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  • 1. Delivering better results, faster bottom-upAlexander Hillenbrand Managing Partner May 2011 Discussion support slides

2. The biggest CEO challenge is to bridge the strategy-results gap Our company is embarking on a new phase of growth.How can I rapidly align my managers to the new strategy and drive home thegame changing actionsrequired? Our company is transforming to meet future needs.How can I infuse our organization with new capabilities, step-change process improvements and trueinter-functional collaborationto win the future? We need a stronger follow-through to deliver results after adopting a new strategy and organizational focus.How can I deepen managers understanding of the company from an investor perspectiveand get them to act in line withTSR? Typical CEO challenges/needs: 3. also referred to as theknowing-doing gap. Want people to understand Want people to do

  • Financial understanding
  • Business acumen
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
  • Change management
  • Operational efficiency
  • Improve (where we are should be)
    • Link daily decision to SH value (margin mix, efficiency, cost reduction)
    • Do things smarter not work harder
    • Step change improvements
    • Take-out non-value added in process
  • Accelerate (what we do should do)
    • Get quicker results from new process or strategy or learning,..
    • Step change improvements
    • Take-out non-value added in process
  • Change
    • Get ready
    • Reduce resistance to new way
    • Align org behind new strategy, process
    • Encourage role models

Photo: http://www.gembapantarei.com/2010/11/how_to_drive_fear_and_inaction_out_of_organization.html 4. The most common approaches are top-down & telling in essence 5. which works well in the first phases of the change path fragen Rough Planning:2. Generating Motivation Detailed Planning: 3. Qualification &Cooperation Realization of Measures: 4. Commitment 5.Continual Support:Internalizing (Performance) Time Productivity, Motivation Change Initiation:1. Create Awareness OriginalPerformance Level Learning Saying Questioning (oneself) Hearing, Seeing and Reading Source: Tata Interactive Systems GmbH 6. but can lead to unintended results in the later phases Different understanding.. different directions. => leading to frictions between functions that ought to cooperate Force-feeding views to people that have been hired to think for themselves. => Leading to change resistance. Image: http://www.seantis.ch/blog 7. where results are better & quicker with employee-driven discovery. Letting valuable managers discover bad and good approaches on their own terms increases their ownership and propensity to act on their plans. => Resulting in a motivational and inspirational atmosphere and a can-do culture. image: http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=75833 8. When the employee decides to act, on the right things, results happen. The key to action isfor each to resolve his/her goal,belief, feeling, value conflicts. Photo: http://www.gembapantarei.com/2010/11/how_to_drive_fear_and_inaction_out_of_organization.html 9. Our Behavior Change Path helps bridge the gap and find alignment Participants currently do Therefore, participantswill do Exposure to the The Practice Company Event & Process Makes them: -viewfrom common perspective -think -believe -feel -know -chooseinterpretations role models state of mind Because they currently: -viewfrom their perspective -think -believe -feel -ignore -follow directives -follow role models -have a state of mind Photo: http://www.gembapantarei.com/2010/11/how_to_drive_fear_and_inaction_out_of_organization.html 10. Our events are immersive and practical,=> geared towards aha moments Business Simulations E-learning Self-assessment Coaching Team assignments Seminars Groups (small or large) Alone On-location Distance Virtual (ex. Secondlife) Images: Tata Interactive Systems GmbH Big Business Photo: http://www.purplepawn.com/2009/10/the-business-of-games%E2%80%94game-jobs/ 11. and participants ownership and commitment to act on their plans. 12. Engagement examples 13. Engaging middle management in the GloBE journey.

  • CEO change
  • Need to streamline & simplify for efficiency
    • 14 ERPs ->mySAP
    • 600k -> 167k suppliers
    • Huge data ->50% bad
  • Decentralized culture can lead to clash
  • Aim: Global Business Excellence
  • GloBE journey = $2.4bn, 3500 people
  • Under CFO guidance, standardize on 1 set of financials = EVA
  • Target group: international, middle managers (10-25yrs exp.)
  • Simplify EVA theory and make it practical
  • Include sim in 10 day course as capstone
  • First Internet-based seminar for broader roll-out

Context: Actions: Nestle: Sales: $70bn, in 200 countries with 250k employees 14. Quicker business results by working smarter, not harder.

  • Just gone private, new executives
  • Poor performance
  • Training need:
    • GPROI
    • Business Acumen for Store Managers
  • Pilot seminar for Store Managers w/ final pres to SVPs, VPs, DMs
  • Roll-out w/ DM in teams
  • Results analysis by Finance
    • Payback immediate
    • Sig improvement on all KPIs

HBC: Sales of $7bn in 550 stores under 3+ banners Context: Actions & Results: 9x 12x 15x 5x Inv turns 33% 24% 22% 30% GP% 305% 285% 330% 150% GPROI $275$425$600$170Sales/f2 Target WMT Loblaws HBC 15. Aligning sales and operations around strategic priorities

  • Pana tough competitive, financial, structural stance
  • Pana new CEO 3yrs before & dramatic re-org
  • Culture change
    • Japanese -> Global
    • Hierarchical -> ind. initiative
  • Middle Mgr Course but needs improvement
  • Needs
    • get Middle Mgrs on board
    • CCM understanding
  • Designed a 5 day event for International middle managers
    • Change mgmt
    • Business Acumen
    • Collaboration of 2 vendors
  • Got CFO buy-in & support
  • Collect payback evidence
  • New challenge on horizon: make bigger business impact
  • Initiative: e-com project wejoinyou.com

Context: Actions & Results: Pansonic sales: $111bn with a staff of 385k 16. Other interesting engagements:

  • Sales $100bn, 5 banners, 2100 stores, 33 countries, 290k staff
  • Custom-build online Sim for virtual teams of new managers
  • Objective: understand the group, strategy, structure, financial measurements
  • Sales $15bn, 315 stores TX & MX, 76k staff
  • Re-application of HBC program
  • Participants: HIPOs, store mgrs, school of retail leadership
  • Objective: From Mgr to Leader, Retail Finance, Achieve results through others
  • Global, integrated financial services company, 50k staff
  • Creation of process simulation authoring platform
  • Objective: process improvements & learning by doing w/ six sigma program
  • Global logistics company part of DP, Sales $75bn, Staff:275k,
  • Online competition in 3 stages for university graduates
  • Objective: Talent acquisition and employer branding

17. At the end, we help you deliver results through your people(bottom-up vs. top-down) We simplify even the most complex We get people to find new waysWere experienced industry execs Practical, leading-edge methodology Our participants deliver resultsEx: Nestl , Panasonic (work smarter not harder) Ex: HBC - LeShop.ch online grocery (now part of Migros) - HBC, HEB, BAG-Rewe, Metro, Manor - P&G, Nestl

  • - Used in life critical situations
  • Partnership with client
  • Real behavior change
  • Take-out non-value added
  • Stop sub-optimal/wrong actions
  • accelerate understanding & application
  • align actions with strategy
  • bridge knowing-doing gap in daily actions

18. Thank you! Alexander Hillenbrand [email_address] Tel: 514 710 0542