IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW WAYS OF WORKING (AGILE AND HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS) AND DUAL ORGANIZATION (NETWORK-HIERARCHY)
CONTEXT
- Global oil, gas, and electricity company.
- Presence in Europe, America, and Asia.
- Focus on the area of Technology and Innovation (T&I) – 300 FTE.
- T&I mandate to ensure future technological innovation of the company.
- Need to build closer, faster, and more agile relationship with the business.
APPROACH
- Engagement and alignment process: 1. Executive Team (Top 8); 2. First line (top 30); 3. Rest of the organization (300).
- Implementation of Agile / Network organization and New Ways of Working: 1st wave: Top 30; 2nd wave: 30 volunteers + Top 30; 3rd wave +120 volunteers with involvement of rest of organization.
- Systemic approach including simultaneous individual and team support with continuous CEO feedback.
- Multi-disciplinary support team: agile coaches, senior facilitators, business consultants and organizational psychologists.
- Project duration: 12 months.
RESULTS
- Changed mindset and behaviours supporting the required cultural transformation.
- Implemented the new style of personal leadership and new ways of working required to operate in the new environment across all of the organization.
- Alignment of strategic objectives and a new operating model.
- Design and implementation of a dual organization: network + hierarchy.
- Agile methodology training to the 300 FTEs.
- Daily operational implementation of the new agile methodology and high-performing team dynamics for the 300 FTEs.
- Training support through individual coaching sessions and group facilitation.
- Shadowing to individuals and teams to implement work dynamics on a daily basis.
- Real time measurement of degree of implementation of new methods and work dynamics through an app.