3,000
7,000
600
This equals about 1.2 million each year; for African-American and Hispanic students across
the country, dropout rates are close to 40 percent, compared to the national average of 27
percent
--Broadeducation.org
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21. ClosingKeith shares how education has
changed his life.

22. Questions & Thank
YouThank you for your time and
attention