Case Studies
CPT
Port of London Authority
"Belden has consistently supported me over six years in focusing on the key issues and simplifying the questions we discuss with our Board. This ability to get to the essence of an issue has been critical in helping us move our purpose, our strategy and our business forward."
Graham Vidler, Chief Executive
“Belden facilitated our process to develop a new Strategy, engaging a cross-section of the Board and senior team over several months. Two things really stood out about Belden’s approach. First, thought leadership. Much more than running a process, Belden injected ideas and challenge drawn from a depth of experience working across multiple sectors. Second, change momentum. Harnessing the appetite for change and innovation within the organisation together with a pacey process delivered a high quality Strategy, which has taken the organisation forward in a more commercial direction.”
Robin Mortimer, CEO
Pensions UK (Julian Mund, CEO)
Over the course of 9 years, we have provided strategic support to this sector-defining trade body. This has included designing and facilitating regular sessions with their Board and their senior leadership team as well as acting as a sounding board for the CEO. The result has been sustained strategic momentum in the face of a rapidly shifting environment and significant top team changes.
UK Publishing Arm of Global Media Business
A CEO was in the midst of disruptive changes in products, production processes and channels of distribution. She needed to improve organisation's effectiveness and reshape their strategy to grow in a digital world. Working with the CEO, Board, and Exec team over the course of six months, the role and membership of Board and Exec was redefined. This gained broad agreement to a new purpose for the business, developed new strategy, and put in place a process to resource and manage strategic initiatives.
Leading Transportation Organisation
This high-performing organisation wanted to increase its capacity to succeed. We used our proprietary tools to measure their level of empowerment and ‘empower-ability’, which allowed their middle managers to identify for themselves what was holding them back from being fully effective in driving change and results. Through a fast, focused workshop process, they developed and are implementing a range of changes in decision-making practices, team coordination mechanisms, and individual behaviours and skills that will allow them to drive change faster, more flexibly, and with greater confidence.
Innovative Mutual Insurance Company
The organisation's visionary MD wanted to "reinvent mutuality" for today's world, but had been unable to turn that exciting idea into tangible proposals and action plans. Menkus & Associates worked with the MD and executive team to develop a more detailed, customer-centric view of what that could mean, and further create a business case for discussion with their Board, to gain support for spending "seed" money to test and develop the ideas further. We provided continuing support to MD and team over the next 6 months to crystallise the vision and gain Board support for a multi-year investment plan.