Executive & Board Advisory
A seasoned executive in your corner for the people decisions that carry the most risk.
Learn moreKnow what’s really happening inside your organization. Then lead the change.
Palagn helps health systems, universities, nonprofits and companies understand employee experience, put workforce data to work and lead change with clarity.
Led by James E. Page, Jr., with executive leadership team experience at The Nature Conservancy, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University.
Executive leadership teams
The Nature ConservancyJohns HopkinsVanderbilt University
Palagn clients have included
Keck Medicine of USCGreat American Insurance GroupEnel North America
Seen and heard
SiriusXM, The Mike Muse ShowTEDxBecker’s Hospital Review
How Palagn helps.
Four kinds of work, each with a clearly scoped first step. Scope, timing and fee are agreed in writing before anything begins.
Culture & Engagement Diagnostics
Find out what people are really experiencing, then turn it into action leaders will own.
Learn moreLeadership & Manager Development
Help leaders and managers make better decisions together, starting on Monday.
Learn moreAI, Data & the People Function
Use people data and AI responsibly, so leaders can see clearly and act sooner.
Learn moreTwo focused ways to start
People Data Decision Sprint One pressing workforce question, answered with focused analysis and a one-page decision brief for your executive team. Listening-to-Action Employee feedback turned into a short, prioritized action plan with named owners and a way to show people what changed.See the analysis, not just the claim.
Where do candidates drop out of hiring, and is it the same for everyone? In this example, both groups reach a first interview at nearly the same rate. Their progression diverges sharply at the second interview, giving leaders a specific stage to investigate.
One of ten interactive workforce dashboards built on invented data, covering recruiting, progression, benefits access, global workforce and change capacity.
Who makes it through hiring?Invented data
Group AGroup BShare of applicants reaching each stage
Applied100% · 100%
First interview34% · 33%
Second interview18% · 10%
Offer7% · 4%
Started6% · 3%
Proof, not promises.
Results from executive leadership roles
6,000employees in 80+ countries served by the global culture and engagement function James led at The Nature Conservancy
1,500+employee comments turned into executive insight at The Nature Conservancy
350%increase in patient satisfaction following a language-access redesign at Cincinnati Children’s
29senior executive hires in 12 months as DaVita built its talent capability
Selected Palagn engagements
From a culture survey to an evidence base leaders could use.
Survey design, analysis, visual reporting and findings that supported leadership priorities and grant work.
A decision experience delivered at scale.
Facilitated workshops, debriefs and practical discussion about judgment at work.
From interest to a working program.
Survey, toolkit, leader workshop and launch plan.
An engineer’s mind. An executive’s judgment.
James E. Page, Jr. brings an engineer’s discipline to the human side of leadership: using evidence to clarify decisions, building trust through change, and helping complex organizations turn strategy into action.
He founded Palagn and has served on executive leadership teams at The Nature Conservancy, Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt. He leads every Palagn engagement, bringing in additional expertise when the work calls for it.
James’s leadership experience
- Executive leadership team
- Executive leadership team
- Executive leadership team
- Engineering & global workforce strategy
Let’s begin
Bring one stuck decision.
Describe what is getting in the way. You will receive a reply by email and an invitation to a free 20-minute conversation to see whether Palagn is the right fit.
- You share the situation in a few sentences.
- We agree a time for a 20-minute call with James.
- If there is a fit, you get a written scope with clear deliverables and fees.