Execution Case Study:  Operating and Execution Plan

Challenge

• Midsized company with a new professional leadership team organized as an Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and a Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Although the new Teams are in place, the organization is still being run functionally through silos, as it was when the owner made all decisions
• ELT, largely newly hired talent, frustrated with the organization's lack of attention to both internal and external requirements
• SLT, comprised mostly of longer tenure employees, frustrated with conflicting demands from different functions, unrealistic requirements, and rework

Outcome Achieved

• Operating and Execution Plan developed by the ELT and SLT showing clear line of sight to facilitate focus, alignment, and then prioritization
• Critical need for transitioning the organizations from a vertical silo structure to horizontal process structure identified

Engagement

• Through a series of meetings culminating in an offsite, Solution Enterprises facilitated development of a more detailed strategy and operating plan
• Meetings involved getting input and alignment at different levels and identifying negotiable and non-negotiable items
• Detailed process of decision making introduced in the design to address responsibilities, accountabilities, and communications

Why the Solution Enterprises Team? 

• Managing Principal led the effort from start to roll out
•  Capabilities to work across all internal functional disciplines a critical success factor
• Solution Enterprises provided trained facilitators, familiar with organizations development and major transitions to make the effort sustainable