Teams at war with one another re-focus the fight on the competition
Post-acquisition, sister brands of a multinational retail conglomerate were cannibalizing one another in terms of sales results and senior staff behavior.
A fire-drill culture, poor morale, and a sour tone cascaded through their siloed team environment.
Go-to-market processes were undefined or ignored, leading to high levels of rework, and inconsistent messaging in-market. Complicating this was an experienced, aging sales force relying heavily on their individual “instincts.”
Our Solution:
- Reframe with holistic approaches to the marketplace and to top-team behaviors, using a “one-team, first team” approach
- Build a team climate reflecting the new data-driven, agile, test-and-learn environment
- Optimize the way the leadership team analyzed and reported the results of a newly efficient, resized organization
- Taught and implemented Change Management principles when introducing next generation thinking to the old-school salesforce
The Results:
The new high-performance organization achieved material gains in the marketplace: data-driven analysis created faster and more responsive decision-making
Re-work came under control and in-market embarrassments stopped
Calmer, saner, more respectful teaming behavior created enthusiasm for executive collaboration that cascaded through their teams
Performance became the new measure of effectiveness, replacing the hero-mentality that had led to conflict and burnout in the past