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- How often do you and your leadership team take the time to think about the long-term health of your organization?
- Where do you want your organization to be two years from now?
- How well do you and your leadership team work together to get there?
- Why do people want to be part of it?
News from the EDG
- GlobalEdg partners with Two Global Consumer Package Goods Companies to Build Capabilities in Strategic Thinking and Planning
- Large Consumer Packaged Goods Company engages with GlobalEdg to drive change and process improvement training to operations teams
- Branded automotive service company works with GlobalEdg to train leaders on coaching
- CEO and officers of international consulting firm work with GlobalEdg to craft vision, mission and operating principles
- Paul Butler delivers keynote at American Society of Training & Development conference entitled Building Leadership Capability in Strategic Thinking: a case study on the challenge of Culture Change
- World renowned university utilizes GlobalEdg to facilitate Board of Trustees meeting for university
- The 2nd annual HR CPG Industry Conference is set for September 2008
Want to find out more? Contact us
at: info@globaledg.com
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I. The Situation
A few years ago, a well-known consumer products company’s business was in crisis --- declining revenue and profit along with eroding market share in their core product category was at hand. The company brought in a new president to turn around the business.
The president knew the importance of focusing his leadership team on the right issues. The need to enhance the capability and collaboration of the operating team was necessary to lead the company's turnaround. In order to jump-start the process, he took his executive team off-site for a leadership development session.
Working with the company's HR leader, GlobalEdg designed and implemented a leadership development strategy session for his team. There were three important outcomes:
1) Establishment of clear expectations for the leadership team.
2) Joint development and implementation of operating principles that would enhance trust and collaboration.
3) Identification of practices and principles that would strengthen interdependencies and decision making.
The results? Although skeptical at first, the leadership team embraced the session --- leaving with a clearer sense of how to work together to build a high performing culture that would deliver sustainable business results. The executive team not only gained a better sense of where they needed to take the organization --- they understood how better to work together to achieve it.
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II. The
Response
Over the last several years, we have worked with many senior executives and their leadership teams helping to answer these critical questions. We have found that these are not only the ones that are most overlooked, but, if not addressed, can be a recipe for disaster.
A common Vision, a clear Purpose, guiding
Principles, and relevant Practices are critical success factors for any leadership team. Having these tools in place not only provides a sense of direction, it allows leaders to model exactly how decisions should be made throughout the organization.
An often overlooked part of the process is how the tools should be developed. There is one important element for designing these --- they should be co-created by the entire leadership team. This dramatically increases the probability of each team member’s ownership, accountability, and commitment.
We have come to believe that the role of an executive team is to create and define space (where to play), and, by example, cascade the behaviors, by which the organization will be successful (how to win). This is done by a team working together and letting the organization know what is important.
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III. Application
How to conduct a successful Leadership Off-Site™:
- Be clear on the outcomes and scope
- Use a qualified facilitator
- Anchor discussions in the business
- Do not leave without accountabilities and timeframes for deliverables
The sessions should take place away from the normal place of business.
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