Talent Group COO Named to Global Power 150 List
Megan Woodbury’s organizational restructuring model offers a blueprint for service firms seeking to break down internal silos.
Updated on Oct. 14, 2026 in Remote Work
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Staffing Industry Analysts named Megan Woodbury, Chief Operating Officer of Talent Group, to its 2026 Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list. The recognition follows her leadership in restructuring the firm to integrate recruitment, technology consulting, and workforce services.
Why it matters
Woodbury’s efforts focused on increasing cross-brand collaboration, a priority for multi-service firms looking to improve efficiency and margin performance. By reducing internal silos, the company successfully unified its disparate business units under a single operational strategy.
The firm reported a 35% increase in cross-brand client collaboration and a 24.6% increase in gross margin stemming from integrated opportunities. This follows a broader corporate history that includes 50 global awards since the company was founded in 1995.
The players
Megan Woodbury
The Chief Operating Officer of Talent Group who led the firm's recent structural and leadership development initiatives.
Talent Group
An international workforce services firm with operations in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States that integrates recruitment and technology consulting.
Staffing Industry Analysts
An industry research organization that tracks staffing firm performance and publishes the annual Global Power 150 list.
The details
Woodbury spearheaded the integration of recruitment, technology consulting, and workforce services across Talent Group operations in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. To execute this shift, she designed and implemented the 90-day Sprint leadership and development programme. The initiative was specifically structured to align brands more closely and dismantle the internal barriers that typically hinder multi-disciplinary service delivery.
Timeline
1995: Talent Group was founded.
2025: The Hero Team received the APSCo Australia Back Office Team of the Year award.
2026: Megan Woodbury was named to the Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list.
Market Landscape
This development follows the 12th annual publication of the Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list, underscoring the industry's continued focus on leadership roles that bridge recruitment and technology services. It reflects a wider trend toward the integration of workforce services as companies seek to consolidate disparate business units.
Operators should evaluate if their organizational structure allows for seamless cross-departmental collaboration or if it currently fosters silos that restrict margin growth. The focus on integrated services, such as combining consulting and recruitment, serves as a benchmark for scaling professional service firms.
The takeaway
The successful integration of recruitment and consulting highlights how operational restructuring can directly drive margin expansion. Review your current leadership development programs to see if they specifically target the removal of internal barriers between your service lines.
Further reading
For more on managing distributed teams and cross-functional integration, explore our coverage of Remote Work.
Source note: This article includes information reported by IT Brief Australia.
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