Expertise and Solutions
Iunctura has expertise in Leadership & Talent Management in a
wide variety of sectors including life sciences and biotechnology,
financial services, industry, transportation and FMCG.
Organisation type experience includes public listed, large cap.,
family businesses, privately owned and Private Equity backed
companies. We create bespoke solutions to specific corporate and
individual requirements. Our clients bring wide-ranging issues to us,
including the challenges associated with motivating senior teams
effectively in complex matrix structures, communicating corporate
visions and engaging individuals cross culturally, beyond
remuneration. We take each client as individual, with bespoke
solutions across all of the areas below.
Areas include:
- Talent Assessment
- Evaluations to support appointments of senior individuals as part of corporate strategy including restructuring.
- Leadership Transition
- Accompanying senior executives during career or in-company strategic transition.
- On-boarding
- Benchmarking
- Emotional Intelligence
- Leadership Development tools and processes,
including
- 360 Reviews
- Team Alignment\Effectiveness
- Group Motivation
- Executive Coaching
- Cultural factors in organizational effectiveness
- International credentials
- Talent Assessment
Evaluating skills in creating strategic alignment during an integration process, following a major change in strategy, company ownership or restructuring.
- Assessment of multiple Country Executive Teams. Organization
went through a major strategic review, setting a new direction
and organization structure with the overall aim of building an
enduring competitive advantage. Executives
were assessed on skills ‘at market’ and their ability to deal
effectively with change and the ability to manage complexity
with multiple stakeholders/markets.
- Following demerger of a global MNC, potential
Board-member executives were assessed against their leadership
styles and how to make best use of the key components of their
emotional intelligence. The exercise created increased
awareness, engagement on potential and more confidence facing
strategic market challenges ahead.
- CEO transitioning from outside the organization,
evaluated through an external talent exercise of the global
senior management team. This enabled creation of a strategy that
created economic value as well as setting the tone and style to
develop strong relationships and company culture.
Talent Assessment of Senior Executives following restructuring in a Global Manufacturing Group with focus on Asia Pacific. Retained by a Global Manufacturing Company (revenues in excess of US$15 bn) as part of a global project team assisting during the post merger integration of a major strategic acquisition. Focussed on Asia Pacific, and in a particularly tight timeframe provided input on individuals and business groups via feedback sessions and developmental discussions. Facilitated major leadership appointment decisions.
- Benchmarking
Iunctura has the capability to undertake organisational level benchmarking for all senior roles up to and including Board level and also functional benchmarking versus the market across the globe.
- Europe-based Talent Assessment, Benchmarking and
Deployment of Senior Individuals to a new leadership team. Part
of a global team assisting with the integration process
following the acquisition of an international division of
mid-cap European public listed company by a private investor.
Focusing on Europe-based talent provided a pragmatic and nimble
global talent benchmarking assessment process, including
industry and leadership expertise. Evaluated acquired talent
globally in a 6 weeks time frame; provided input to new
leadership team and worked closely with a global leading
management consulting firm on redeployment within the new
organization structure.
- Global Talent Assessment and Benchmarking, Appointment
of Senior Individuals at a time of tremendous change in the
European client company. Retained by a privately
held European company in the context of a newly developed
business strategy, including assessment of organizational
structure and capabilities. The project involved a global
talent benchmarking process in alignment with desired culture
values; assessment of more than 85 executives globally,
including C-suite. Evaluated executives’ overall effectiveness
in their current role, their interest in and potential for
success in other roles, as well as adaptability to a changing
business strategy. The project resulted in successful
redeployment decisions across geographies/business units.
Individual feedback sessions brought renewed executive
engagement and career ambition. The assessment process has been
incorporated into annual review discussions and has formed part
of a structured global internal leadership development program.
- Emotional
Intelligence
Input to professional development based use, effectiveness and emphasis of emotional competencies.
- Leadership
Development and Processes
Use of tools including 360 Reviews, Team Alignment\Effectiveness, Group Motivation and Executive Coaching. Additionally, certified in a number of external validated assessment tools.
- Provided 360 review framework and feedback using recognized,
premium, researched and validated competency development tools
to identify high potential and future leaders in high performing
organizations.
- Designed and ran a bespoke workshop for a large privately
owned European organization, going through a major strategic
shift, resulting in important management changes. Focus was on
exploiting capabilities, resources, experimenting with different
products, services, business models and processes, providing
greater transparency and optimizing synergies.
- Executive Coaching assignments are programs designed to
working business leaders and typically include newly appointed
CEO’s and high potential future leaders, across different
geographies and cultures.
- International
Credentials and Cultural Awareness
- Assisting large organizations in evaluating talent cross
culturally and deploy globally. Solid experience in accompanying
global leaders on foreign assignments outside their home market.
- Following the appointment of a highly talented European female
executive to a Country General Management position in the Middle
East, the individual was challenged in establishing herself in a
formal leadership role. The assignment focused on helping her to
become more effective in reorganising a team, bringing out the
best in them and communicating a vision in an effective and
inspirational manner. Additionally helped her to balance driving
results with achieving a realistic work/life balance.
- Being part of a well-planned succession planning process, the
senior executive was appointed CEO of a large, complex
multi-billion dollar business. Challenges faced were assuming a
collaborative leadership style in a conservative and traditional
but rapidly changing business model with a number of hostile
relationships at peer level in a highly diverse cultural
setting.
- Assisted infrastructure operator in evaluating individuals
from acquired businesses and helped to determine best fit.
Conducted talent reviews in Africa and Europe visiting centres
in, for example, Tanzania and Congo to advice returnees in their
home market from overseas to best use and leverage their talent
and experience.
- Assessed the prospective new CEO for a major pan-European family business. Following the appointment of an external candidate, challenged and supported the individual through real-life situations and challenges; recommended further development actions to support behavioural change and growth.