Management Consultancy Services
Leadership Healthcheck
This type of work is often commissioned when there is a perceived problem, however Protostar would advocate that checking the effectiveness of your Leadership Team, should be a routine task. The process includes; staff questionnaires, focus groups, 360o questionnaires with individual and team feedback; leadership team interviews, analysis of existing data, all leading to a report and recommendations.
Employee Engagement Healthcheck
Is the working environment and culture of your organisation conducive to providing a satisfying and inclusive experience for employees? Protostar will provide a comprehensive employee engagement report and recommendations based upon; focus groups and analysis of existing data, plus a staff survey looking at communication, ethics, tolerance of others, supervisory style, career progression and stress.
Competency Framework Design
Having a competency framework that reflects the actual skills and behaviours required to succeed in your organization, is the cornerstone of effective recruitment, development, job evaluation, succession planning and remuneration.
Protostar can develop a bespoke framework inter linked with your vision and values. Alternatively, we can customise an existing competency model such as the SHL Universal Model or PDI’s Lead Manage Coach model.
Once the framework is agreed, Protostar can create competency requirements for each leadership role; interview questions for each competency; assess existing leaders against the model and construct development plans for each leader.
Organisation Design and Restructuring
In many instances it is not the capability of leaders that impacts the business but the design of that very organisation. Typical issues being; too wide span of control; too many reporting relationships; remote management of geographically spread staff; role confusion; complex grading structures; disparate responsibilities with no focus. Currently, the most common issue is the need to be leaner and lower cost.
After a thorough analysis and acceptance of our proposed design, Protostar can guide and support you through the change of structure, from communication of the change through to outplacement support if required.
Leadership Team Bonding
Protostar would first challenge you as to why you feel your leadership team needs to bond, as it maybe that other interventions are required. Once agreed that an event would add value, Protostar will create and deliver a fun and rewarding event, in a inclusive environment with minimal physical exertion.
For dysfunctional or new teams who need to bond quickly, Protostar can design and deliver carefully controlled events that combine bonding activities, with sharing of strengths, weaknesses, motivations and psychological profiles with the broader team, allowing them to truly get to know each other. For dysfunctional teams this can bring underlying tensions to the surface.
Business Consultancy Services
Due to the breadth of our senior management experience, Protostar consultants can provide a wide range of business consultancy services ranging from sales to payroll. If your business is new or is struggling it is likely that we can help you obtain Business Link funding for our business consultancy services.
Human Resources Consultancy
Most of our consultants are former global HR Directors or managers. We provide human resources consultancy to a variety of organisations, either to relieve pressure or to provide specific skills and experience. Investigations, policy design, union negotiation and redundancy programmes are just a few of the human resources consultancy projects we tackle.