Strategy & Market Impact
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Strategy is a prerequisite for securing competitive advantages in the long term. It takes into account the customers, the culture and strengths of the own company together with the business environment (market, competition, technology). Strategy affects all areas of the company. It is appropriately detailed: It neither hovers high above everything nor gets lost in details.
We help you to develop your strategy - action-guiding and effective.
Our offer in this area includes in particular:
- Corporate & business unit strategy
- Digitization
- Product & distribution strategy
- Management & responsibility structure
Fallbeispiele.
Organizational Fitness
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An efficient organization uses all employees and resources in a goal-oriented and efficient way. It is agile and cost-efficient, processes and cooperation work, all areas are effective. This is especially important in times of crisis. We help you to set up your organization efficiently and economically.
Our offer in this area includes:
- Organization & processes
- Operational excellence
- Business agility
Case Study.
Strategy made effective in the market through a powerful organization
Our client is one of the leading manufacturers of industrial measurement technology worldwide. In the course of the strategic realignment to defined market and application segments, the process and structural organization had to be adapted to the changing and increasingly demanding requirements.
This was achieved over a period of 18 months through a chain of well-coordinated sub-projects. They all followed the principle: inputs and appreciative questioning by Management Partner, struggle for the best solution between client and consultant team, sponsorship and immediate implementation by the client, coaching by Management Partner, joint learning loops.
Industry/Company.
- Mechanical Engineering
Challenge of the client.
- Balancing act in the competitive environment between generalists and specialists
- Increase flexibility and speed (for short-term changes)
- Differentiation from competitors who are catching up in terms of technology
- Increase efficiency and reduce costs to create financial freedom for innovation
Approach Management Partner Consultant.
- Value stream-based process analysis
- Structure of specific organizational units
- New forms of control, coordination and cooperation, e.g. customer clock
- Implementation Coaching
Result.
- Order processing type 1: delivery time reduced from 12 to 3 weeks
- Order processing type 2: delivery time reduced from over 1 year to less than 6 months
- Focus of all involved areas on the customer's view and requirements
- Reactive power, waiting/laying times consistently eliminated
Leadership
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Real change comes through change in leadership and behavior. We rely on an output-oriented and appreciative management style (Ownership-Based Leadership) that focuses on the strategic goals of the company.
Our offer in this area:
- Understanding of leadership & leadership development
- Responsibility & decision-making processes
Case Study.
Minimal intervention – great effect
The overall responsibility of an executive board is not only more than the sum of departmental responsibilities – it is something completely different. When the executive board of a solution provider of mechatronic drive systems commits itself to this "whole", it is not surprising that this can be noticed by the supervisory board and on the second level. And it does so with better and more consistent decisions.
From the beginning: to take a close look at the "Leadership Culture" - that was the assignment. Decisions played a central role: the colleague of the executive board was responsible for production sites or staffing. The second level is responsible for implementing the decisions of the executive board. According to the second level, the executive board deals with important issues.
"Live" support for executive board meetings, process reflection and feedback, decision-maker profiles, a few executive board workshops and the provocative, empathetic guidance of the MP Leadership Consultant: In this minimalist setting, the executive board has developed a changed awareness of its decision-making responsibility and consistently shares decisions. Implementation does not begin with the handover to the second level but has to do with inclusion and the general framework.
By dealing with individual decision-maker profiles, the executive board members make decisions in a personally synchronized manner and know that one person likes to evaluate independently and impulsively, while the other person is reassured by the exchange. The certified test procedure also resulted in a team profile that revealed overlaps and blind spots: These can now be compensated for.
What's next? The second management level strengthens - with the help of MP - their self-responsibility. A question of attitude - for everyone!
Industry/Company.
- Mechatronic drive engineering
Challenge of the client.
- Strong departmental thinking in decisions of the executive board
- Decisions of the executive board are not consistently implemented
Approach Management Partner Consultant.
- Executive board workshops
- Process reflection at executive board meetings (live support)
- Dealing with decision-maker preferences
Result.
- Strengthening the "quality" of decisions (feedback from the supervisory board and second level)
- More consistent implementation of executive board decisions
- Clarity within the executive board regarding responsibilities
- More security in all decision phases
- Synchronization of the decision-making preferences of the management boards
- Strengthening the reflective competence of individuals and the team
Culture & Change
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Only one in five projects in companies is successful. This balance leaves us no peace. We build our change concept for you on safe ground: Your strategy, your history, your culture are incorporated into it. Together with you, we select the appropriate methods and develop a tailor-made process that fits into your context - this is what we stand for with our consulting experience and our standards. In this way you achieve your goals, strengthen your employees and use their energy.
Our offer in this area includes:
- Change management & implementation support
- Commitment & communication
- Culture analysis & culture change
Case Study.
IT sector becomes innovation driver
From fixed structures to a mobile, networked organization with personal responsibility - this is the paradigm shift in the IT department of a large energy supplier. Why? The core business of energy is in a state of upheaval. Potential lies in the expansion of infrastructure, for example for e-mobility, and new IT-based business areas. Innovation drivers, not only IT service providers, are needed.
The decision was made to adopt an agile change approach that leaves room for the unforeseen, failure and learning. A cross-functional team of employees and MP consultants first determined the common direction and measurement criteria. According to the principle of Concept - Inspect - Adapt, tests were carried out at all levels of the organisation and what has been learned was consolidated. Projects were organized in sprints and a dashboard provided transparency. With the support of MP, for example, an IT safari, fuck-up and success nights, a major event for employees, leadership etudes on leadership development and principles in the agile participation process were designed and implemented.
As a result, the networked way of working has established itself with more potential for innovation. Managers have developed a new understanding of their function. Today, more teams with a common product and customer orientation work together cross-functionally. In addition, more teams work independently. Trust in the future has grown, according to the results of an employee survey.
Industry/Company.
- Energy service/supplier
Challenge of the client.
- Core business threatened: energy transition, new competitors and technologies
- Focus on infrastructure expansion, new IT-based growth areas
- Paradigm shift in the IT sector: innovation drivers instead of service providers
Approach Management Partner Consultant.
- Accompanying the structural and cultural change
- Agile change approach and agile methods
- Process moderation and reflection in the management team
Result.
- Increase of self-dependent teams
- Increase in cross-functional teams with customer and product orientation
- Changed understanding of leadership
- More confidence in the ability to face the future and change (employee survey)
