As companies expand globally, they are challenged to align global team members toward a common goal. Company leaders ask: How do you create shared, global values? How do you manage globally dispersed teams while improving productivity? How do you ensure that communication activities reach the global audience? By following a structured and disciplined approach, with clear strategic objectives, detailed implementation plans and a focus on extracting value from restructuring activities, Momentum Leadership achieves results.

Case Study
Global Information Technology Organization

Project Goal
To improve IT productivity by restructuring a global organization with shared values and goals.

• Built and gained executive agreement on the shared productivity goal and the general change-management approach
• Used Project Management approach to manage to a tight timeline
• Facilitated Virtual Team-Building meetings using Web IQ tool
• Introduced GlobeSmart assessment to enhance awareness of different cultures
• Created a toolkit to assist with managing remote teams
• Branded a unifying message for all employees
• Crafted shared performance objectives for all leaders

Engagement Approach
The IT leadership team came together to clearly define the type of productivity they were hoping to achieve with the global organizational alignment. Leaders agreed to take an active role in managing the change efforts and ensuring their management team involvement.

Key Milestones Delivered on Time
By applying a detailed project management approach and creating subteams to focus on the different areas of the reorganization, the global change was completed within 90 days. Because the change-management model met with such success, it has been replicated in other company change efforts.

Global Teams Aligned and Committed
Employee surveys revealed marked improvement in areas related to “sense of belonging to a global community.” Employees believe they have a clearer career path and more accountability for client deliverables.

Strategy Shared by Employees in All Regions
Through varied communication efforts and manager training in the various regions, all employees now understand and connect their performance objectives to the IT strategy.