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CLIENT CASE STUDY
30%
Increase in team's ability to engage productively.
38 %
Increase in commitment-related behaviours.
31%
Increased accountability-related behaviours.
31×
Increase in results-related behaviours.
Our client is a rapidly growing global investment manager operating in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. While financial performance remained strong, executive decision-making was fragmented and slower than required.
Alignment across the executive team needed strengthening to support sustainable growth and strategic execution.
SMG designed a one-year executive team development program focused on measurable behavioural and commercial outcomes.
The program included:
• A benchmark assessment of high-performance behavioural metrics
• An executive offsite to define team purpose, charter and intra-team KPIs
• Clear leadership aspirations aligned to organisational strategy
• Streamlined decision-making criteria to reduce fragmentation
• 1:1 coaching for the CEO and senior executives
The executive team established a clear team charter defining both operational and behavioural standards.
Measured against benchmark metrics, the team achieved:
• 31% increase in productive engagement with conflict
• 38% increase in commitment-related behaviours
• 31% increase in accountability-related behaviours
• 31% increase in results-oriented behaviours
As a result, decision-making quality, alignment and speed improved materially.
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