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Welcome to the January 2009 issue of Bath Consultancy Group Newsletter. In This Issue Tell A Friend Do you know anyone who might be interested in our newsletter? Click here to forward this email to them. |
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Bath Consultancy Group Newsletter
2009 will be a year full of challenges. Yet, the New Year has brought renewed determination, as we focus on what we need to do to work through them. Yes, times are tough. Yes, it’s likely that the downturn will hit every aspect of the economy. Yes, the effects will be far-reaching. Even though there is an economic crisis, the principles of business success remain the same:
The difference, and the ultimate test for organisations during these times, is how leaders themselves approach the recession. Leadership learning when the challenges are great (but resources are limited...) 
The economic climate and global challenges highlight the need for leaders to be resilient and responsive, acting quickly and in alignment across complex global organisations. They need support to be able to achieve this, but how does this square with intense cost and time pressures, travel limits and tight budgets? These all limit the scope to bring people together, create shared understanding, new insights and enable collective action. Cultural Integration in Mergers & Acquisitions 
In good times mergers and acquisitions can happen at a more leisurely pace with every aspect of the operation carefully scrutinised. Today, private sector organisations are often forced to restructure and integrate operations fast, whether a major financial services organisation is merged or a hi-tech start-up is acquired. In the public sector, there are often intense political pressures to show efficiencies from the merger/reorganisation whilst at the same time improving the customer experience and lifting staff morale. Mobilising Action in Turbulent Times 12th to 14th May 2009 ‘Mobilising Action in Turbulent Times’, a Bath Consultancy Group Conference, to be held in Warwickshire. Public Sector frustrated by lack of Change Capability 
Almost two-thirds of public sector HR professionals say their department is not equipped to manage change, even though 96% want personal responsibility for facilitating it. People Management magazine reported that seventy-six per cent of the 161 professionals surveyed by consultants Penna said a lack of direction or leadership means their energy is wasted. Fiona Ellis from Bath Consultancy Group adds her view. The economic downturn has made HR's role as a strategic business partner centre stage. In the private sector there have been immense structural and operational changes, particularly in Financial Services, resulting in cost restructuring and redundancies. The Public Sector is currently focussed on building capability but they will not be immune from the recession. Supporting organisations towards a low carbon economy 
While there has been increasing recognition of CSR and sustainability for organisations, the economic downturn has forced certain issues to the fore. Energy security and climate change are now major strategic issues that need to be urgently addressed. We are in a 20% world with President Obama backing the need for 80% carbon reductions. Organisations have also been impacted by travel costs and the need to save on energy consumption. 
Coaching has blossomed in booming times. With the economic downturn, will it continue to bloom? Gil Schwenk offers his predictions for what 2009 will hold for coaching. Projects, Programmes and Organisational Learning Bath Consultancy Group has been developing a strand of work responding to the growing interest in how organisations create the conditions for success for complex projects and programmes. FE teachers under pressure from policy complexity 
Bath Consultancy Group has recently worked very successfully in the further education sector helping colleges improve their leadership to transform performance. We have noticed that teachers are under increasing pressure to make management decisions amidst a policy labyrinth. Danny Chesterman has been instrumental in raising awareness of the challenges faced by Further Education colleges. He has contributed to Sir Adrian Webb’s report on the policy confusions in the FE sector and has recently led a seminar with senior leaders on policy and leadership. Danny draws on his experience working with government departments, local authorities and within three further education colleges in recent months. Winners at the World of Learning Awards 2008 
We warmly extend our congratulations to the the BBC Coaching Programme and West Midlands Coaching Pool, the winner and runner-up respectively of the World of Learning Coaching Award 2008. Bath Consultancy Group works with both organisations. 
We send our love and congratulations to one of our associates, Simon Cooper, on his recent marriage to Liesl, in sunny New Zealand... |
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