Aligning your organisation and strenghtening the industrial culture
Spirit Advisors is specialised in operational excellence in industrial environments. We help you aligning your organisation and strenghtening the industrial culture.
Strenghtening the industrial culture
For decades now, global industry has been challenged by an ageing workforce and is struggling to attract new talent. Yet reindustrialisation, the relocation of certain production and logistics operations, new technologies and the need to decarbonise our industries will increase the need for skilled labour and responsible managers. It is becoming imperative to re-vitalise an industrial culture.
Operational excellence enables you to deploy your operational strategy in the form of effective action plans within a flourishing operational culture. If your managers work in fire-fighting mode, your management system does not encourage the expression of solutions on the ground, your management system is not mature enough, you have not defined a common set of standards and skills, or your decision-making circuits are rusty… it’s time to launch your operational excellence program.
Reconnecting with the field
Clarifying ambition and aptitude for change
Too often, strategic plans are reduced to pretty slides or are confined to executive meeting rooms, with employees remaining spectators. Our first task is to clarify the vision of success, identify the level of ambition and then assess the ability of the teams concerned to change.
Linking up with the field
Resistance to change is often blamed for the difficulties or failures of transformation. Our experience has shown us that when employees see a personal interest, for a reasonable effort, things can go faster and further. Team commitment, collaboration and co-development are our guides.
Setting up a performance management system
Effective performance management systems support the organisation’s objectives and encourage the desired behaviours and attitudes. We support managers in developing, testing and using a coherent, integrated system. We favour visual management for transparent communication.
Engaging the management team
Committed and exemplary leaders are essential. That’s why, from the outset, we co-construct and architect the transformation project with them. Throughout the project, we work closely together to check progress and results, adapt to circumstances, react to obstacles and blockages, and integrate new good ideas.
Major gains of strenghtening the industrial culture
Consistency and clarity
A strong industrial culture creates a coherent and clear framework for employees, making it easier to understand expectations and standards of behaviour within the organisation.
Commitment
Employees are more likely to be engaged in their work when they feel listened to, respected and aligned with the company culture. This can translate into greater motivation, productivity and talent retention.
Performance
A joint project and an effective management system will encourage better organisational performance. Employees are more willing to work effectively together to achieve common goals. Internal conflicts and organisational frictions are reduced, reducing stress levels and providing more meaning for employees.
A rediscovered collective industrial culture
Our client is a shipbuilding specialist. Present on 3 continents and employing over 7,000 people, the group has a strong international presence . The operational teams are mainly made up of engineers, and differences in culture and approach have led to a sharp rise in staff turnover.
Spirit teams spent several months on site listening to the views of all stakeholders. An in-depth dialogue was established with the unions, a network of ambassadors was created, and a roadmap was defined to make the workspace more flexible and internal communication more fluid.
Spirit Advisors’ distinctive point : It takes about 5 years for a qualified engineer in this industry to develop his or her skills. The role of facilitator in the field played by Spirit Advisors helped to reduce staff turnover by 40% in the first year.
