Broadly speaking, the demerger was viewed as a positive decision by employees but had resulted in some changes to team structures, in preparation for the organization to operate fully independently again.
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Software Organization
Building collaboration and team effectiveness following a demerger
The Challenge
An innovative software company had recently been through a demerger process where the expected benefits of providing a unified software offering, following a merger 10 years prior, had failed to materialize.
The newly-formed UK Sales Leadership Team wanted to create a shared understanding of the strengths and challenge areas of the team to help them work more effectively to drive the new organization forward.
The Solution
We partnered with the organization to conduct a half-day team development session utilizing the powerful Work Roles model for the UK Sales Leadership Team.
Each leader completed the Saville Assessment Wave® Professional Styles questionnaire and partook in a one-to-one development feedback session utilizing the Wave Personal Report, exploring their individual strengths and challenges, and reflecting on actions to enhance and develop these areas.
Following the one-to one development sessions, the full team attended a half-day team development session consisting of:
- A team prioritization exercise using the Work Roles model to create a shared understanding of what was required to reach the goal of driving the new organization forward.
- Reflection upon their own individual Work Roles reports, specifically focusing on how these styles interact with other styles within the team and how to enhance this interaction.
- Review of the group Work Roles profile using talent analytic functionality, highlighting the ‘most preferred’ and ‘least preferred’ Work Roles as a team, and the impact of this profile on achieving their team goals.
- Action planning based on the insight from the session to allow the team to create shared objectives, which they could hold themselves accountable against.
Benefits To The Organization
Efficiency
Utilization of online technology to gather data in an efficient manner to provide meaningful insight into both individual and team strengths, as well as the challenges that impact organizational performance.
Quality
Application of tangible action plans to help the team reach their goal of driving the organization forward. These included ideas on how to work in a less siloed manner as a team and communicating more effectively to the wider sales teams they managed.
Engagement
Enabling the team to understand one another’s style, helping them to engage and collaborate more effectively.
The UK Sales Leadership team appreciated the benefits of the session, and the insights gleaned, to the extent that they cascaded the approach down the organization, with the Work Roles sessions being conducted with each of their respective sales teams.
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