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We exist to help
senior leadership teams
execute strategy effectively.
The problem
80%
of employees have no clear line of sight between their tasks and corporate goals
70%
of employees couldn't correctly identify their corporate strategy
45%
of middle managers couldn't name one of their company's top five priorities
'How Strategy Can Fuel Or Frustrate Your Big Data Initiatives', Brent Dykes, 2016
400 global CEOs found that executional excellence was the number one challenge facing corporate leaders…heading a list of some 80 issues, including innovation, geopolitical instability, and top-line growth.
Harvard Business Review, 2015
the #1 issue that causes delays, implementation failures in general, employee angst, and customer ire is failures of cross-functional communication and integration.
Tom Peters, ‘The Excellence Dividend’, 2018
The business impact
Uncoordinated activity across silos
Confusion on business priorities
Back-to-back ineffective meetings
Consistent 'fighting fires' tempo
Poor untimely decisions
Business friction
What we do
Albany Peak is a business consultancy focused on strategy execution. Cohesive Senior Leadership Teams (SLTs), who collaborate effectively, are the key to unlocking excellent business execution: both in their interaction and how they lead their own teams through the business.
Through partnering with SLTs, we foster high performance in the business, effectively cascading the methodology down leadership levels - engaging and empowering staff. This results in high alignment and high autonomy through the business, affording leaders at every level the time, space and freedom to focus on their ‘up and out’ rather than just fighting the daily ‘down and in’ fires. The right people are focused on the right problems; meetings are fewer and more effective. Things get done. The organisation moves forward at pace.
STRATEGIC
CLARITY
ADAPTABLE EXECUTION METHODOLOGY
TEAMS & LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS
How we do it
Partnering with SLTs, we focus on three key areas:
Gaining strategic clarity and alignment on business activity
Fostering high performing behaviours in teams and as leaders
Embedding adaptable execution through a performance review and realignment methodology
Our programmes combine team workshops and performance review sessions, 1-to-1 coaching and (sometimes) adventurous outdoor experiences.
Who we work best with
You’re the CEO or MD of a business (or MNC Division) with up to 1,000 employees. Your focus is on long-term sustainable performance over quarterly shareholder returns. You believe your people are the key to fulfilled clients who in turn drive revenue, profit and stakeholder value.
The following frustrations resonate with you:
Divergent effort across functions
Lack of accountability and ownership
Unwillingness to make decisions
Lurching from urgent problem to urgent problem
Lack of time for 'up and out' strategic thinking
Days filled with unproductive meetings
Low staff morale and retention difficulties
Recent clients
How we work
SLTs & Cascade
Change is best driven from the top. Initially, we work exclusively with the SLT. As a second phase, we then assist in cascading the methodology one or two levels down the business. It’s here, in the engine room of the business, we see real traction takes place and momentum is built. These teams challenge up and implement down.
'Wedge' approach
We partner with clients over an 18-month term to ensure behaviours are embedded, and a tangible ROI achieved. Engagement is high early, and then decreases as ownership of the methodology moves to the SLT. We are not a ‘one and done’ leadership training consultancy, but also have no ambition to become indispensable.
Proactive implementation
We work with businesses serious about improving performance. This is an investment in time beyond the programmed days and requires commitment from the whole SLT for successful implementation: they must be aware, and buy-in to the fact, that the programme will likely involve behavioural change and difficult decisions.