Morgan Silvers
Meet Morgan
Morgan Silvers is an Applied Social Scientist specializing in organizational performance analysis, network analysis, employee engagement, and custom research. In her role, she utilizes survey-based research to help clients use data-driven insights to inform organizational planning and decision-making.
What did you do before joining McChrystal Group?
Prior to McChrystal Group, I worked as a Research Associate at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, where I analyzed qualitative and quantitative data for monitoring applications of federal sentencing guidelines. Before working in the government, I worked as an HR Metrics Analyst at George Mason University, where I analyzed engagement survey results and retention and promotion data and presented findings to decision-making committees.
Why did you join McChrystal Group?
I joined McChrystal Group because I was excited by the opportunity to use data analytics to help companies achieve tangible business results. McChrystal Group is also one of the few companies applying Network Analysis to the business world, so being on the cutting edge of that field was a draw.
What has been your proudest moment at McChrystal Group?
My proudest moment at McChrystal Group was developing an entirely new type of engagement survey and conducting the validation study. I was so excited when the data showed a strong link between our engagement survey results and employees’ intentions to quit because that means the results have direct implications for clients’ business outcomes.
What are your favorite books (besides Team of Teams!)?
Storytelling With Data by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, The Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, The Last Kingdom Series by Bernard Cornwell
B.A. The College of William and Mary
M.A. George Mason University
Written Articles/ Materials
Playbook
Risk Playbook: Rethinking Risk
Discover McChrystal Group's Risk Playbook, a comprehensive guide to managing risk through detection, assessment, response, and learning. Enhance your organization's resilience by focusing on both external threats and internal vulnerabilities.
Weekly Whiteboard
Prioritization in Resource-Constrained Environments
Part of being a leader is the ability to prioritize and specifically to prioritize in a way that supports your strategy. So all leaders, at some point, will find themselves in a situation where they might not have the number of resources that they had originally planned for when they laid out their strategy. Morgan Silvers outlines how leaders should re-prioritize and re-allocate resources to continue to execute the strategy.
How Leader Behavior Impacts Decision Making
A leader’s propensity to get involved in their team’s various decisions has a direct impact on the timeliness of those decisions. Simply put, when leaders are able to empower their teams to execute and own decisions, productivity is unlocked as valuable time is saved. Better understand how leader behavior shapes a team's decision making processes.
