Change for the better.
Lead, and engage, in this unprecedented world
All good business leaders anticipate continuing change.
All business leaders anticipate continued change. The pandemic has seen organisations rise to extreme challenges and change how they work, very fast. This is only the start. Waiting for a return to the past does not seem an option. Leaders are building on what has been learnt and choosing where to go.
Businesses have been learning to work in a world of activist stakeholders for decades – how to balance the interests of consumers, employees, society, and shareholders. All of this has now accelerated.
We are facing the consequences of a COVID-triggered recession, less stable politics, global warming, Black Lives Matter, the challenges of working from home and disrupted supply chains. There are no easy, off-the-shelf answers.
Each organisation must find its own way forward, and take its own opportunities to nurture what works, change for the better, and succeed.
We help clients find better ways to lead and organise
We do this by working with CEOs and other leaders to help them develop the best changes for their organisation and lay the ground for successful execution and outcomes.
Our clients tell us they value our straightforward and effective approaches to organisation, teamwork, engagement, and leadership. And how quickly we understand their business needs - and how collaboratively we work with them.
We know what the toughest challenges look – and feel - like
Our clients also choose us because of our experience of the most difficult challenges.
We have worked with businesses at the vortex of crashes and recessions, navigating disruptive markets, with significant re-organisations required for survival or for changes of direction, face hostile regulators, through complex mergers, and the aftermath of failed CEOs – and the discontented customers and disengaged employees that come with this.
We have learnt from our mistakes – and from those of our clients.
“During the pandemic, so many employees and organisations showed what amazing things they can do. The challenge for leaders now is to harness all that for the good.
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— Alaric Mostyn, Managing Director
We have worked with well-known clients around the world
Our consultants have worked across industries, in private, public and mutual sectors and family businesses, including:
Accenture, AOL, Airbus, Apatech, Associated British Foods, ABSugar, AstraZeneca, Aviva, Avon, BBC, Bibby Line Group, BP, British Airways, British Council, BT, Cabinet Office, Cable & Wireless, Cambridge Antibody Technologies, Church of England, Citibank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Corus, Costain, Davis Langdon (AECOM), Department of Energy & Climate Change (UK), Department of Health (UK), Department of Business Innovation & Skills (UK), Department of Transport (UK), Deutsche Bank, EADS (Airbus Group), Edelman, EMAP, Engine, Ford, General Motors, Heineken, Henkel, HM Revenue & Customs (UK), Home Office (UK), HSBC, IBM, John Lewis Partnership, Johnson & Johnson, Lloyds Banking Group, Mars, McDonalds, Merlin Entertainments, MetLife, Metropolitan Police (London), Mubadala, OneFamily, Pepsico, PPG Industries, Prudential, PwC, QBE, Royal Mail, SAP, Shell, Sodexo, Southern Co-op, Telefonica, Twinings, Unilever, Union Bank of Finland and Zurich.
How We Help Clients
We work collaboratively with client leadership teams to: Improve leadership team performance - With a good track record with dysfunctional leadership groups Improve organisation design - Removing friction and silos and improving collaboration - And specialists in corporate affairs and communication functions Improve the speed and value of decisions that matter - Most leadership teams do not make the most of their collective, diverse, experience Shape productive cultures, and resilience, with strong values - Especially during times of change, disruption, and pressure Shape and articulate the ambition and journey for the organisation - With the challenge of being simple, meaningful, credible, and relevant
We enjoy fruitful working partnerships in support of our clients
A long-term collaborator with Ithaca Partners And with Anna Whitlam People.
Also part of the Jericho community.
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