“Tom and Allison bring a unique combination of business savvy with organizational insight. They quickly got us unstuck in our strategy process and gained participation and trust at all levels of the institute.”

- Michael Potts, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute

Next Level Performance

We partner with CEOs and top teams to set direction, get people moving to implement change, and build capacity to boost performance. 

The enduring fundamentals – smart strategy, effective team work, and the right skills and structures – are always important. Traditionally, these have comprised the majority of our work, which always begins with “top team alignment.”

More and more, in the face of rapid and continuous market shifts, interconnected stakeholders and competing priorities, organizations are looking to go beyond the fundamentals to add the next level of performance improvement.

For these clients, we offer practical ways to create new business models, expand the boundaries of collaboration and increase organizational agility. The benefits of this approach can accrue to every aspect of the business, as outlined in the graphic below.

 

Next Level Performance

 

New business model

Next-level strategy requires understanding how success formulas eventually lead to failure, disrupting organizational “lock-in,” and creating the “white space” in which innovation can flourish. 

Deep and broad collaboration

In today’s highly inter-connected world, next-level collaboration means working with expanded networks and broader systems. This work requires systems thinking and large-scale group processes.

Organizational agility

In a complex and rapidly-changing marketplace, successful organizations must learn and adapt quickly. We work with clients to “up-shift” to the next-level of organizational agility through leadership development, action-learning, integrative decision-making and dynamic steering.

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We screen our clients

We’re selective about who we work with because we’ve learned that, to be successful, organizational change must be led from the top by executives who are committed not just to setting direction, but to doing what it takes to make the changes stick. 

We work with CEOs, division presidents and NGO executive directors who…

  • Have an urgent and compelling change agenda
  • Are sensitive to people issues and open to feedback
  • Are ready to set a date for a 1.5- to 2-day event to build alignment and accountability with the top team.
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Why engage with us?

You may engage us for any number of reasons, such as:

  • You are a new CEO and/or have a new team and you want to align around what’s most important.
  • You need to increase trust and candor so you can move from being reactive to proactive in addressing performance challenges.
  • You’ve just finished a big strategy effort and you’re challenged with implementing the plan.
  • You need to change the whole system – from strategy to staffing, operations, structure and culture – and you’re not sure where to begin.
  • You want to influence change in your supply chain or industry.

Our clients choose us because:

  • Tom Curren is experienced and proven to produce results.
  • Our team excels at integrating strategy with organization development.
  • We work all the leverage points in a system and address everything that affects performance.
  • We adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
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Our guiding principles

  • IMPACT - We find ways to improve organizations that are doing good things.
  • HOLISM - We pay attention to everything that matters.
  • APPRECIATION - We look for and amplify what’s working.
  • FUN - We have fun doing serious work.
  • INTEGRITY - We live our values and learn from our mistakes.
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