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Our clients are people working in the world’s leading companies.

Success has made their companies larger and more complex, but they are determined to retain the speed, simplicity and satisfied people that made them successful in the first place.

They know that old fashioned management techniques are too slow and expensive for this more complex, matrixed, virtual and global business environment. They are frustrated by the delay and dissatisfaction that can be caused by unnecessary complexity, and they want to do something about it.

Our key clients are:

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Line managers

Line managers need to improve the performance of their team, project, function or organization - constantly.

You may be new to managing in matrixed, virtual, cross-cultural or other complex environments, or you may be an experienced manager who understands the problems but cannot afford the time, expense and frustration it takes for your colleagues or team members to build these skills through trial and error.

We can accelerate success with consulting or training interventions tailored to the specific needs, issues and experience levels of your team.

Typical interventions include:

  • Team building for matrix, remote, virtual and cross-cultural environments – teams form common ways of working faster and reduce the costs of unnecessary cooperation and communication.
  • Consulting and coaching in new ways to manage complex organizations – bring in new ideas and practices to increase speed and reduce costs and dissatisfaction.
  • Accelerated project kick-offs – speed up projects and teams by up to 25%.
  • Coaching or skills training for individuals new to complex roles, such as global leadership training – get them up the learning curve faster.
  • Building functional communities for best practice sharing and common projects – get the benefits of sharing without the costs of unnecessary meetings and calls.
  • Specific programs for speed and time saving– such as our “save a day a week” program.
  • Programs specifically designed to improve your opinion survey feedback or solve problems in targeted areas.
  • Function wide skill-building programs based on specific skill gaps or objectives or following reorganizations.

We also have diagnostic questionnaires designed to help you benchmark the performance of your team against hundreds of others in our database so you can see how well you are really doing. See an example in our remote and virtual teams questionnaire

Call us first to get a free expert perspective on your needs.

Human Resources

HR professionals need to equip their organizations with improved people capability to cope with increased complexity or to support a new matrix organization structure, international strategy or specific improvement need in their organization.

They understand that the business world has become more complex and that they need to update their colleagues’ management skills to cope with this.

Typical examples include:

  • Organization Development professionals - looking for ideas and consulting on how to implement, reorganize or manage matrix and other complex organization structures.
  • Learning & Development specialists - looking for tailored training for specific teams or open programs for their corporate university curriculum that reflect the real complexity of their business today.
  • Executive development directors - looking for new and challenging ideas that are relevant to their most senior managers.
  • HR Development people - looking to bring in fresh thinking to the organization or to support initiatives around issues like Speed, Managing without travel and Managing the Matrix.

An initial diagnostic call with one of our specialists costs nothing and can help you clarify your ideas. Call us now to discuss your needs.

Senior Executives

Executives need new ideas and challenges to improve effectiveness and keep their business ahead of the competition.

They know that doing things the same old way will not generate sustained advantage; they recognize that the business world has become more complex and want to take some practical steps to change their organization’s capabilities.

They are particularly frustrated at the time and cost it takes to get things done in a complex organization and want to do something about it.

They often ask us for:

  • Speakers for executive development programs or major conferences or events – to bring challenging ideas and practical alternatives in an interactive and engaging way.
  • Coaching for individual executives and teams in M&A or major transformation projects – see more about this in our Merger and Acquisition consulting section.
  • Workshops to simplify and streamline the way senior management teams work together – reduce the number and duration of management meetings and achieve more in them.
  • Training and coaching on leading highly complex organizations – accelerate the learning curve for new executives or build skills quickly to implement new structures and strategies.
  • Consulting support in making complex companies work – learn what works in other organizations and apply tried and tested tools to improve.

Call us first to get a free expert perspective on what other companies are doing and on how to lead and succeed in complex companies.

What about me?

If you don’t fit into these categories, don’t worry – call us and tell us what you need.

We are specialists so we guarantee that if your problem is not in our area of expertise we will not make a proposal – we will however, try to point you to the right people to help.

Call us now to discuss your specific need or find out more about the problems we solve

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