Your Challenges are our business
We work across geographies and business sectors, at all levels in an organisation from graduate trainees to senior executives clients.
Here are some of the typical challenges our clients report:
Global Business Leaders – Case Studies
For many companies and industries today in the age of global internet access, the biggest opportunity for growth is to expand globally. We support companies across all sectors that are striving to be more global, or are already, but are not reaping all the benefits of their diversity. The skills needed to develop great products are different to those needed to build and run an international organisation. Collaboration continues to be the key focus for thousands of chief executives across the world.
Executive Team Coaching
Client: Gentoo Group
Gentoo is a large North East based social enterprise with a vision to improve the Art of Living. Their work is focused around three key areas to maximise their impact: people, planet and property. Locally, they are one of the biggest employers and landlords in Sunderland. To move closer towards their vision, Gentoo is committed to fully living their five Group values.
The Executive Director for Vision & Culture partnered with Global Business Leaders to support the Group Executive Team to help them authentically and consistently lead from the front by role-modelling the Group values – both individually and collectively. Chris has worked with Gentoo since November 2013 and has played a crucial role in successfully enabling Gentoo to set up a framework in order to understand and embed their values. In addition, he has conducted coaching for individuals and the executive team.
Impact
The initial Executive Team values assessment revealed a shared desire for a higher level of alignment around the Group values within the team. When measured again post-implementation programme, the team assessment showed a marked improvement in the way team members experience working together, a shift towards greater alignment around the Group values and a desire within the team to work on integrating some specific values – and this provides the direction for the next step on the journey.
In addition, as a direct result of this work, the Executive Team realised that Gentoo Group needed an additional core value that would more fully integrate essential business processes and procedures, ensuring that staff working in key business service support areas felt fully included and appreciated. To that end, Gentoo Group has recently introduced and launched a sixth core value, “Optimising success through compliance”.
Read more about the Values Journey and the approach taken here.
Global Leadership Training
Client: GE Healthcare
Anne co-designed and facilitated a Leadership Development Programme conducted for over 550 international leaders across the world for 6 years. The focus of the 3 day module was on the corporate value of inclusiveness. Themes: superior leadership performance, emotional & cultural intelligence, coaching skills, personal accountability and personal development. We created a practical, real-life organisational challenge, balanced around input, group work and time for reflection on learning.
Outcomes:
Participants rated the course very favourably. We were interested in the long term effects and conducted a survey to learn how participants applied the learning: leaders who left the course with the highest motivation were also those who applied more learning and reported more benefits to their business. We found that the experiential approach was key to the learning experience, and that even a 3-day course can have profound long-term effects on business performance.
Participant comment:
Excellent leadership course as it helps you understand how to be a better employee in person. Anyone, not just leaders will benefit.
Executive Coaching
Client: Certikin International
Executive and Pair Executive Coaching
Helen coached senior executives on increasing their impact and influence in a way congruent with their individual styles and values. At agreed stages Directors were brought in to the coaching process by the coach to provide input into the agenda, give feedback and support to the coachee. Markers for future progress and development were also established. The facilitation improved rapport between stakeholders and sharpened the focus on goals, benefitting the individual, team and organisation.
Outcomes:
The client reported an enhanced sense of well-being and self-awareness of the executives leading to more tangibly effective behaviours visible by 360 assessment.
Global Virtual Teams
Client: DUNDEE Precious Metals
Global Virtual Teams – Facilitation and Coaching
Louise worked with the Global IT Team operating out of Canada, Bulgaria, Armenia
Client issues were:
- Cultural misunderstandings
- a compromised level of trust
- lack of alignment around common purpose and goals
- competing team loyalties
- ineffective cross-cultural communication.
Outcomes:
We identified the top most important needs to build greater trust and boost performance in the team. These were addressed in an ‘offline’ workshop designed to realign the team and followed up with application coaching to sustain the new commitment.
Global Cultural Transformation
Client: BNP Paribas
Global Cultural Transformation Mentoring.
A UK-based division of BNP Paribas was undertaking a major culture change initiative, however, they had reached a point where the work was becoming disjointed and, as a result, there was a lack of clarity on vision, next steps and resourcing. As a specialist in helping clients align their organisational values and culture, Chris was brought in to work alongside and mentor the transformation team.
Outcomes:
The transformation team achieved much needed clarity on the overriding vision and purpose of this important initiative, on progress to date, on emerging priorities, and next steps to be taken. Importantly, a sense of direction was re-established.
Why would you choose to work with us?
The way in which we co-create with you maximizes your potential.
We have proprietary leadership frameworks that are proven to be practical and powerful. We use tools, models and latest research.
We recognize that real impact results from crafting solutions that serve live business needs. We tailor for purpose. We engage and motivate your people to work on what needs to be changed, whether themselves, their teams or elements in the wider organisation. The result is change that lasts.