“Greatness … is a matter of choice” Jim Collins
Optimize for Growth & Success
Your business is growing quickly or it has grown quickly but it seems to have stalled for a while now. Either way, your people are stretched to the limits of what they can handle. Always in catch-up mode. All the surveys have shown “exhaustion”, “frustration”, “communication is wanting” – as people have their head down. Some key issues have fallen through the cracks and now the otherwise excellent customer service that you have become known for is at risk.
That’s where we come in. We help you optimize the organization and enable it to reach the next stage of growth — in a sustainable and healthy manner — for everyone.
How We Help You
🌀 Optimization Review – We begin with conducting a comprehensive review to ascertain how well things are running. Things like clarity of roles and accountabilities, culture and team-work, the strength of communication, how quickly and effectively people make decisions, and the kind of support needed to make everything run more efficiently and effectively.
🌀 Vision & Strategic Direction – We bring together your leadership team and we work on what is the vision for the future of the company. We ensure that you and your team are clear and aligned with this vision — that it is truly meaningful and energizing, not just for the leadership team but for the whole company as well as your customers. We then craft the strategic goals and direction that will enable the vision to be realized.
🌀 Leadership Development & Team Excellence – We then work to develop the right skills in your leaders so they can lead strategically, navigating the twists and turns that always arise but always mindful of the big picture – able to steer the company forward purposefully. We also work on team dynamics: how well they work together, communicate, navigate challenges, etc.
🌀 Organization Optimization – Based on your strategic direction, we help answer: what kind of organization is needed? This means coming up with the right structure, reporting relationships, clear roles & accountabilities without unnecessary overlaps or points of confusion. We will also guide you with culture, systems, structures and the tools that will support and enable the company to continue to grow and succeed.
There is a reason why organizations succeed — or stall. We have helped numerous organizations optimize and scale to new heights. Let’s talk about what you need at your stage of growth — and help you get there.
“Despite our strong reputation in our industry, I would say we fell into the ‘victim of our own success’ pattern. The good news is that we have always been the “go-to” in our industry and so the work just kept coming … and we don’t like to say no; in fact, we prided ourselves in “getting to YES”. But with time, we took on so much work that it was exhausting our people and despite hiring at a good clip, we just couldn’t seem to catch up. A good problem to have — until it wasn’t. We hired Integral and they were amazing at settling everything down, built rapport with all of us, getting us to talk about the real issues and working through them step-by-step. Not only have we corrected the things that were holding us back, we have been able to step into a whole new growth phase in a much more sustainable and realistic pace.” Matt N, President
“Joseph and his team were knowledgable, experienced and easy to work with. Looking back, they saw things we either couldn’t see or were afraid to confront. They found practical ways to help us work on the things we needed to address, despite how busy we all were. The results speak for themselves: renewed focus, confidence and energy, commitment to a common vision, clarity in our leadership, and an organization that simply works!” Bob C, CEO
Transformational Change
Over 70% of Transformational Change efforts fail. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
Our Organization & Culture Transformation Process combines the latest in transformational change principles, methodology and tools which distinguishes and responds to the ‘Type’ of change you are facing (ie., Developmental, Transitional and Transformational). The kind of change determines the mind-set, behaviours and process required for successful transformation. Not knowing the type of change you are facing and how to respond can lead to critical mistakes which is why most change efforts fail. This has been well documented by our collaborative partners at BeingFirst, Inc.
Once we have a fix on the kind of change necessary we will design and facilitate, in partnership with you, the right steps to navigate the change process from start to finish. As expert facilitators of change, we are able to employ leading edge tools and approaches that bring about a radical shift in thinking (mind-set) and the capabilities (behaviours and skills) needed to sustain the breakthrough you are seeking.
Key to our methodology, approaches and tools are:
- The Change Leaders Road Map – adapted from and used in partnership with BeingFirst, Inc. This ensures that the critical requirements necessary for successful change are considered and addressed. This proven methodology has been used to facilitate company-wide culture change, major organizational shifts, new system implementation/adoption and many other significant change efforts.
- Our Integral Organization Survey – grounded in our Integral Organization Framework provides a reliable assessment of where your organization is situated as a whole and the specific areas in need of improvement. It also identifies your level of progress towards becoming a high-functioning organization that performs in a balanced way on the key measures of effectiveness, efficiency, culture and well-being comparable over time and with other organizations.
How Reliable is the Data?
The Integral Organization Survey has been used with over 20,000 participants in over 130 organizations covering a wide range of work. The standard questions, known as the Integral Organization Indicator (IOI), have been tested to ensure validity and reliability of results. Over 25 years of experience with the Survey has shown that the results consistently distinguish high performing organizations from low to moderate performing organizations with accuracy.
What Will The Results Consist Of and Tell You?
- An Performance Map of the organization
- A professional report summarizing areas of strength your organization can build upon
- Areas that need improvement
- Whether the organization is improving in these areas over time
In addition to standard questions, additional customized questions can be included to address current issues for the organization. Demographic and open-ended questions are also included. These questions are tailored to gain further insight into what occurs in the organization.