Expectations of leaders have expanded. It is no longer enough for leaders to run companies; they must transform companies. The new CEO focuses on designing the company's direction: developing a vision, establishing policies to actualize the vision, and creating a culture that supports it. With the assistance of a senior management team, the CEO has the capability to shape a culture and a system to promote change.
Our consultants work with executives as impartial, confidential advisors to brainstorm ideas and to develop alternative future scenarios to realize their vision.
Leaders who take on the role of change agents find themselves challenging dynamic environments that demand complicated adaptation. Consequently, the CEO has a special opportunity to function as a corporate architect with a wide range of possibilities.
Leaders and subordinates view change differently. The vision of change is typically that of the executive management team and is unshared by subordinates. Unless the staff buys in, they will resist the change and the company's goals will not be reached. As experts in human behavior and motivation, our consultants reduce resistance. Resistance often comes from others who have difficulty accepting and understanding this complexity.
Promoting a positive culture that nurtures both loyalty and expression of dissimilar viewpoints is desirable to maximize resilience and innovation. We help develop and implement a process to elicit input and support from every tier of management throughout the organization. Our consultants work with the corporate leadership to enhance collaboration, understanding, enthusiasm, and action.
We work with the board, CEO and the executive team to evaluate and strengthen leadership capabilities. We can help develop a succession plan that is orderly and consistent with the company's vision. Our one-to-one assessment and coaching process systematically raises self-awareness regarding the competencies and attitudes required for effective leadership. We ensure that your management team will embrace change as essential to the company and therefore produce the desired results from the initiatives established.
Formal and informal policies instituted by the executives promote either collaboration or exclusion. Policies that promote collaboration involve key managers, who in turn promote loyalty and alignment within their divisions. We help you acquire acceptance of policies and systems congruent with your particular vision as well as receiving organizational support.
Our consultants evaluate how the organization is currently functioning. We first assess the methods being used to manage, measure the effectiveness, improve operations, and lead the organization. The next step is working with senior management to assess the impact that different policies will have on the growth, stability, and performance of their people. Then we design individual developmental plans that align with the policies and the corporate vision. Executive Advisors gives leadership the tools to necessary for achieving growth and profit targets.
The CEO has the strongest impact on corporate culture. By recognizing and developing a culture that responds quickly to change and innovation, we assist the CEO in creating an environment that attracts and retains talented people.
We work with leadership as a catalyst to examine the core competencies of the management culture that has been inherited or imposed. Evaluating the underlying assumptions under which the managers have been operating helps leadership create goals for individuals and for the organization. Our efforts focus on developing collaborative staff attitudes and performance and culture based on the shared vision to actualize the company's goals.