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Kathy Acierno Baron

Vice President
Boston

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Expertise

  • Strategic Talent Management
  • Executive and Leadership Coaching
  • Succession Management
  • Organization Design and Development
  • Leadership Development

Education

  • BA, SUNY Geneseo
  • MS, Cornell University

Certification

  • Executive & Leadership Coaching, Babson University
  • MBTI
  • Emotional Intelligence 360

Get in touch with Kathy

(508) 630-1518 Download Bio (857) 636-8470 LinkedIn Contact Kathy

Commitment to Clients

Strategic talent management can provide powerful tools to optimize an organization’s talent equation and investing in valuable assets will fuel organizational success. I bring clients innovative and proven solutions to their talent challenges, linking talent acquisition and development to the organization’s strategy and profitability. With deep experience and expertise in all facets of organization, executive, and leadership development, as well as employee engagement, I provide a practitioner’s lens to talent management.

Biography

Kathy Acierno Baron is a vice president with Pearl Meyer, where she specializes in talent management issues, including executive leadership development, succession management, and coaching. 

Ms. Baron was previously the director of workforce planning and talent mobility at Harvard University and an executive coach in Harvard’s leadership programs. She was responsible for aligning and leveraging talent acquisition to internal talent mobility and connecting external and internal talent pipelines. She also spent more than 15 years at Avery Dennison Corporation, most recently as the director of leadership and organizational development, where she designed and delivered succession management systems, employee retention strategies, leadership and team development programs, as well as high-potential development programs. She has coached more than 100 executives and senior leaders and is certified to administer and interpret a multitude of assessment instruments for both individual and team development.

Ms. Baron is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo, where she serves on the Foundation Board, and holds an MILR in Human Resources from Cornell University.

Publications and Presentations

Research Report
Karen Butcher
Kathy Baron
March 2022

Officer Titling in the Financial Industry

Survey data from 92 banks and credit unions that show what titles are used currently and how those titles influence incentives and other benefits.

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Research Report
Karen Butcher
Kathy Baron
January 2022

Tracking and Reporting on DE&I - Financial Industry Edition

Input from 111 financial industry organizations on how they are examining diversity, equity, and inclusion and including it in executive incentive plans.

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Presentation
Northwest Bank Directors Series
Greg Swanson
Kathy Baron
October 2021

Linking Strategy, Succession Planning, and Compensation

How banks can successfully embark on an alignment of their executive compensation plans and long-range talent management approach.

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Article
Kathy Baron
Karen Butcher
March 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Banking: Determining the Levers That Can Turn Proclamations and Policy into Action

Key findings, trends, and recommendations specific to the financial institutions in our DE&I survey.

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Healthcare Employee Retention, Recruitment, and Pay: A Perfect Storm

How can provider organizations retain those still in their jobs and effectively recruit quality candidates? The answer may be market-based pay.

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How Talent Concerns Are Changing the Use of Equity

How to balance the need for talent attraction and retention with the long-range consequences of expanded equity use.

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Why is the Prevalence of CHROs as Named Executive Officers on the Rise?

The CHRO, as a strategic member of the top leadership team in a company, can have a major impact on corporate success.

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