Meghan Bourne
Meet Meghan
Meghan Bourne is a Partner, advising clients on how to overcome their communications, strategy execution, and decision-making challenges using data-driven insights. She has worked with clients ranging from a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company to a government agency leading their state's COVID-19 response.
She works primarily with government organizations, including supporting a state’s inter-agency COVID response efforts, assessing effective operations for another state’s Department of Health, and advising a joint task force focused on advancing public health informatics. She has also partnered with Fortune 100 pharmaceutical clients.
Prior to joining McChrystal Group, Meghan worked in Deloitte’s Federal Practice for over 13 years. At Deloitte, she was a Human Capital Senior Manager leading teams that provided strategic communications and change management support to Department of Defense clients undergoing large organizational changes. Prior to that role, she enabled the career development of Deloitte professionals as a Talent Development Manager. Meghan started her career with Deloitte in the Risk Advisory function, first conducting and eventually managing organization-wide risk assessments and internal control implementations for large, complex Federal organizations.
Meghan earned her Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Organizational Consulting and Execution Coaching. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from Penn State University.
B.S. Penn State University
M.S. University of Pennsylvania
Written Articles/ Materials
Case Study
How a State Agency Scaled Communication Throughout Its Teams
This case study highlights the success of a communications forum established for the Virginia Department of Health and how it helped the entire organization align around strategic priorities and make informed decisions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization was able to increase information sharing speed and clarify strategic priorities, resulting in more informed decision making at all levels. Discover how they overcame longstanding challenges and supported the well-being of the state's 8 million residents.
Weekly Whiteboard
Trust Part 1
Trust is one of our guiding principles, and we believe it’s a prerequisite for any high-performing team. How do you build it in your work relationships, among members of your team, and then scale it throughout your organization? Meghan Bourne explains in part one of this three-part series.
Trust Part 2
Competence, benevolence, and reliability are the key factors of trustworthiness people demonstrate. When they align, relationships can be built on trust and teams will flourish. But what about when that is not the case? In part two of our three-part whiteboard series on trust, Meghan Bourne outlines how increase the propensity to trust one another.
