Client case studies
Leadership Development:
Weir Group PLC
The Weir Group was facing massive challenge from organisations offering cheaper products via engineering in India and China in a saturated market. In addition, they were facing an internal challenge regards their future potential leadership successors - who were they and what did Weir need to do to develop them onto a pool of strong successors?
Mars IS
Mars Information Services International (Mars IS) is a division of Mars supplying Information Technology (IT) services to the Mars business. As a global supplier of confectionary, pet food and drinks, Mars has significant information technology requirements. ISI, a Division of some 900 people, needs to be able to offer a global service that 'follows the sun'. Each of the ISI teams therefore is split over three regions, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific (AsiaPac).
Balfour Beatty Workplace
At the start of the Developing Leaders programme a new strategy had been developed within BBW - moving from engineering to total facilities management. This meant targeting new clients and new ways of working. As such there were implications for the people skills needed for the future which were different to those that the company had acquired in the previous 100 years.The key for BBW was to develop a new style of leader to match the new way of working.
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Coaching and Mentoring:
Cool Logistics
Cool Logistics Ltd manufactures and supplies temperature controlled packaging to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Established by three directors, the company now has nearly 60 employees and the Directors are keen to ensure that as the company grows, the values upon which they built their business are not lost.
Team Coaching:
One team in the Sales and Marketing division of BMS in the UK had been the ‘most successful team’ for 2 years running. This aside, they were the most challenging team to lead and manage, because regardless of their success, they continued to fall out with each other and behaved like a dysfunctional team. The director of the division wondered how successful they could be if they behaved like a high performing team. Certainly from his perspective, it was very time consuming to be continually sorting out the internal team issues.
Sponsored Coaching:
Due to re-organisation in this R & D division of Pfizer, a number of very technical individuals who had until this time managed small local teams, found themselves directing large remote teams. The challenges for a more technical minded specialist to flex their people skills across continents, is an issue.
Team Development:
 
Rok
A local team in Rok had gone through a number of changes both in its structure and leadership as it adapted to face local market challenges. VBL was approached with two clear objectives: the leadership team needed to develop a high performance team rather than 3 silo teams, and to develop them into a teamwho could effectively lead the business. Read More - Team Development Programme
Organisational Design:
Rok
Rok is a fast growing organisation that seeks growth both organically and through acquisition. To support their aim to be the nations local builder, Rok looks to acquire businesses around the UK. The challenge is to successfully integrate, to ensure that the acquired business enhances Rok's reputation and brand. Rok has approached VBL to undertake the cultural integration piece for the last 6 acquisitions it has made.
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Mars IS
Mars Information Services International (Mars IS) is a division of Mars supplying Information Technology (IT) services to the Mars business. As a global supplier of confectionary, pet food and drinks, Mars has significant information technology requirements. ISI, a Division of some 900 people, needs to be able to offer a global service that 'follows the sun'. Each of the ISI teams therefore is split over three regions, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific (AsiaPac).
Read More- Leading Change