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Organizational
Development
Case
Report: Facilitation of Strategic Planning Session
In response to a nation wide survey of Canadians, a
Federal Department amended their Strategic Plan to include
an additional objective that was of prime importance to
the health and welfare of a particular sector of Canadian
Society. This required every regional division to revisit
their plans to incorporate this new directive. However,
no new resources (people or money) would be provided to
support such a serious shift in direction. Sayer & Associates
met with the key executives of one region, reviewed all
the supporting documentation and designed and facilitated
a strategic planning session to address this new initiative.
Outcome:
The plan was a resounding success in that all employees
became motivated and involved in the new plans. They were
even able to use their plans to have a positive impact on
the decisions of their partners in the region. Based on
this success, the plan developed by Sayer & Associates
was selected by other regional departments within the same
organization. This produced efficiencies and cost savings
for the whole organization.
Case
Report: Identification of Core Competencies
A large communications company wanted to move towards
a more streamlined system for describing and evaluating
the skills and abilities their employees needed for certain
“job families”. For this Sayer & Associates
used a methodology that was developed through similar experiences
with a number of companies. The senior management of the
company worked with Dr. Sayer through a series of exercises
and meetings to generate a list of Core Competencies important
for all employees, as well as Technical Competencies important
for success in different departments and at different levels
of the organization. Stratified samples of employees formed
work groups to develop specific, practical and understandable
definitions and examples of the competencies.
Outcome:
The competencies were used as part of a larger system for
selection, performance management and career development.
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