
Marigrace McKay
PMP, SHRM-SCP, SPHR HCM, Professional in Learning and Performance, Talent Development, Change Management, and Lean-Six Sigma Black Belt
Marigrace McKay is OCM Advantage Consulting principal consultant.
With a career spanning more than two decades in leadership and talent development, and workplace learning, Ms. McKay has worked with several Fortune 50 companies where she expertly applied contemporary management and behavioral sciences.
Her career began with a heady federal systems foundation as a contract administrator and project analyst and manager with renowned firms Arthur D. Little, Booz|Allen|Hamilton (boozallen.com), Lockheed, and MCI Telecommunications on large-scale, advanced application programs in Washington, D.C.
Following the completion of a master of science degree in management and organization behavior applied sciences at The Johns Hopkins University, Marigrace shifted to manufacturing management in durable and consumer goods (CPG) supply chain with leading global companies. She earned a bachelor of science degree in Economics, West Virginia University.
For a global food manufacturer, she designed and led the next-gen leadership development and people-change transformation in North America Operations Excellence (OpEx) PMO. This led to a planned, successful $Bb spin-off. She has since served on various projects and PMO teams in agile people-culture infrastructure systems, HR IT systems implementation and user (UX) education, organizational alignment, communications, and training and talent development.
Ms. McKay is a published author and a sought-after online contributor on leadership, workforce, and change management subjects. She also originated the Organization Dynamics and Maturity Assessment (ODMA). Her journey in Continuous Improvement began when she served as Examiner on the President's Quality Award (PQA) and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Marigrace is recognized for uniuqely blending conventional human capital management with contemporary organization development (OD) for exceptional client results.
She advocates for self-confidence in personal achievement, rugged ingenuity, and lifelong learning. Her CV/resume will be provided in business proposals or upon request.
OCM Advantage Consulting frequently partners with adjunct subject matter experts (SMEs) and other technical and professional resources as needed to meet client engagements.
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What Our Clients Say
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A federal executive clientList Item 1
“Our employees were always in good hands with Marigrace.”
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HR Manager, former direct reportList Item 2
“Professional, confident, intelligent – she has a very positive attitude. I always learn from her. She’s fun too!”
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Production Manager & CI Process EngineerList Item 3
“Marigrace coached managers to consider the people side of organizational change and emphasized the importance of planned employee communication.”
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Local Union PresidentList Item 4
“For the first time in 25 years, we have zero grievances.”
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“The success of the program was Marigrace’s approach to exacting needs analysis and creating employee learner interest (pull vs. push).”
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Former Client
"Marigrace’s unique ability to form innovative concepts and strategies from our workplace was amazing."