Case Study
Leadership Development for the Partners and Principals of a Top Management Consulting Firm Globally
Context
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One of the leading global management consulting companies, focused on strategy and operations consulting for large blue chip clients.
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A new company vision and mission resulting in aggressive growth targets and involving significant cultural change.
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Need to update the leadership capabilities of their top people to accelerate effective execution.
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Board changed Chief Learning Officer with the task of preparing the next generation of Partners to fulfill the mission.
Approach
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Co-designed a leadership development program targeted at all Senior Principals globally, aimed at preparing them to became the best possible Partners of the future.
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Piloted and rolled out the program in different locations to address all Senior Principals across the company regions (Americas, APAC, and EMEA) on a yearly basis.
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Provided specific support to selected Partners in USA and EMEA to help them prepare to evolve the leadership of the firm.
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Designed a specific team alignment program for the Partners of selected geographies.
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Provided individual post-program coaching support to a group of Principals.
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Conducted 360 feedback using both standard and tailor-made tools.
Results
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Increased team and individual commitment and motivation for growth.
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Development of necessary leadership capabilities in order to better address growth challenges.
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Improved relationship between Partners and Principals that resulted in more collaboration.