Professional Services Firm

Risk mitigation through cultural change

Client

The Greater China operations of a global professional services firm

Requirements

Future envisioning
Strategic planning
Organisation restructuring
Change management
Culture change

Duration

6-12 months

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Situation

  • Staff retention at less than 20% per annum
  • Outdated business culture in direct conflict with staff aspirations
  • Projected insufficient staff to service customer demand
  • Quality and regulatory risk
  • Lack of customer engagement
  • Loss of revenue
  • Increased Probability/Impact risk
     

Actions

  • Top down cultural alignment with board and firm commitment to change
  • Customer centricity and quality review
  • Key customers engaged in the change programme
  • Workshops, active debate with divisional business leaders, consensus creation and personal commitment with monitoring and affected 2,000+ staff
     

Outcomes

  • Annual staff retention improvement to over 85%
  • Rollout of enhancement programme to firm's international network