Business Consulting Case Studies
Case Study 1:
80+ person catering company.
Situation
We faced a significant restructure and needed a shift in managerial thinking from operationally focused and silo-thinking to strategic, collaborative and innovative. Buy-in by the staff was crucial
What was Done
Over a 15 month period, Ignite ran a series of strengths-based workshops. The first series were around “Being the best we can be.” These prepared for the greater initiative – the first ever, full-staff participation in divisional strategic planning process (visioning through implementation)
What was Achieved
- Complete buy-in from the six divisional managers
- Marked improvement in communication within and between the divisions
Bottom-line Results
- GM’s time freed up by 20% to focus on the strategic (est. value $200K)
- Approx 20% bottom-line line improvement in year one and about 10% year two.
- Staff morale increased dramatically; marked decline staff turnover (saving $150K +)
Case Study 2:
A 3 branch, 200-person, roading construction company.
Situation
- Our traditional top down, strategic planning wasn’t working.
- We needed to go to another level, get an 'edge' over our competition.
- We needed an approach that involved our staff more in what we were doing and where we wanted to go.
- We wanted to be a company where people wanted to work for us.
- Basically, we wanted to be recognised as one of the top companies in the industry
What was Done
- Two year programme involving different innovation focuses each year.
- The creation and training of an internal change team, to maintain the momentum after the programme’s completion
- 1:1 coaching of key staff
- Quarterly full staff training plus progress review
What was Achieved
- Improved efficiencies that ran into the $00,000s within the first year
- Immense personal growth especially within the internal change team (they had the greatest training exposure)
- Sustained high company-wide morale despite massive external changes