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Peterborough (I-Newswire) September 25, 2011 - Current approaches to transforming performance are unnecessarily expensive, and companies are missing an affordable way of quickly achieving multiple objectives according to Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas speaking at the 2011 Business Performance Summit in Berlin. He warns “even if these initiatives eventually deliver some of what was initially desired the world may have moved on. Why persevere with pain and disruption when a proven alternative can deliver positive results in a few months?”
The author of Winning Companies; Winning People claims many performance improvement initiatives are far too general, expensive and time consuming, when far more focussed and cost-effective ways of simultaneously delivering beneficial outcomes for both people and organisations are available. He finds “In many companies an array of costly corporate initiatives conflict with each other, distract people and cause confusion. Boards are barking up the wrong trees”.
Colin’s research programme identifies critical success factors and what high performers do differently in areas contributing directly to the bottom line. He showed summit delegates how to liberate and build the talents of both ordinary and exceptional people, and how to enable them to emulate superior approaches.
The professor explained how people and organisations can benefit from capturing and sharing what high performers do differently, and making it easier for average people to excel 24/7 at difficult jobs wherever they may be. Huge returns on investment of over 20, 30 or 70 times have been quickly obtained by early adopters of this approach to creating high performance organisations.
Coulson-Thomas believes “there is a proven and cost-effective route to the creation of a flexible high performance organisation in which average people can understand complex areas and excel at difficult jobs. With many of us facing an unknown future, the approach I will set out in a forthcoming report enables companies to remain relevant, competitive and vital during an uncertain journey.”
Critical success factors for key corporate activities, and what high performers do differently, have been identified and enable 24/7 support to be provided to average performers to enable them to emulate the approaches of superstars. Coulson-Thomas’ findings mean “Companies can avoid portfolios of unaffordable and disruptive corporate transformation projects, and adopt swift, flexible and cost effective alternatives that generate large returns on investment.”
Coulson-Thomas investigates practical ways of quickly boosting corporate performance and achieving various beneficial outcomes for people and organisations at a price that can be afforded. His research has involved a multiyear comparison of data sets covering key corporate activities in over 2,000 companies and over 400 professional firms, and an examination of what certain alternative approaches deliver.
During the summit delegates emphasised the importance of engagement. Coulson-Thomas believes approaches he has developed address this requirement head on “People don’t jump out of bed each morning wanting to fail. The right performance support can engage them and make it easy for them to excel. Companies can compete and win now with the people they currently have.”
Colin Coulson-Thomas was speaking at the 2nd Annual Business Performance Summit at the Maritim proArte Hotel, Berlin, Germany. His opening plenary presentation was on “The smart performing company – which methods, factors and behaviours create performance success.” The approach he outlined at the summit will be set out in his forthcoming report on the future of talent management and performance support.
Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas, author of Winning Companies; Winning People and a new report on talent management and creating high performance organisations is an international consultant who has helped over 100 boards to improve board and corporate performance. He is chairman of Adaptation, process vision holder of complex transformation programmes and a business school academic at the University of Greenwich. He can be contacted via http://www.coulson-thomas.com. Reports covering his investigations are available from http://www.policypublications.com
About Adaptation Ltd:
Overview
Adaptation Limited is a specialist director, board and business development consultancy which develops and implements corporate programmes and processes to enable organisations to become more flexible and adaptable in creating and delivering value to their customers. Hundreds of organisations and thousands of individuals have benefited from approaches, methodologies, programmes and courses the company has developed.
Adaptation helps people and organisations to transform their performance in areas such as winning business, building customer relationships, and creating and exploiting know-how. It has particular expertise in supporting boards, reviewing processes and practices for winning business, building new models of organisations and introducing more creative and fulfilling ways of working and learning.
The dictionary defines 'adaptation' in terms of change or adjustment to new circumstances, ie. a change in structure, function, process, role, attitude, behaviour, etc., that produces better adjustment to the environment. The company Adaptation has helped directors, boards and management and entrepreneurial teams in locations from South Africa to Siberia and from Canada to China.
Services
Adaptation services to corporate clients committed to fundamental change include:
Strategy Reviews and Strategic Business Development
Corporate Transformation
Corporate Learning
Business Restructuring and Redesign
Executive, Director and Board Development
Coaching of Senior Executives and Directors
Knowledge and Process Management
Winning Business Reviews
Business Development Services
Clients
Adaptation clients include multi-national, international, European, North American, Middle Eastern and Japanese corporations, international professional firms and consultancies, entrepreneurial businesses, Government departments and public bodies.
Assignments include over 100 winning business reviews, process vision holder roles, director and board development activities, the re-design of the management processes of a well known financial services company, reviews of re-engineering and change strategies and programmes, and various board and strategy reviews. A portfolio of Presentations, Courses and Seminars are based upon this work
Adaptation has developed a complete range of corporate transformation assessment and review techniques, and implementation tools and methodologies, including a suite of process re-engineering tools, for a well known international company. Several thousand consultants in a leading international consultancy firm employ a techniques/tools manual edited by Adaptation.
Publications
Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas of Adaptation led and co-ordinated the European Commission's COBRA project which examined how organisations across Europe use process management, new ways of working and learning, and emerging technologies. Resulting methodologies include "The Responsive Organisation: Re-engineering new patterns of work" and "The Competitive Network" published by Policy Publications.
Findings of surveys undertaken by Adaptation for national, international and Governmental organisations have been disseminated through over 30 research reports, thirteen books, including Winning Companies; Winning People and Developing Directors, a handbook for building an effective boardroom team, and over 300 Seminars, Workshops and other Events.
Courses
Learning materials, presentations and over 20 course modules based upon Adaptation’s work and investigations into critical success factors and what high performers do differently in areas that are vital for corporate success are available for those designing corporate, executive and management education programmes.
International collaborations
Adaptation has operated strategic partnerships, and has co-operated with world class institutions covering corporate transformation and process and knowledge management which operate world-wide and across all EU member countries.
Presentations and courses have been given in some 40 countries.
Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas of Adaptation has held professorial appointments in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, India and China
Further information
Details of Adaptation services can be found on www.adaptation.ltd.uk
Details of publications based upon adaptation’s work can be found on www.policypublications.com
Company Contact Information
Adaptation Ltd
Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas
Mill Reach, Mill Lane,
Water Newton, Cambridgeshire, UK
PE8 6LY
Phone : +44(0)1733361149
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