The Professional Facilitators Forum is a newly formed group in Hong Kong. As a critical step in our evolution we invited Chris Lonsdale to undertake the impossible assignment; to 'facilitate the facilitators'!
Chris's expertise and insight proved invaluable as we weaved our way through some difficult and taxing issues. The impossible became the possible."
Barry Brewster
On behalf of the HK Professional Facilitators Forum Executive Committee
HY Zhang,
Director, Product Integrity
Global Beverage Company
Helge Weiner-Trapness
Managing Director
Global Investment Bank
Now, three months on, I can say that we are truly delighted with the very real progress that has been made in the business. Much of this progress can be
attributed to the results that were achieved in the September off-site meeting."
Simon Jones (head of sales) and Kevan Albrighton (head of product)
Global Investment Bank
Facilitation
Sales and Product Integration
One of the biggest challenges in any company is to get the "front line" and "back room" people to work effectively together. The misalignments that occur between sales people and manufacturing or product development are legendary. Live with these misalignments, and you can easily miss your targets. Create true alignment and you generate significant bottom line results.
The case below illustrates what is possible.
CASE STUDY
The situation Our client was a multi-national financial institution operating throughout Asia-Pacific. For years, a lack of alignment had been creating tension between the two sides of the business-the sales-force on one hand, and product people on the other. Chris Lonsdale & Associates was commissioned to design a process that would integrate the activities of the sales and product functions and devise a strategy that could be rapidly executed within a 12 to 24 month period. A two-day offsite format was chosen for the meeting. The participation 38 people from sales, product, and supporting roles participated from countries around Asia-Pacific including Australia, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. The process To deal with the challenges we used a three-component approach: The results At the end of the meeting the group had a fully documented action plan that focused on resolving the major barriers to performance plaguing the business. Each participant at the meeting had contributed to identifying the issues, and had signed up for personal responsibility to action elements of the plan. Three months after the off-site meeting, much of what had been agreed had been Implemented and was having a positive impact on the bottom line of the business. |
Facilitation Services
Asked what kind of facilitation we do, we always answer "every kind." By its very nature, effective facilitation requires a bottom up approach. The key steps are:
- understand the situation
- understand the players
- evaluate what is required to get the desired results
- design a process that will achieve this result
- facilitate the process
- be ready to change everything at a moment's notice.
Every process we design is uniquely tailored to the needs of our clients. We do everything from one-off meetings, to facilitated processes that can take months to complete.
Results You Can Expect
Work with Chris Lonsdale & Associates to facilitate growth, development and change in your company and you can expect many positive changes:
- solutions to long-standing business issues
- development of cross-functional teamwork
- higher levels of motivation
- alignment of your whole organization around strategy imperatives
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