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Irvine, California & BOSTON – (BUSINESS WIRE) – RGP (Nasdaq: RGP), a next-generation global human capital company, today announced a strategic alliance with Kotter, a global consulting firm specializing in helping organizations manage complex change. The partnership enables RGP and Kotter to accelerate joint business development initiatives while building their respective capabilities and increasing strategic value for customers.

At the heart of the strategic partnership is RGP’s Return on Change ™, powered by Kotter – an enterprise transformation initiative that combines RGP’s leading change management skills with Kotter’s award-winning methodology and research on the emerging science of change. The joint solution enables companies to set aside distractions and focus on achieving seemingly impossible but achievable business transformation goals in 90 days or less.

“We’re seeing companies across all industries implementing transformation and change initiatives faster than ever in this rapidly evolving work environment,” said Kate Duchene, CEO of RGP. “Kotter’s credibility and expertise in the science of change – based on the empirical research of Dr. John Kotter at Harvard Business School for the past 40 years – naturally matches our business transformation and change management skills and adds value to our customers. We are excited to incorporate Kotter’s proven methodology to help our customers achieve seemingly impossible results at unprecedented speed. ”

As a leading provider of agile professional services that help clients transform their businesses and workplaces in today’s world of work, RGP has completed more than 1,000 change management assignments in the past 3 years, with many clients expected in the next 18 months undergo a significant transformation. The alliance enables RGP to leverage Kotter’s proven change leadership methodology and framework to improve its consultancy capabilities and accelerate customer outcomes. For Kotter, the partnership combines his thought leadership and vision of “Millions Leading, Billions Profit” with RGP’s leading change management capabilities and flexible delivery model operated by more than 5,000 professionals and consultants.

Return on Change ™ from RGP powered by Kotter helps clients achieve significant, sustainable organizational and cultural transformation by bringing people together for a common goal and introducing new ways of working that enable them to solve business problems faster. RGP will leverage Kotter’s 8 Accelerators for Leading Change and 4 Key Leadership Principles to guide clients through a transformation journey that produces unimaginable results and strong leadership at all levels.

“The high degree of uncertainty and changes that characterize today’s business environment require a redesign of the strategy implementation. Success requires executives in all industries to capitalize on unimagined opportunities and harness the power of their entire workforce, from entry level to senior executive, ”said Kotter CEO Rick Western. “RGP shares Kotter’s vision to support executives at all levels in using this unprecedented opportunity for disruption, innovation and a rethinking of the way we work – and what drives this work. We’re excited to be working together on the Return on Change initiative and delivering lasting leadership to more companies. ”

To learn more about the RGP and Kotter joint solution, visit rgp.com/kotter-alliance.

About RGP

RGP (Nasdaq: RGP) is a next-generation global human capital company helping clients find the right professional talent they need to address change and transformation initiatives. Revolutionizing the professional services industry since 1996, RGP is the now of work – attracting the best talent in an increasingly changing, gig-focused environment.

RGP’s agile human capital model, based in Irvine, CA, with offices worldwide, attracts high-caliber professionals with in-demand skills who seek a work environment that includes flexibility, collaboration and human connections. The company’s compelling value proposition has made it the leading provider of agile professional services that help clients transform their businesses and workplaces. With more than 5,000 professionals, RGP employs over 2,100 international customers annually, including over 85% of the Fortune 100. Visit us at rgp.com.

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About Kotter

Everyone faces the challenge of accelerating change. Kotter is a global consulting firm that helps companies turn this challenge into an opportunity and create a competitive advantage through agility and adaptability. Developed by the renowned Harvard professor and bestselling author Dr. John Kotter’s approach helps companies mobilize their employees to achieve unimaginable results at unprecedented speed. The result: Extremely fast quantitative and qualitative results in efficiency, innovation, growth, culture, digital transformation and other areas that naturally require changes despite often impenetrable barriers. Learn more at www.kotterinc.com.