Case StorIES

Collaborative Human Leadership

High Growth, Strong Culture

Chief Executive, Chief People Officer - Connection, and diagnosis

We were invited to partner with the then Chief Executive and Chief People Officer to help them lead a culture of ‘High Growth - taking care of the future, and Strong Culture - taking care of each other’. 

Using our Collaboration Equation™ framework as a diagnostic tool together with the Chief People Officer we identified the three key ingredients for a ‘Strong Culture’ - empathy, trust and collaboration - built upon a foundation of psychological safety - the first of the four building blocks of Collaboration Equation™

Global Leaders Webinar - Contribution, and conversation

We contributed to their senior leadership meeting, a meeting of 130 global leaders, introducing the three key mindset and behaviours that underpin Collaboration Equation - Curiosity, Care and Courage. 

Together with the Chief Executive and Chief People Officer we highlighted that High Growth is achieved through a Strong Culture, and that the C-Level Team were committed to Collaborative Human Leadership and to strengthening the team, and growing the future.

C-Level Team - Collaboration, in person and online

We worked over a period of 12 months with the C-Level Team, helping them to become One Team with shared values, and a commitment to foster the growth of the business, people and their teams; strengthening a ‘global mindset’, valuing and appreciating cultural diversity, and creating a culture of belonging. 

The team worked together on being’ kind to people, and tough on subjects’, supported and challenged each other with Curiosity, Care and Courage, leading to Collaborative Human Leadership.

Outcome:

“We created a new perspective on the leadership behaviours needed for the culture we want to create - we realised we need both high care and high challenge to drive results. This changed our approach to leadership assessment and development.”

“The team have closer relationships and understand each other better. They have more empathy towards each other's pain points.”

“The Team is more synchronised, working at a different level, taking more responsibility and accountability. It’s much easier now for us to discuss the issues we are facing and focus on coming together as a team. We feel much more supported by each other and that we are sharing the same challenges.”

Further Cases

  • Global Pharmaceutics Company

    We were invited to partner and work with the Leadership Team to help them build an inclusive culture in which they practised creating a safe environment for each other following low employee engagement surveys on these indicators. Through in person and online team coaching we first built more psychological safety within the Leadership Team by practicing more curiosity, care and courage together. We then led a series of company-wide in person workshops, building psychological safety, creating a safer space for inclusive dialogue and diversity of thought as part of creating the foundations of a Feedback Culture, one in which everyone was committed to helping each other grow, develop and to perform at their best. 'Relationship Forces' rather than 'Task Forces' were formed cross company to collaborate on further relationship building ensuring that the Leadership Commitments were lived in everyone's leadership behaviours. Engagement survey sores increased significantly and they continue to practice the behaviours together to date.

  • Global Retail, Innovation and Technology Company

    With more than seventeen thousand employees worldwide, who are specialists in managing sought after hyper-connected brands, and sell products in over 130 countries. We were invited to partner with the Chief Executive and Chief People Officer, and worked over a period of two years with the Executive Leadership Team at their Global Head Office in South America and online. In addition we co-led two global webinars with the ambition of building through all of our work a high growth culture, and a high growth business. We had a huge impact on the company in leading change and creating a culture of trust and transparency through our Collaboration Equation.

  • Professional Services – asset management, financial, legal, monitoring and technical support

    We were invited to partner with this fast growing company and worked together with the senior leaders in facilitating company-wide behaviour workshops online over 24 months. The leadership team were keen to ensure that their success was built on a culture of belonging. They identified three key values that were, and are, at the heart of the company and the behaviours that they wanted to practise: Courage; Collaborate and Empower to deliver. These workshops were highly interactive, and the feedback we received was overwhelming positive. The workshops have had a lasting impact, and the company continues to grow and to attract and retain a diverse workforce, and investor base.

  • Energy Efficient Blockchain company

    Positioned at the forefront of the Web3 revolution this network thrives on a unique partnership of co-creation and collaboration. We were invited to partner with them at their off-site meeting of Senior leaders and together co-designed a workshop in which psychological safety was created, courageous conversations enjoyed as part of elevating their 'Collaborative Edge', securing their future and 'winning together'.

  • Pioneering Facial Technology for the Entertainment Industry

    Delivering pioneering facial animation technology to the entertainment industry, a fast paced, and growing company with over 20 years of R&D in speech technology and procedural facial dynamics. We were invited in to work with the Leadership Team, to help them have open, transparent conversations about diversity and inclusivity, that helped the team create greater psychological safety, build trust and collaboration, and find their 'Collaborative Edge'.

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