Uniting Teams and Organisations and Driving Business-Wide Collaboration

Following the merger of Total Produce and Dole Food Company the newly combined Dole plc became one of the world’s largest producers of fresh fruits and vegetables, with over 34,000 employees across 75 countries. The merger created a strategic need to successfully unite two large international companies, each with their own long histories and values. There was a need to invest in supporting a cohesive, global culture that could drive strategic alignment and leadership development across a diverse workforce… Watch Now

Team conversations matter: 5 ways to make them count

Conversations between managers and their teams are one of the most powerful — yet overlooked — drivers of company culture and productivity. Despite their impact, most organisations leave these conversations to chance. Why? Because they don’t know how to shape them… Watch Now

Noble Foods: Nourishing Culture, Driving Purpose

Noble Foods faced a pivotal moment when it returned to family ownership under Sarah Dean, whose great-grandfather founded the business in 1920. After a decade of profit-driven culture the company recognised the need to re-engage its people and foster pride and inclusivity. With over 1,300 colleagues across diverse functions Noble Foods embarked on a cultural transformation to rebuild leadership and refocus on core values. The appointment of CEO Duncan Everett marked the first step in this shift, setting the tone for a renewed approach to its people and future… Watch Now

Five lessons for building cultures that deliver strategy

Organisational culture is the system through which strategy lives or dies; an ecosystem shaped by stories, decisions and conversations at every level. So agreed presenters at the recent Business Culture Connected conference where the audience was provided with a sharp, more grounded understanding of how culture really works in practice, not theory. There was much rich material shared on the day but here we pull out five key lessons… Read Now

The Real AI Strategy? Mindset Over Machine

We are living in an age of great uncertainty, driven in large part by fundamentally disruptive technologies, geo-political changes, and radical rethinking about the future of work. Despite the rapid changes in our structures, systems, and technology, the key to thriving in this uncertainty lies, as it always has done, in people and our uniquely human capabilities… Read More

How Leaders can Help to Build a Speak Up Culture

Whenever I read about building a speak up culture, there is a lot of emphasis on creating and nurturing the conditions so that employees feel free to give feedback. While this is a critical element, there is another that is often overlooked. That is listening. This blog will expand… Read More

Career Coaching Conversations with THRIVE

VML, a global creative agency with almost 30,000 workers, was moved to take action when an employee survey revealed a lack of structured avenues for career growth. Company leaders knew they needed a central portal where employees could get feedback on their work, and where managers could get the data required to effectively coach their teams to position themselves for new opportunities… Watch Now