Case Studies

Client: Financial Services Organisation

The Issues:  We were asked to work with the Leadership Team to develop a stronger sense of purpose, accountability and unity.

What we did: Over a six month period we worked in a number of sessions on developing leadership team members individually, at a leadership team level and within their own teams.

Outcomes: “The results were simply remarkable – not only did the Leadership Team benefit (both individually and collectively), but the whole organisation benefitted greatly by a significantly improved sense of cohesion, purpose and clarity of message coming from the Leadership Team. I would recommend Graham and Horizons Unlimited to any executive team who feel the need to improve their performance and deliver a high performance culture to their organisation.” (CEO)

Client: Network Central

The Issues: A women’s networking organisation, Network Central wanted to offer a value-added mentoring service to members and leverage its extensive network in Sydney.

What we did: Horizons Unlimited worked with Network Central to design  a mentoring program for executive women, that would be reasonably priced and therefore accessible to all members. The program has been running for five years, supported by NRMA Motoring & Services and more recently, Vivo Cafe.

Outcomes: Since inception, the Network Central  program has provided high quality mentoring support for over 100 executive women in Sydney. In the 2011 program,  87.5% of participants achieved their goals, 100% were glad they had participated, and 100% would recommend the program to others like themselves. Each year, a proportion of mentees return as mentors to give back to their community.

Client: Food Manufacturer

The Issues:  There was a history of poor quality and safety performance in manufacturing, poor management-union relationships and cost management.  Regional management wanted the manufacturing site transformed or closed.

What we did: We worked with the manufacturing management team to develop their leadership skills, create a Vision for the future of the factory, and build better communication with union representatives. Our engagement was intensive for the first year, then support for a subsequent four years.

Outcomes:  The factory management worked hard to engage employees and was able to lead them to a different way of working. The factory is now a top-performing best-practice leader and regional supply centre.

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