Alexander: Executive and Leadership Team Development
The Client:
A global consumer business
Coaching mission:
To provide the team with the necessary toolkit to lead the company through this huge transition – from both strategic and behavioural aspects
Context:
The global company, a leading player in a mature industry, needed to adapt to a dramatic shift in demand for its core product, due to a changing consumer landscape and a challenging business and regulatory environment.
This required a change in mindset by the global product development team; greater agility, creativity and conviction were needed in order to create and implement a radically different product strategy that would tap into new markets.
Objectives:
- To enable the team to align its purpose and strategy and gain greater clarity around priorities.
- To build on the team’s strengths and channel innovation and solutions focused thinking.
- To strengthen the team dynamic and develop a mindset of resilience and focus.
- To equip the team with the necessary communication skills and platforms to engage the workforce as well as the local markets.
- To enable the team to maintain engagement and focus throughout the transition.
- To help the team to agree on achievable and measurable outcomes.
Alexander Programme Structure:
One-to-one coaching sessions with the individual team members, combined with company-wide feedback assessments and team workshops over a two year period.
Outcomes:
- The team is currently on track to achieve their goals. The coaching process enabled them to adapt quickly to a changing market and to engage company support.
- The team was significantly strengthened and was able to overcome many challenges, not least implementing the structural changes needed to better position the company in the new landscape.
Conclusion:
Alexander’s programme created a more resilient, agile and outward looking team – ready to face extremely tough market conditions and turn obstacles into opportunities. The company has not only been able to survive great change – but has found ways to continue to thrive.