Strengthening Leadership Capability for IPO and Beyond

Pivotal, a global software company, engaged Influence Solutions to strengthen its leadership capability since it was preparing to IPO and had ambitious expansion plans.

Over a period of 15 months Influence Solutions worked with the APJ Executive Leadership Team and key HR personnel from Singapore, Australia, Japan and China.

Challenges Faced

• To sustain the rapid growth and increase in staff strength there was a crucial need for effective leadership to provide a seamless and consistent leadership experience and build, nurture and support high performing teams.
• Robust leadership development processes were needed to empower the second tier of leaders, (mainly, young technical professionals) to step up and support business growth across the region.

The Aim:

• To standardise leadership competencies and culture across the region
• To ensure second and third line of leaders were ready to support the expansion positions and drive business growth across the region

Solution and Results:

• Influence solutions worked closely with the CEO and Regional HR Head to create the PIVOTING TO SUCCESS Solution; a highly practical and empowering leadership experience.
• This 300 day transformational leadership journey, comprising of workshops, executive coaching, and actual “live” business projects addressing internal performance and client-centric business priorities was centred around the Pivotal leadership competencies.
• The result was a marked increase in the confidence of leaders in demonstrating the Pivotal competencies and the development of a coaching culture that ensured enhanced trust and transparency.
• Visible business results were also achieved from the “actual” projects embarked on and tracked quarterly.
• Morale and motivation across the executive team was high, with over 90% giving the learning journey the highest possible positive rating.