Every assignment matters, but the example that springs to mind first is a varejo Cliente que tinha uma rede muito grande no Reino Unido (mais de 300 agências), atendendo a mais de um milhão de clientes por semana, mas que foi a perda de perdas e precisava de transformação.
Berkeley ajudou a moldar a estratégia de recuperação e, em seguida, assumi a liderança do programa de transformação que se seguiu. Construímos uma grande equipe de funcionários de clientes e fornecedores externos para oferecer um amplo programa de tecnologia, formato de filial, mudança organizacional e re-treinamento da equipe. Também ajudamos o cliente a alienar várias filiais a operar como um modelo de franquia em outro parceiro de varejo. Dentro de dois anos, o programa de transformação entregou uma reviravolta recorrente de £ 46m por ano e perda de um investimento de 130 milhões de libras, melhorando a satisfação do cliente. Tornou -se um dos maiores impulsionadores do desempenho financeiro aprimorado em todo o grupo.
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In the early years of my consulting career, I spent a lot of time focused on delivering the scope of the change programs in front of me and not always enough time thinking through the people factors needed to embed lasting change in the client organization. I would see some programs that were great success, and some that were failures.
Once at Berkeley I learned how to take a more rounded, more comprehensive people approach - delivering major change in a way that sticks. Too many transformation programs fail to achieve their target impact because of wider employee resistance or management behavior that does not support the change. Over the years I have learned to really think through all the organizational and change management aspects of delivering effective change. Every situation is different, but I soon learned some core principles which help to reduce the risk of resistance to change.
Work-wise, it would be to always be involved doing hands-on, real consulting work with our clients and consultants. I love the buzz and the newness of every new client organization, building relationships with new clients, and I love us being able to make connections for people and apply our experiences from other organisations to help each new firm I work with. I don’t ever want to end up away from the coal face of the “real” client work. On a personal level, my biggest goal is about my wife and I bringing up our two kids and helping them to achieve their full potential, and always having fun doing it.