Our client, who is active in the construction of super yachts, is facing a major challenge: How to meet the market demand for unwaveringly high professional quality while at the same time doubling the size of the organization? Expansion is a necessity, as both the order book and the complexity of builds continue to grow. The direction that development needs to take is towards ‘lean’ collaboration in multidisciplinary teams. We are supporting our client in the transition, with the ultimate aim of enabling them to continue independently as an effective collaborative organization.
Performance standards in the construction of super yachts are extremely high. Products come at premium prices and clients rightly expect nothing but the best. In this segment of ship construction only the fittest can survive. The bar is high, not just for our client but also for us, as operational excellence is the norm. Transition management requires a strategic, tactical and operational approach that builds on our full professional expertise, working with our top professionals and utilizing our finest tools. We work closely together with our client, in a true partner alliance.
Mapping the organization
Our first step is to analyse the organization and its stakeholders. What do clients expect and how do clients and partners view the organization? And looking from within, what is the perception of executives and employees? Together we create a nautical map. First we analyse our way in from the outside, next we develop our way out from the inside to meet the demand in the market that the organization wants to focus on. This forms the basis for the transition.
Power sources
In our development plan we balance the process and the human factor. This means we aim for a ‘flat’ organization, with all the necessary talent in the right positions.
We advise the board about targeted strategies and support management in the translation into concrete divisional plans.
Our assessments bring the true talents to the surface, and through recruitment and selection we bring new talent into the organization. Our talent management ensures that the right people end up in the right positions. In our own special Development Centre employees learn to collaborate in a result-oriented manner.
Together with our client we build a competency-based job classification system with clear job profiles and career paths, in which concrete performance standards are set, monitored and guaranteed at the level of the individual. All for the sake of clarity. If necessary, we can bring in an experienced HR interim manager to develop a strategic HR policy in accordance with the goals of the organization.
We help managers to develop the competencies they need to be result-oriented and inspirational leaders in an effective collaborative organization. The tools we have available to this end include individual coaching and a 360° feedback app. All our tools are carefully selected from what’s available in the market or developed specifically as part of a tailored solution.
Future proof
Managing change is always about behaviour in relation to results. This is why we work in close consultation with our clients in building a culture of collaboration and in optimizing their processes. When all involved are in agreement about the importance of an effective collaborative organization and all are willing to work together in a transparent manner, this opens the way to results that sometimes our clients would never have imagined possible. This specific client, a leading player in the super yacht industry, has come a long way already. We are fully confident that the organization will soon be able to take the helm again and meet its challenges in the long and short term with the highest possible standard in products and services.
Would you like to know more about transition management and our power sources?
Call Henk Hauptmeijer directly on +31 (0) 6 53 20 67 31 for more detailed information and relevant references in the private sector. Henk is a strategy consultant, a business administrator and an organization specialist, and also the founder of H+C.
Sustainable transition in the super yacht industry: coupling behaviour development to process optimization
5 April 2018
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