Full potential and targets
A shared, fact-based view of where the business stands and what it could achieve.
- Baseline and full potential assessment
- Must-win battles and impact levers
- Targets cascaded to workstreams and owners
Capabilities Transformation
Transformation
Rapid, visible performance improvement, and an organization built to sustain it.
We help leadership teams set up and run transformation programs that deliver measurable bottom-line impact in the short term, while strengthening the organization to be well positioned for years to come.
Discuss your transformation →When to call us
When leaders bring us in
01The business is missing its EBIT or margin targets, and incremental fixes are not closing the gap
02A restructuring is on the table and leaders want a more sustainable alternative
03A program is underway, but its impact is not reaching the P&L
04A merger, carve-out or new leadership agenda requires a step change in performance
What we do
From full potential to results in the P&L
End-to-end support, from defining the full potential of the business to embedding the performance management that delivers it.
Transformation Office
The focal point of the program across all management levels, well beyond a classic PMO.
- Set up and run the Transformation Office
- Leadership alignment and problem solving
- Program controlling and P&L reconciliation
Performance management system
Rigorous performance management that drives transparency and accountability at every level.
- One source of truth for every measure
- Standardized idea maturation with strict approval levels
- Impact tracking: icebergs, dashboards, ramp-ups
Change and capability building
The mindsets, behaviors and skills to sustain results without external support.
- Change story and leadership communication
- Coaching, on-the-job enablement, work shadowing
- Handover to line management
Where we work
Five levers of a lasting transformation
Targets are met through measures, but they are sustained through the organization. We work across the five levers that determine whether results last.
Operating model
Structure, governance, processes, roles and responsibilities
Performance management
Review processes, incentives, recognition and rewards
People & development
Talent strategy, career development and engagement
Tools & resources
Systems for transparency, budgets and approval processes
Communication & change
A change story cascaded to every level, with coaching and work shadowing
Transformation Office
Built to steer, not just to report
A Transformation Office is the face of the transformation, a problem-solving partner to leadership and the keeper of one source of truth for measuring impact.
Transformation management
- Be the face of the transformation
- Align leadership on priorities
- Coach teams and drive urgency
Program controlling
- Develop and validate the baseline
- Reconcile the P&L to isolate impact
- One source of truth for impact
Performance infrastructure
- Standard reporting across the program
- Execution-focused meeting cadence
- Drive milestones to completion
Cascaded performance management
Accountability built into the rhythm of the business
A cascade of short reviews runs from the executive team down to sites, with clear expectations, regular review of progress and swift escalation of issues.
↓ Targets and priorities cascade down
Executive team
Program targets and decisions
Functions
Commercial, operations, support
Regions
Plans and resources
Sites
Measures and milestones
↑ Progress and escalations flow up
How we engage
Four phases, one source of truth
Each phase builds on the last, and ownership moves steadily from us to your teams.
01
Diagnose
Establish the baseline, the full potential and the must-win battles, and align the leadership team on them.
02
Design and launch
Set up the Transformation Office, the governance and the tracking, and bring the first measures into the cadence.
03
Run and accelerate
Drive execution through cascaded reviews, mature the idea pipeline and steer on bottom-line impact.
04
Sustain
Build capabilities in-house and hand over ownership, so results continue after we step back.
Track record
$5B+
Value generated through the transformation programs our team has led
2,000+
Projects steered through a single Transformation Office
15+
Years running transformation and performance programs across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific
Ready to turn your plan into bottom-line results?
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