Established in 2001, the GlobalMind Center for Strategic Consulting is a not-for-profit center of the Business and Management Divison (BMD) of the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management at Alliant International University.  GlobalMind offers consulting services to private and public organizations based on expertise in strategic management and information systems technology. Drs. Louise Kelly and Rachna Kumar were co-founders of the center and continue to serve as its co-directors. Along with a network of globally located faculty, graduate students and consulting affiliates, we are able to provide cutting-edge and personalized interventions to develop your top management team (TMT) and your information system (IS) capability. We excel in the areas of TMT and IS assessments, using validated surveys based on academic research.

MISSION

GlobalMind uses progressive, academically sound models  of assessment and intervention to help organizations achieve greater success in  strategy and information systems.  We excel in providing globally-networked teams  to solve business problems and search for the best in people, their organizations, and the competitive world around them.

Recent Activities:

• CMMI workshop - An executive overview of the CMMI Model & Certification Process 
• GlobalMind Celebrates On-Going Collaboration in Tijuana
• GlobalMind Partners with Center for Sustainable Global Sourcing (CFSGS) and launches a roundtable series.
  

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

GlobalMind Center for Strategic Consulting (GlobalMind) at Alliant International University helps you design business, technology and globalization strategies to meet today's challenges.  Whether you need assistance in preparing business plan documents for raising funds, or train your employees for cultural sensitivity in entering international markets, or evaluating plans and mechanisms for transfer of technology skills to a diverse workforce, GlobalMind consultants and affiliates can help.   

GlobalMind engages in several different modes of delivery for its consulting acivities.  For our clients, we customize one-on-one consulting sessions, face-to-face workshops and seminars, online training and education workshops, and data-based consulting feedback.  When appropriate, comprehensive diagnoses of the organizational requirements precede recommended consulting needs.  We emphasize very personal, professional, and customized approaches for our clients. GlobalMind endeavors are guaranteed to produce end results which are measurable and tangible based on pre-agreed deliverables.

GlobalMind is a collaborative effort which brings our clients the collecteive expertise and skills of faculty, graduate students, consulting affiliates, and subject experts.  Some of the professional service areas GlobalMind prides itself in are:

• Business plan preparation and review
• Software process improvement training
• Technology skills transfer designs for diverse populations and cultures
• Ecommerce and internet launch plan and strategy
• Technology portfolio assessment
• Professional skill development plan for top management team
• Targeting Hispanic market
• Cultural sensitivity guides for country specific business entry

Read what some of our clients have said

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

GlobalMind Tools & Techniques from the Center:  Take an organizational assessment of your company’s

• strategy making
• entrepreneurial propensity of organization
• technology synchronization barometer
• social capital network analysis of top management team 

CONSULTING TEAM 

Expertise:
Our team of experts has over twenty years of experience in consulting and executive positions with small, medium and large organizations from the public and private sectors. These projects have exposed us to organizations in several different countries, including the US, Mexico, Canada, UK, Germany, Italy, and India. Our team has fluency in several different languages including English, French, Spanish and Hindi.

We have assisted organizations with projects such as designing their competitive postures, aligning their strategies with uncertain environments , optimizing technology portfolios for maximum responsiveness, and, crafting their cultural stance and business conduct for entry into specific countries. The GlobalMind’s team applies techniques, methodologies, and instruments that have been tried, tested and validated in several different environments over the years.

People:
The principal consultation team consists of experts and a network of international professionals affiliated with the GlobalMind. Click to view our Founding Consultants:

Dr. Louise Kelly is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Alliant. She has published widely in the area of top management teams in organizations and has consulted for many firms in Canada and Boston. Her most recent book is “Dictionary of Strategy: Strategic Management A-Z.  Click for Dr. Kelly's CV.

Dr. Rachna Kumar is Professor of Information Systems at Alliant.  She has published extensively in the area of information technology, software and internet strategies. She has consulted for firms in New York, Philadelphia, Bay area, and India.  Click for Dr. Kumar's CV.

 

Our Partners and Affiliates:
(1) Center for Sustainable Global Sourcing (CFSGS):  The center specializes in researching and consulting to make the benefits of global sourcing sustainable over time for US organizations, people and society.  Global sourcing has been a popular initiative as it provides cost and quality benefits.  However, the benefits to organizations can be short lived; employees can experience negative impacts;  the society can loose critical capabilities.  (http://www.sustainableglobalsourcing.com)

Contact Us:

GlobalMind Center for Strategic Consulting
Alliant International University
Business and Management Division
Marshall Goldsmith School of Management
10455 Pomerado Road
San Diego, CA 92131-1799
(858) 635-4615