Corporate Transformation

My primary focus is the enablement of people and processes, creating an organizational culture characterized by:

Training offered is practical and participatory. Because of my personal experience as a manager, participants discuss practical examples, or can explore the reasons why certain problems exist within an organization and why these problems are resistant to improvements.

Results are achieved through a solution-focused questioning approach that facilitates self-insight, rather than through advice-giving. I work to focus people on solutions instead of problems, to let them come to their own answers, and to keep them focused on their own insights. For insights to be useful, they need to be generated from within, not given to individuals as conclusions.

I undertake values assessments (see Cultural Transformation Tools® and Assessments) to map personal values, current organizational values and desired organization values of a team or company. The results of these assessments provide facts concerning the critical cultural issues in the organization and the opportunities for transformation. The values assessments, and other measurement instruments, are used to provide indicators for measuring change and the success of the work.

I strongly recommend, in addition to using measurement instruments and training, an associated programme of coaching for transformational leadership. Research has shown that training plus coaching is up to 4 times more effective than training alone, and coaching has been shown to be worth up to 5 times its investment. In addition, formal leaders in Russia and Ukraine are often too remote from institutional development activities. They need to be brought into the process or their aloofness compromises the transformation activities, and coaching is one mechanism to integrate the formal leaders into the process.

Step 2: One day transformation workshop

EU TACIS (2003-2006) Undertook systematic programme for institutional development of 17 Oblast Associations of Credit Unions in Ukraine (civil society, cooperative organizations)including training in consensus decision making, ethics, and cooperative culture.

AIESEC Russia and Ukraine (1998 to present) Undertook values assessment and supported cultural development by workshops and lectures in values-centered leadership, and corporate social responsibility.

Sumix Corporation (2006) Development of teamwork and team effectiveness by training in team decision making and communication.