Chris Jones
Meet Chris
Chris Jones is a Partner at McChrystal Group where he helps clients solve their business challenges through the optimization of business strategies leveraging McChrystal Group's unique capabilities and world-class teams.
What did you do before joining McChrystal Group?
For the past 12 years, I’ve worked at leading human capital consulting firms helping to drive top and bottom-line growth for our clients. As a Partner at both Gallup and Korn Ferry, I was responsible for architecting and executing strategic initiatives to drive organizational performance across my portfolio of clients. I’ve worked across both global and regional firms in industries including technology, financial services, manufacturing, and professional services.
Why did you join McChrystal Group?
I am a big believer in culture having an outsized impact on organizational performance and was very impressed with both the approach McChrystal Group takes to supporting cultural transformation inside organizations and the impact our clients rave about during and after engagements. Since joining the firm I’ve been even more impressed with the overall talent of teams and am excited every day to learn from so many.
Why are you passionate about leaders & teams?
All people deserve a great place to work. Unfortunately, most leaders and managers have not been given the tools or developed skills required to deliver this reality. Being able to work with organizations to support this growth and watch as business performance grows with it is unbelievably rewarding.
What sport or hobby do you have outside of work?
When not working I'm trying to be outside as much as possible golfing or running. If not outside I'm usually tracking my favorite teams (Cubs, Jayhawks) or exploring the culinary scene of whatever city I'm in at the time.
MBA University of Kansas
B.S. Marketing & Finance University of Kansas
Written Articles/ Materials
Chief of Staff Resource
What Do Quiet Quitting and Influencers Have in Common?
Quiet quitting is a real risk to the productivity of your business. Understanding and effectively leveraging your network influencers improves your odds of minimizing the population that makes the decision to join the trend of quiet quitting, supports a culture that differentiates your business from the competition and helps leaders build a high-performing team within the constraints of any current environment.
Insights
What Do Quiet Quitting and Influencers Have in Common?
Quiet quitting is a real risk to the productivity of your business. Understanding and effectively leveraging your network influencers improves your odds of minimizing the population that makes the decision to join the trend of quiet quitting, supports a culture that differentiates your business from the competition and helps leaders build a high-performing team within the constraints of any current environment.
Are You Wasting Money on Engagement Surveys?
Your employee engagement surveys are complete, but it takes more than simply measuring employee engagement to create outcomes. Simply put, measurement doesn’t generate change. Sure, it can identify areas of concern that need a leader's attention. Yet it does little to get to the heart of the problem: Addressing and improving the leader behaviors and connected processes that encourage true and lasting employee engagement.
Playbook
Great Prioritization Playbook
Designed to help leaders and their teams identify strategies to strengthen their team performance and deliver the results that matter, our Great Prioritization Playbook will help you prioritize what matters most. Our team of practitioners and experts share a variety of practical recommendations, tactics, and tools built over years of experience helping teams operate at their best.
