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What was the ask?
"We are in the middle of a digital transformation. Our entire business is changing. We know where to go in terms of strategy and business models, but our organization is not following, our culture is not very digital, and our leaders are not as excited and forward-looking as we want them to be. Please train all our 1,500 leaders."
What did we do?
The key was to make this as interactive and activating while staying within the limits of a 2-day training for the leaders. We first conducted some focus groups and did some prototyping with volunteers to see what would be the best fit. We ended up with a training program that took participants from the broad picture of the digital strategy via the whole field of new work and agile organizations to personal leadreship in a digital world. In essence: (1) where are we going? (2) how does this affect the organization? (3) what does this mean for me?
Our rough agenda looked like this:
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We then rolled this out over 3 continents and more than 40 training workshops.
What was the ask?
"Linde Engineering is in a deep digital transformation. We have to completely reinvent parts of our businesses to serve our customers with the best possible solutions. How can we get our leaders in Germany and India both excited and confident to lead this transformation - even if we don't yet know how the outcome will look like?"
What did we do?
The most important things when engaging leaders - especially engineers - around the digital transformation is to make it fun and experiential. Nobody wants a two day powerpoint rodeo on digital methodologies. Together with the fantastic digital team at Linde, we crafted a two day program that offers insights into (1) digital disruption to the market and business model, (2) the impact on our organization including new work, and (3) what all this means for me as a leader.
We combined a bunch of super-interactive formats: a future retrospective, building an app in an hour, the LEAD Digital Leadership Compass assessment and a gamified alignment exercise, called Eigenland. The workshop format was offered to all parts of the businesses, and we rolled it out in different parts of the German and Indian organization. Here's an example of how much excitement the workshops generated:
A big shoutout to the Linde Digital team: they created a beautiful and effective change architecture. Digital transformation journeys engage employees over a few months helping them work on digital prototypes. "The two-day leadership workshop helps get the leaders of those participating in the transformation journeys ready to provide the right guidance and support to make the whole thing a success. It is so important to take the senior leaders along. They could otherwise be the first ones to show reservation and stall the process," says Sandy from the Linde Digital team.
What was the ask?
"Our organization is in a deep digital transformation. Leaders at all levels were struggling to lead the change, and people started losing trust in leaders. To start giving guidance, we need a new leadership model."
What did we do?
We made this a co-creative process. Together with a global team of leaders from different levels, we first reviewed the status quo – the strategic direction of the company, digital needs, cultural challenges – and we asked ourselves: “What do leaders need to do, and who do they have to be, to overcome the challenges?”
Over two days, we jointly created a new leadership model. Given the hard times, it needed to be fun and engaging. We came up with 6 leadership qualities, and we got a bitteschön.tv, a graphics agency from Berlin, to illustrate them as super heroes. Over the next months, these 6 super heroes ("the leadership model") become an internal brand and movement. We crafted senior leader programs around the heroes, leaders started recording selfie videos on different qualities, and for each quality, we developed dos and don'ts.
What was the ask?
"We want to build even stronger leaders. But we don't just want a traditional training curriculum. It has to be more avantgarde!"
What did we do?
Together with the core Learning&Development-Team at the client, we took stock of the existing learning landscape. LEAD provided some insights into cutting-edge research which shows that most learning happens on-the-job not in classroom settings. Together, we build a program rooted in self-driven learning, peer learning, and learning as a movement.
The new program is a platform that includes
Around this basic structure, the key was to turn this not into a consumable curriculum but into a movement. That is, instead of pushing the content into the organization, our goal was to make it so exciting and sexy that leaders would pull it. For this we initiated a series of fun events - participatory art installations in the main cafeteria, selfie self-learning videos from the C-levels, learning hackathons, etc.
By the way, as part of the curated content, the client also chose to feature our course on leadership in the digital age. Check out the course overview video:
What was the ask?
"What are your best practice tips for me and my organization to deal with this crisis?"
What did we do?
We put together our best insights on remote leadership, virtual collaboration, crisis communication and resilience in a free-to-download First Aid Kit. Feel free to share!
We are honored to have been awarded by WirtschaftsWoche as “Best of Consulting Mittelstand 2020” for Change Management. We are proud to be recognized as a valuable partner in the market. But more importantly, we are driven by the fact to truly help our clients to transform to the next level.
Want to become part of a future-minded community of inspiring leaders? Participate in virtual formats and physical workshops in Berlin? Learn the newest skills and tools to master leadership in the digital age? Check out our open enrollment programs.
Our mission is to help leaders and organizations build a better tomorrow. And we make our own contribution.
We give heavy discounts to non-profit and government organizations. Up to two thirds.
We always use 10% of our profits to finance scholarships for NGOs in the open curriuclum of LEAD Academy.
We are continuously striving to reduce our corporate carbon footprint. Check out our redution measures.
Finding a work model between remote and the office is essential for the success of your organization. We have supported many clients on this. Here are our insights. Have a look, download, and share.
