Organizational Effectiveness - The Coreflection Difference

The Coreflection Difference

We help organizations evolve and transform through improved organizational effectiveness. We focus on four core areas to help your organization thrive in today’s ever-changing environment: Organizational Transformation, Workforce Optimization, Talent Success, and Operational Excellence. The Coreflection Difference is what we hold true for all of our clients – crafting strategic solutions to fit their specific needs. There’s no one-fit-all solution, so we dedicate time to understand each pain point before developing a unique plan of action. We’ve helped over 100 organizations drive meaningful change and been their partner through crisis and opportunity. Find out what we can do to transform your organization.

Our Values

Coreflection is a majority women-owned organization born from our own teams’ reflection on what is important, the impact we create and the way in which we work with our clients.

Our core principles include:

Meet clients where they are
Lead with integrity and accountability
Enhance Capability for Excellence
Design People-Centered Solutions
Propel change, one person, one organization at a time
Support Open & Transparent Communication

Managing Partners

Melissa Antol

Melissa brings 25 years’ experience in working with people and their organizations on their journey to high performance. She partners with clients at different stages of transformation including scaling and transitioning organizations, to those focused on realignment and recalibration to support their future goals. Melissa specializes in organization effectiveness, service delivery, strategy and catalyzing change through culture enhancement and team development. Her work is rooted in developing partnerships with executives and their people to build capability, collaborative environments and to support alignment between purpose, performance, and a rewarding employee experience.
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Kristen Cooksley

With over 20 years of global experience, Kristen specializes in leading organizational transformation, focusing on Human Capital Management, change management, and talent strategy. Kristen's in-house leadership roles have allowed her to understand the challenges our clients are facing, and to build solutions that are practical and successfully implemented. As a seasoned consultant, she diagnoses complex issues and develops tailored strategies that drive value and high ROI. She is known for forming strong partnerships with her clients, building their capabilities, and enabling them to address their toughest challenges.
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Brian Wilkerson

Brian's nearly 30-year career has centered on merging Planning and People strategies, driving organizations forward with innovative planning techniques and Human Capital strategies. With extensive experience across public and private sectors globally, he specializes in strategy development, operational improvement, and organization design, fostering dramatic performance improvements. Brian is a sought-after speaker, author, and former adjunct faculty member, sharing expertise in business strategy, workforce planning, and human capital management at prestigious institutions and conferences worldwide.
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Why I Do This Work

I deeply believe in working with people and their teams to build capability and confidence to navigate change. I enjoy engaging with people from all backgrounds, organization levels and perspectives to create widely supported paths forward to an enhanced future. My work centers on bridging the gap between strategy and capacity and supporting people empowerment in the process to achieve organizational sustainability.

Melissa Antol, Managing Partner

Why I Do This Work

My passion is pushing the boundaries of strategy and practice to help organizations drive better results and make a bigger impact. Helping organizations achieve their mission and solve their toughest problems drives me to look for innovative solutions. My gift is to be able to absorb and synthesize massive amounts of data from the internal and external environment, sort through the complexity to find the relevant pieces, and see around corners to help organizations secure their future.

Brian Wilkerson, Managing Partner

Why I Do This Work

My work allows me to truly make a true difference for others. I am able to make an impact . I enjoy partnering with my clients to find creative, win - win outcomes that benefit both the organization and the employee, so it’s very rewarding. We spend 1/3 of our lives working – and I get to make that significant piece of time better for the people I work with.

Kristen Cooksley, Managing Partner

Our Legacy

Coreflection represents a group of individuals who have worked together in consulting for well over a decade (some for more than 2 decades!). We have made an intentional shift to develop a transformation-focused, people-centered consulting practice that is reflective of what we love most about our work and the value we can bring to our clients.

While our company name has shifted over the years, our teams’ philosophy for client service has not. In fact, Coreflection as a unique opportunity to elevate and further refine the value we bring based on our years of experience in driving results for our clients. It is an opportunity to extend our legacy of insight and innovation into new directions that address the evolution of the workplace and society.

2010

Revolution Advisors Created

Revolution Advisors is created by former leaders from WisdomNet following its acquisition by Watson Wyatt.

2018

Revolution Advisors Merge

Revolution Advisors merges with hrQ, a long-time partner, to expand its scale and service offerings.

2019

Landrum HR Acquires hrQ

Landrum HR acquires hrQ with the goal of building a comprehensive HR services firm for all size of organizations.

2023

Coreflection Consulting Formed

Coreflection Consulting is formed by much of the former consulting team at hrQ to focus on a new era of innovation and raising the bar on service delivery.

Today

Driving Results

Today, Coreflection is a collective of highly skilled and innovative consultants with a passion for client results and a track record of success in transforming organizations.

Client Testimonials

"The trust was extremely high for several leaders as Coreflection had profound insights from their experiences in the public sector and what they provided was of high value. I have had the opportunity to work with many consultants in different sectors and would choose them always. They listen fully and deeply and respond with radical candor and powerful data for us to consider. They are highly regarded in the field and they epitomize what it means to collaborate and be in partnership. They care about our success.”

“The team did an outstanding job in helping us to evaluate our department staffing and structure! It was valuable to have an outside perspective on some of the critical opportunities and gaps we had in front of us. Because of their analysis, we’ve greatly improved our operations with the addition of a new business manager, and we’ve expanded our leadership bench and capacity with the addition of a deputy director.”

