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June 16, 2011
Mark LaScola of ON THE MARK to present at Nestle’s Global HR Conference

Nestle’s Global HR Conference on Business Transformation and Effective Functional Leadership will run from June 19-24 in Rive Reine, Switzerland.

Managing Principal Mark LaScola commented, “For this week-long program centered around building more functional, effective HR leadership, Nestle is bringing in Senior, high performing HR leaders from around the world to attend a week long Development Programme. We are privileged and humbled to have been chosen to play a key role in this development program..."

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April 13, 2011
Organization design firm contracts with UK and EU-based satellite communications provider

ON THE MARK announced a business transformation engagement with one of the world’s leading providers of satellite-to-ground communications for military and civil applications.

Managing Principal Mark LaScola commented, “At the heart of this engagement is the increasing demand for our applied, best-practice solution for real business transformation – not superficial change..."

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March 30, 2011
New Academic Article on Human Resources Organization Design

ON THE MARK publishes “A Critical Review of the Three-Box Model for HR Organization Design” in WorldatWork Journal.

ON THE MARK (OTM), a leading international organization design consultancy with offices in Phoenix and London, announced the publication of its practitioner article in WorldatWork Journal, a peer-reviewed membership publication with more than 30,000 subscribers in 100 countries. “A Critical Review of The Three-Box Model for HR Organization Design” was initially accepted for publication in December 2010 and was distributed electronically to WorldatWork’s global members in March 2011. The in-print version will be made available in a calendar year Q1/Q2 combined binding.

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March 4, 2011
ON THE MARK Contracts with Major US Foods Distributor for Organization Design Work

Organization design project work began in late February; Foundation work expected to be completed by end of April.

ON THE MARK (OTM), a leading international organization design consultancy with offices in Phoenix and London, UK, announced they have initiated organization design project work with a major US foods distributor. Managing Principal Mark LaScola commented “This particular project focuses on redesigning and transforming the demand part of the business based upon the need to be closer to their customers and be more competitive.”

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October 20, 2010
Business Transformation –Critical to Thrive

Business transformation in this Great Recession is one of the ways businesses choose to improve the way they do business. Organization design is a method of business transformation. Mark LaScola and his group ON THE MARK, Inc./ ON THE MARK-UK Ltd have been doing organization design around the world for over 20 years. Even though organization design is not new the awareness and popularity of it have increased a great deal recently.

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June 11, 2010
Phoenix Based International Consulting Firm Announces New Senior Consultant

Mark LaScola, Managing Principal of ON THE MARK (OTM), a leading international business transformation consultancy, announced today the addition of Adrienne Seal, Senior Consultant, to the Business Transformation Team.

“We have been experiencing a steady increase in the demand for our solutions in business transformation and culture change particularly in companies who are anticipating and preparing for the upturn in the economy. Many national and multi-national companies are turning to OTM to deliver greater value without the huge expense, traditional approaches and long-term “ tenants” associated with the larger consultant firms on an international scale,” explained LaScola, whose client list includes American Express, Nestle’, BAE Systems and Brown Printing Company to name a few.

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August 17, 2009
From Bedroom to Boardroom: The ON THE MARK Story

Nearly 20 years ago, I began my own business in a spare bedroom of my home. The year was 1990. I had an unlimited amount of desire, sufficient levels of denial, and a brand new laptop and printer I had purchased for too much money. In my mind and in my heart, I was ready to be a change agent in every sense of the word. ON THE MARK was born. It didn’t happen overnight though. Three years before, I had been given the opportunity to be a part of an organizational redesign. I volunteered with a team of consultants that helped a company restructure their entire organization for improved efficiency, productivity, and performance.

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February 13, 2005
Overseas markets fertile ground for Arizona goods

A growing number of Arizona small and midsize businesses are considering crossing the pond to increase their profits. Foreign trade experts say the United Kingdom is a good springboard for Arizona's products and services into the larger European Union markets, whose 25 member countries comprise 500 million consumers.

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