client experience
Sinclair Knight Mertz (SKM)
Sinclair Knight Mertz was awarded BRW Private Business company of the year (Turnover >$100 million)
Seed Consulting has been supporting the people development and learning development at SKM for over 6 years.
how we support SKM:
Sinclair Knight Merz is a global consulting firm focused on continually developing their people and in particular their leadership capacity to meet the current and future needs of the organisation. SKM’s strategic planning identified need for leadership development. They approached Seed Consulting and embarked on a leadership development strategy that cascaded throughout organisation with one cleverly designed approach. This learning program has been facilitated globally and translated into Spanish for implementation in South America.
"Ann is currently working with my organisation and has successfully designed and developed an innovative action learning program targeting future leaders. She has won the respect and friendship of key senior managers sponsoring this program and will continue to have a key role facilitating and refreshing the program as evaluation commences. As a consultant Ann offers a unique blend of professional expertise, integrity and creativity. She consults and co develops to ensure she delivers results required by our business."
Libby Bell
Sinclair Knight Merz Global Manager – Talent and Learning
Stockland
"In 2010 our employee engagement score was 82 per cent. This is above the Global High Performing Companies Norm as measured by Towers Watson"
"Stockland take pride in being a people focused company. They devote both time and energy to ensuring that their people have creative and nurturing environments in which to work, where they can thrive and enjoy each other’s company."
- www.stockland.com
how we support Stockland:
Seed Consulting has worked alongside Stockland to design and facilitate leadership programs that are innovative and pragmatic. They include initiatives that are used to raise core management competencies; leadership requirements during organisational change and transition; developing leaders with insight and awareness to their impact and influence over themselves, their team, colleagues and the organisation.
Stockland and Seed have partnered in a range of learning programs including the scope of the leadership hierarchy and including whole teams, cross functional learning groups, business unit conferences and executive coaching.
"what sets Ann apart from other facilitators is the nature of the feedback she generates from our employees. One recent quote from an end-of-program feedback from reflects the general sentiment of all responses we have received to date. One respondent stated that the only improvement they could suggest to the program was that Ann be invited to facilitate every Stockland program as she was the best facilitator they had ever experienced."
- Dr Richard Laidlaw
General Manager Stockland
Team Case Study
Our team had been formed from the merger of two organisations, and as a result, there was a level of unfamiliarity with team members, which led to situations of mistrust and disharmony. As a result, we wanted a “team day” for the team to get to know each other with the view of creating a more harmonious team.
Prior to our team development, Ann had only received a brief overview of the team situation - however on the day Ann was very astute in understanding the dynamics of a team and was very effective in getting to the heart of team issues. At the same time, Ann gained the confidence and respect of the group - this made for a more productive experience and definitely for a more productive output for the team.
One of the techniques Ann employed was the use of the Genos Emotional Intelligence process. Through Ann’s relaxed demeanor she encouraged the team to be honest with themselves when completing the process, and also to their team members when discussing the output. This honestly resulted in a group of people that better understood themselves and also to better understand their team mates.
Ann had a huge impact on the team, and the fact that the team is truly a TEAM today is something that Ann should be proud of.
Ann was truly a pleasure to work with. Partner, Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Seed Consulting was invited to design the Ernst & Young Global Manager Program. With an overall employee base of 110,000, approximately 8000 new managers complete this milestone Management program each year. The program is designed as a consistent worldwide approach to Management Development. Seed Consulting was instrumental in the concept discussions, design activities and development of the detailed facilitator packages used around the world.
- team interventions and team building activities
- business unit team retreats and annual staff planning sessions
- formal assessment centre observations
- development of an employee development centre framework and associated leader guide
- development of core skill programs covering communication, teamwork and client interaction skills
- Management Development Modules
- Leadership design including Emotional Intelligence
- Instructional design with highly technical subject matter experts
- mentoring new L&D staff to Ernst & Young
Ann's significant experience base was recognised in Seed being requested to assist with the design of the Ernst & Young Global Manager Program in 2004. With an overall employee base of 110,000, approximately 8000 new managers complete this milestone Management program each year. The program is designed as a consistent worldwide approach to Management Development. Ann was instrumental in the concept discussions, design activities and development of the detailed facilitator packages used around the world.
I welcome the opportunity to discuss Ann's work in greater detail.
- Director Learning and Development Ernst & Young