People and Organisation

Change management with focus on the employees

A pace of change that is faster than ever, requires new abilities to change both in public and private sectors. New technology and a constantly changing society are putting increased pressure on new competence requirements and willingness to change among all employees.

Regardless of whether there is a  technological, structural or organisational change, success will depend on whether employees embrace change and actually start working differently.

We work together with you to help your business handle various challenges that may arise, and share our experience and methods.

Good processes, distinct communication and regularly follow-up of the employees are key criteria for a successful implementing of change. We understand that in order to succeed with change, the individual must be put in focus. Restructuring is about facilitating that the employees are involved in the change, that they receive adequate guidance and, follow-up so that they actually change the way they work.

Good management is important in order to prepare and deliver according to a good business strategy, develop organisations and to build an adapted organisational culture. We work closely together with leaders and management teams to understand management success, personal management qualifications, roles and styles of leadership. Thus we can help leaders develop good future goals and strategies for their own business and understand its influence.

In a rapidly changing market the success of the organisation is dependent on the leader roles being held by the right leaders and leader teams. Several organisations do not have the right tools, systems or the culture required to manage to know what is needed for the organisation to grow in the future. Our expertise on management will be helpful to your organisation in situations as:

• Upon arrival of a new top management
• Establishing or phasing in new management or business strategy
• Poor performance
• Assessment of management composition after mergers or other restructuring
• Realisation of a key project
• When trust in management is weak

A good organisational culture is critical for success

More than 80% of leaders say culture is critical for success of their organisation. More than half of them sees it as a greater success factor than both strategy and operating model.

A solid value base

In order to build a good and successful culture in an organisation, you need a solid value base. The values tell us who we want to be and gives us the recipe to good and correct conduct. Firmly planted cultural values motivates employees to do a good job, thereby creating better results.

Therefore we look at organisational culture as one of the key success criteria for achieving results. Our consultants are certified to identify and develop value-based leadership and organisational culture.

In collaboration with the customer, we handle different challenges, such as:

• What inhibits the organisation from performing?
• A merger between two or more companies will take place and there is need to identify and integrate different cultures in the best possible way, and create a common organisational culture.
• Today's culture does not match the strategic shifts that are necessary for the organisation.
• The organisation experiences challenges with the work environment

Value creating HR function

We enable value creation by taking advantage of our "end-to-end" HR Transformation solutions, and by offering flexible solutions for specific demands.

HR technology

Modern HR technology such as Software as a Service ('SaaS') facilitates efficiency of the HR function through improved process support and contribute to increased strategic focus on HR.

This making it easier for HR leaders to make good strategic decisions and to support the business strategy.

We combine our technology expertise with our HR expertise. This secures an integrated and comprehensive approach, which is essential for a successful acquiring and implementation a new HR system.

People Analytics and Insight is about identifying and exploiting all available HR data in the organisation in order to create better insight and basis for decisions.

Data based insight on employees can for instance help identify which employees are likely to leave the company, what characterises the best employees or how effectively different teams work with their leader. Good data sources, combined with analyses tools, enable you to make decisions based on facts to realise employee potential and optimise operations.

We offer a broad range of services within people analytics and insight. Among the services we provide are analysis of employee data, development of analytical tools, benchmarking, and assisting the organisations in building an analytics function. Through our national professional environment and global network of specialists we have the capacity to solve most problems. We work closely with our customers to deal with current challenges.

Mergers and Acquisitions are important strategic tools to stay ahead of today's complex and competitive global markets. Increasing complexity, scope and M&A across borders increases the risk that transactions fail to reach expected goals. Relevant risks include; over pricing, weak integration and lack of synergies, weak financial results and loss of share value. A fundamental part of all risk elements is how one evaluates and manages the organisation human capital.

We assist our customers in creating value though management of human capital risk elements at every stage of the transaction, including due diligence, pre-close and post-close support. The right focus and thorough planning ahead of and through the process strengthens our ability to obtain necessary knowledge and insight to the organisation's human capital and contribute to a successful transaction. In cooperation with our customers we handle various challenges that may arise.

People and strategy is about how your business should further develop the organisation and employee competence. A good people strategy means that you have the right people with the right expertise in the right positions so that the can have a they have direct impact on growth. With today's high frequency of change, a clear, measurable and active People strategy has become a key factor for differentiation.

To accelerate innovation, growth and market opportunities, you need the right people. The world is changing dramatically, having huge impact on the way we work. The roles and job titles today are not the same tomorrow. If your organisation does not meet the needs and expectations of the stakeholders, this does not need to be because strategy or vision is out of focus, it might also be a disparity between company strategy and the many complex, cultural and internal aspects.

Pension is becoming an increasingly important issue for employees and employers, arising many questions. We have long experience with tax- and other legal advise on pensions. It is especially challenging to provide good solutions when working across borders when both Norwegian and foreign laws and regulations must be followed, and not least be assured that one is fully covered. Our unique global network provides total solutions.