Sustainable high performance through
Cultural change
Why is your organisation’s Culture so important?
Behaviour drives performance, values drives behaviour and belief drives values. What your people believe to be true within your organisation – your culture – is a vital determining factor in achieving your ambition. At Sharing in Growth, we believe “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast” as your organisation’s beliefs, values and behaviours will be a powerful lever or a significant obstacle.
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Financial, Commercial and Operational Performance
Research shows that organisations who focus on culture perform significantly better across the spectrum of measurable outcomes, regardless of trading conditions and other external factors.
Individual performance
Motivation is the single biggest determinant of performance – doing something worthwhile that is aligned with your values for an organisation you believe in is a powerful motivator.
Teamship
Shared values and clear, common purpose are the fundamentals of a powerful coalition. Culturally aligned organisations naturally promote productive, effective teamwork.
Aligned decision making
Culture is influential when there are no procedures – aligning your culture to your ambitions allows sound decision making as close as possible to the issue by people who understand the values of the organisation and have a strong sense of the right thing to do.
Consistency and Flexibility
Responsiveness and agility are essential in today’s markets – by leading at the cultural level, organisations ensure that responsiveness to change and consistency of approach are complimentary rather than in conflict.
Recruitment and Retention
A strong emotional connection to the organisation is a powerful tool in attracting talent to your team and growing and retaining your existing people.
Our Approach to Shaping Culture
Shaping a business culture is a significant undertaking that requires careful planning, dedication, and time. It’s not just about altering policies; it’s about reshaping mindsets and behaviours to create a more positive and aligned work environment. Sharing in Growth work with you to improve your culture using the following tools:
Case studies
CREATING AND SUSTAINING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE FOR WALKER PRECISION ENGINEERING
The company’s gaze was firmly fixed at ground level. Short-term contracts made investment difficult, and its small company culture was very informal and lacked real role definition, leading to an inefficient crossover of responsibilities.
Sharing in Growth and Walker then embarked on an ambitious business transformation programme. Using Sharing in Growth’s expertise, Walker implemented radical operational change including visual management boards to monitor and control its processes and better display its production progress to customers.
As people are essential in delivering excellence, Walker boosted its skill pool by hiring new staff while also developing its more experienced employees, increasing its yearly apprentice intake by 20%, and financing degree and industry qualifications.
The wide-ranging improvements had given Walker the confidence to create Walker Guidance Systems by acquiring a temperature-controlled precision machining and assembly centre from global player Leonardo, and then to secure an additional £4 million from the Business Growth Fund for investment in plants and technology, which will increase its capacity and expand its offering to clients. In Glasgow, Walker has invested over £2 million in its NADCAP approved wet processing facility and introduced ultra-high precision machining at WGS, where a £900,000 robotic assembly line is also planned.
“In these past four years, Sharing in Growth has supported Walker in its journey, providing conscientious coaching and mentoring to facilitate the company’s growth plans. We seek to fully embed a high-performance culture across the group, delivering excellence in everything we do, and through SiG’s lessons, we have identified gaps in our leadership to make changes to support this goal.”
MARK WALKER
MANAGING DIRECTOR
PEOPLE FOCUS TO DOUBLE TURNOVER FOR GENTEX EUROPE
Due to Stranraer’s remoteness, Gentex have to develop talent in-house, but employee engagement has declined in recent years. The work environment was based on control and relied on historic working practices which included shift allowances, paid breaks, guaranteed overtime, and a shop floor that was very disjointed in terms of equality.
To grow profitably and sustainably, Gentex needed to focus on their people. They needed Sharing in Growth’s help to make the productivity and supply chain improvements which could fund investment in their people.
A new development strategy introduced core principles of continuous improvement and respect for people. Staff were trained in lean principles and given clear goals and targets, with lean management promoting shared responsibility and shared leadership.
The Sharing in Growth business transformation meant that Gentex were able to fund the required changes in people policies including paying a real living wage, a revamped pension scheme and pay scales to recognise people’s skills, loyalty, and experience. This ultimately increased base pay across the board; the total amount paid into monthly salaries rose by approximately £250k – effectively paid for by Sharing in Growth-supported improvements.
“We would like to continue working with Sharing in Growth. The support has enabled us to invest in our team, to increase output and turnover and, at the same time, to create capability and capacity for future expansion.”
DEREK SANDERS
GENERAL MANAGER
Our cultural change Team
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Our success record
Our team of 100 industry experts work with ambitious companies to deliver ‘Insight & Intervention’, working alongside them to create a compelling vision and emotional connection for the people. Business growth, capital investment and net worth from companies engaged with Sharing in Growth have shown strong positive trends beyond their peers in the wider supply chain. We have a proven track record with our clients, increasing their resilience, revenue and improving their profitability.