“Colorado Main Street has a deep-rooted, long-standing partnership with the staff of Coreflection, that supports our Main Street programs and communities across the state. They are a trusted pre-approved consultant who has performed high-quality work for over eight years. Melissa Antol is an expert at community engagement, collaborative team development, consensus-focused strategic planning, and board development. Melissa is also highly well-versed in local dynamics, sensitive political issues, and conflict resolution, which has helped many of our communities overcome obstacles and implement impactful projects and programs.”

“Coreflection was instrumental in reshaping us into a collaborative, high performance team through their comprehensive organization assessment. Their open, research-based, and strategic approach, helped us identify gaps and opportunities to shift our culture, create a structure that made sense for us and engage our staff in a productive and fulfilling way.”

"I have worked on several projects with the Coreflection team, and each of them has been successful. In particular, Melissa helped one of my divisions with a needed cultural change. Melissa masterfully guided the team through the work necessary to identify the issues and the needed changes. Together, they built a strategic and implementation plan for cultural change. Now being a couple of years down the road with this work, the culture has significantly improved and the changes we needed have materialized in significant part to Melissa and her team's effort."

"We collaborated with Coreflection on a comprehensive global Employment Brand project. Leveraging a combination of interviews and focus group discussions, they adeptly pinpointed blind spots within our existing Employee Value Proposition. Their guidance was instrumental in crafting a strategic roadmap to achieve our envisioned employment brand."

"Coreflection delivered an exceptional 3-day retreat for our senior leadership team, marking a significant reunion after a long period apart and integrating many new faces. Their comprehensive approach—through focus groups, individual meetings, and committee attendance—allowed them to deeply understand our organization’s needs and culture. Kristen and Melissa were outstanding in their support, conducting numerous check-ins and addressing our diverse requirements with great responsiveness. Our team particularly valued the DISC profile sessions and the work on our mission, vision, and values. This retreat not only provided clarity and direction but also set a solid foundation for our next steps. We highly recommend Coreflection for their professionalism, insight, and effectiveness in fostering team alignment and strategic progress."

FAQ's

What sectors do you work with?

Coreflection works across the public, private and not-profit sectors. In the public sector, we have worked with federal and state governments across the United States and with local city and county governments. We have worked with single divisions or departments, across entire government organizations from small, remote towns to transitioning and scaling cities and metro areas. We have worked with tribal governments in the southwest, Midwest and in Alaska for policy development and capacity building initiatives, and have led many successful projects with growing non-profit organizations looking to mature and better align their operations to support mission attainment.

Coreflection has had a strong foothold in the private sector for decades and has worked across the united states and globally to support industry development, optimization and recalibration.

What industries do you work in?

Coreflection has worked with large myriad of companies across many different industries. The following is a small sample of the industries we have worked with.

Manufacturing
Health Care
Insurance
Mining
Renewable Energy
Universities
Health & Fitness
Food Production
Human Resources
Operations
Public Works
Utilities
Transportation
Sustainability
Entertainment
TV Production
Music
Parks & Recreation
Open Space & Natural Resources
Community Planning & Development
Housing Development
Public Safety
City/County Management
Economic Development
Real Estate

What types of problems does Coreflection Solve?

Coreflection works very deeply across four core service areas. Our managing partners each bring over two decades of experience partnering with our clients to address challenges in each of our service areas. Because of this, there are many types of problems that we have solved. The following is a sample of some of the more frequent problems we have solved for our clients:

Organization Development, Design & Effectiveness

Organization design & structuring
Organizational strategy definition, recalibration, reinforcement
Business strategy
Organizational assessments and gap analysis
Leadership alignment
Internal Communications
Culture Assessment & Enhancement
Team Development & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams
Matrix Management
Collaborative Planning Models
Employee Engagement
Strategy Execution
Implementation Planning
Business process definition, mapping, documentation, improvement, and management
Team workflow development, prioritization, improvement
Mergers and acquisitions
Large-scale business transformation and change management initiatives
Project identification, design, management, execution, accountability

Workforce Optimization

Workforce Planning
Staffing Analysis
Capacity Planning
Job Structure
Labor Source Optimization
Job Sustainability Analysis

Talent Success

Employee Attraction, Retention & Recognition
Talent Solutions
Leadership Accountability
Employer Brand
Employee Experience
Performance Management
Succession Planning

Operational Excellence

Performance Predictors
Development of KPIs, metrics & success measures
Performance Drivers
Innovation & Agility
Cutting-Edge Planning
Process Excellence
Excellence in Execution
Targeted Research & Analysis
Policy Development
Professional Facilitation
Root Cause Analysis

What can I expect upon contacting Coreflection for an initial consultation?

Everyone who contacts us at Coreflection meets with one of our managing partners and founders of our company. Our first contact with you is focused on providing you information on who we are and what we do, it is not a sales call. Our objective is to have an open conversation with you to determine how we might help address your needs. We do this by listening to you to understand the challenges you are experiencing and talking through potential approaches to address your problems. If we do not believe that we can solve your issues, we will be honest with you about that and provide referrals to others that may be better suited to solve your problem. We do not try to be all things to all people. Instead Coreflection is focused on making sure that our clients are successful in reaching their goals.