CASE STUDY #1 - Leadership Team Development
Results / Case Study 1
A successful Australian Software business in the SAP space, was potential being acquired by Global ICT Solutions organisation, but required help in improving their Senior Leadership Team (SLT) functionality.
This team had become defocused and dysfunctional due to the pressure and stress of the potential financial pay-out. The real danger was the acquisition could fail and/or the pay-out to individuals be reduced or lost, due to poor business performance in the final year.
This one-off opportunity could implode if the Senior Leaders did not function better as a team to meet the necessary sales/profit results of the buy-out.
Organised SOLUTIONS (John Butel) was called in by the CEO, based on a referral from a long standing client. Over a 3 months period, the SLT were profiled using internationally recognised BELBIN Team Roles, to ascertain how the SLT team could work more productively together. Using the BELBIN Management Effectiveness model in individual coaching session, the existing leadership team dynamic was shifted from self to team focus, including allowing individuals to leverage their strengths to support others and neutralise their weaknesses.
One on one coaching sessions guided individual change behaviour, ensuring team stability and progress towards the financial targets of the pay-out.
In parallel to this project, the middle management team of 23 were put through a similar Leadership Development program, using BELBIN Team Role Profiling. This was applied in a one-day Leadership workshop following by a 3-month Leadership Coaching program to align focus, streamline behavioural strengths and breakdown silo-ism developed between Sales, Customer support, Operations and Product management.
The outcome was an overall improvement in individual self-confidence, reduced stress between departments, improved communication & mutual respect resulting in better business results.
The business achieved its targets resulting in meeting its buy-out outcomes.
This team had become defocused and dysfunctional due to the pressure and stress of the potential financial pay-out. The real danger was the acquisition could fail and/or the pay-out to individuals be reduced or lost, due to poor business performance in the final year.
This one-off opportunity could implode if the Senior Leaders did not function better as a team to meet the necessary sales/profit results of the buy-out.
Organised SOLUTIONS (John Butel) was called in by the CEO, based on a referral from a long standing client. Over a 3 months period, the SLT were profiled using internationally recognised BELBIN Team Roles, to ascertain how the SLT team could work more productively together. Using the BELBIN Management Effectiveness model in individual coaching session, the existing leadership team dynamic was shifted from self to team focus, including allowing individuals to leverage their strengths to support others and neutralise their weaknesses.
One on one coaching sessions guided individual change behaviour, ensuring team stability and progress towards the financial targets of the pay-out.
In parallel to this project, the middle management team of 23 were put through a similar Leadership Development program, using BELBIN Team Role Profiling. This was applied in a one-day Leadership workshop following by a 3-month Leadership Coaching program to align focus, streamline behavioural strengths and breakdown silo-ism developed between Sales, Customer support, Operations and Product management.
The outcome was an overall improvement in individual self-confidence, reduced stress between departments, improved communication & mutual respect resulting in better business results.
The business achieved its targets resulting in meeting its buy-out outcomes.