Pinnacle Group

10/21/2026

Last week at ASA Staffing World, Dawn Sutton told a story about permission.

Her talk, The Power of Permission, covered what changed when she stopped managing her own voice down to fit expectations, and what that adjustment had cost her in the years before.

What makes the story land is that authenticity was not the soft outcome. It was the performance outcome. The numbers moved.

For any organization, the real question is not whether people are capable of bringing their full range to work. It is whether the environment around them makes that the obvious choice.

Thank you to ASA for the platform, and to everyone who found Dawn afterward to keep the conversation going.

10/20/2026

Marcus Harley, our VP of VMS Solutions, will join a panel at the 2026 NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange.

Capacity Through Collaboration: How MBEs and Anchors Win as One Team
Monday, October 26 | 10:30–11:15am PT | Los Angeles Convention Center

Moderated by Tracy Dennis-Hilliard of JPMorganChase's Global Supplier Diversity team, the panel brings together leaders from across the JPMorganChase ecosystem and the broader business community. They'll look at how public, private, and nonprofit organizations can align capital, coaching, procurement access, and operational readiness into a clear pathway for MBEs.

Marcus will share the perspective of a JPMorganChase prime supplier: how anchors and their partners can reduce duplication, close gaps, and create real capacity for diverse businesses.

10/15/2026

Our team will be in Los Angeles for the 2026 NMSDC Annual Conference & Exchange, October 25–28.

If you lead supplier diversity, procurement, or external workforce programs, we'd like to hear what you're planning for 2027:

• Bringing more certified diverse suppliers into your workforce programs
• Getting clear, reliable visibility into diverse spend
• Setting performance standards that help diverse partners grow with you

Attending? We look forward to connecting in LA.

10/14/2026

We’re proud to congratulate our Chairman and CEO, Nina Vaca, on being named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2026 Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list.

The list honors senior leaders whose strategic vision and decisive action drive growth for their companies and for the industry as a whole.

This year, Nina:

-Launched PinnacleSI, our advisory arm that helps organizations navigate the technology behind their contingent workforce programs
-Was named to Forbes’ Innovator 250: America’s Greatest Innovators list
-Co-chaired the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee, helping prepare Dallas to host nine matches with nearly $2 billion in regional economic impact

Her vision shapes how we serve our clients every day, from program advisory to VMS design and implementation to program management, so enterprise leaders gain greater visibility and control over their external workforce.

Congratulations, Nina.

10/14/2026

Dawn Sutton takes the stage in 30 minutes.

The Power of Permission, part of Powered by People: Stories That Move Staffing Forward. She’ll share what changed when she reclaimed a voice she had been told to quiet, and what that had been costing before she did.

Come hear her story at 9:00 a.m. in the Aurora Ballroom.

10/12/2026

Our team is at ASA Staffing World in Denver this week!

Dawn Sutton, our VP of Growth and Market Development, is here through Wednesday and has time open to connect.

She’s also speaking Wednesday morning. The Power of Permission, part of Powered by People: Stories That Move Staffing Forward. Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Come say hello before then, or stay after the session. Either works.

10/07/2026

The Pinnacle Group team is on site at Everest Group's Elevate in Dallas!

Dawn Sutton and Sarah Manshack are here for the full program. If you're at Elevate this week, they'd like to meet you.

This conference is built around one question: how AI and digital investment turn into growth that holds up under CFO scrutiny. A good part of that answer lives in workforce decisions, which is where we work every day. Three conversations our team is ready to have:

What changes in the delivery and talent model when pricing moves from per-FTE to outcomes.

How to draw a clear line between what a program costs and what it produces, so the ROI conversation is a short one.

How to scale delivery across markets and categories of work without giving the margin back.

Elevate runs on conversations, not booths. Let's connect and discuss your program needs.

10/06/2026

Equal pay compliance is no longer just an HR issue. Under proposals being examined in the UK, organizations could face direct regulatory exposure for how their outsourced and contingent workforces are paid.

Staffing Industry Analysts outlines how proposed equal pay framework changes would place program managers and enterprise buyers squarely in the compliance chain, not just staffing suppliers. If those proposals advance, the governance burden shifts further toward the organizations designing and overseeing external workforce programs.

That is a meaningful shift in risk profile.

For procurement and HR leaders, it raises a direct question: does your current contingent workforce program give you the visibility to demonstrate pay equity across every worker category, supplier, and engagement type?

Most programs were not built with that level of transparency in mind. Rate cards exist. Supplier contracts exist. But structured, auditable oversight of pay equity across an extended workforce is a different discipline entirely.

This is the kind of compliance terrain where program governance either earns its value or exposes its gaps. Organizations that have invested in structured MSP programs, rigorous supplier oversight, and real-time workforce data are better positioned to respond. Those managing their contingent workforce through informal or fragmented arrangements face the steeper climb.

The UK regulatory direction is one to watch, whether your program operates there today or not. Pay transparency requirements have a pattern of setting precedent across markets.

Read more: https://www.staffingindustry.com/editorial/cws-30-contingent-workforce-strategies/uk-equal-pay-proposals-put-outsourced-workforce-pay-under-scrutiny

Program managers may need to map contractual relationships and ensure they can obtain the workforce data needed to demonstrate pay equality.

10/05/2026

Dawn Sutton, our VP of Growth and Market Development, is speaking at ASA Staffing World next week in Denver.

Her talk is called The Power of Permission, and it's about what happened when she stopped managing her own personality down to fit a room. She had spent years being told to quiet a voice that turned out to be the most useful thing she brought to work.

What followed was not subtle. Performance 1,600 basis points above industry median.

The session is Powered by People: Stories That Move Staffing Forward, a rapid-fire storytelling format where the slides advance whether you're ready or not. Dawn is sharing the stage with leaders from ClearEdge, Procom, Tracker, Tier4 Group, and others.

Wednesday, October 14, 9:00 a.m. at Ga***rd Rockies.

10/01/2026

Our team heads to Everest Group's Elevate in Dallas next week, October 7–9.

Two days with growth, product, and ecosystem leaders working through the same question: how to turn digital and AI investment into results that survive a CFO's review. Good room, good timing.

If you'll be there and want to connect, reach out.

https://www.everestgrp.com/events/conferences/elevate-dallas-2026/