Client’s Challenge
A global alternative investment firm underwent a significant reorganization of its 10-person Human Resources department. The new CHRO recognized the value of uniting the restructured team and ensuring they were aligned with the department's new direction. Key challenges included a significant change in leadership, misalignment with business goals, risk of turnover, country-by-country silos, and lack of clear team and department brand or operating principles.
Talent Growth Solution
Talent Growth Partners developed a custom approach to align the newly reorganized team, focusing on collaboration, trust, role clarity, and alignment with business goals:
Listening Sessions: Meetings with CHRO to understand business challenges and opportunities, current team structures and positions.
Data Insights: Facilitated workshops to share survey feedback from HR team and business unit feedback, enabling team recommendations to drive deeper alignment with business functions.
Workshops: Facilitated sessions to support collaboration, goal setting, job description reviews, and organizational development.
Team Branding and Identity Session: Facilitated a special session to create a unified team brand and identity.
Building Trust and Credibility: Gained trust quickly, understanding the business intricacies, playing a crucial role in the project's success.
Outcome
The team transformation resulted in several key outcomes:
Alignment with Business Goals: Realigned to support the business effectively, focusing on impactful contributions.
Clear Role Definition: Team members gained clarity on their roles, responsibilities, and key stakeholders.
Cohesive Team Identity: Developed a shared understanding of their value across the organization.
High Engagement and Low Turnover: The team's engagement levels increased, with minimal turnover, reflecting a positive impact on morale.
Identification of Strengths: Anchoring to CliftonStrengths, the team recognized how to leverage team members effectively.
“Talent Growth showed up and quickly earned trust and credibility with my team by demonstrating their solid understanding of our business. As a result, my team was more vulnerable and open about our strengths and opportunities. Without that, I don’t think the project would have been nearly as impactful. ”