able engineering & welch way: aligning employees to strategy through leadership in action

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Able Engineering and Welch WayAligning Employees to Strategy through Leadership in Action


What We Know About Leadership Today

75% of respondents to Leadership Development Benchmarking survey said their programs are not very effective.

3/4 of leadership teams fail to achieve business goals 6 out of 10 global executives cite ‘lack of leadership’ as a

cause of their company’s inability to deal with changes Only 50% view their midlevel leaders as highly capable Only 30% view their first-line leaders as highly capable Only 28% of organizations transition leaders well

Able Engineering set out to defy the statistics.

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Source: Five Trends in Leveraging Leadership Development to Drive a Competitive Advantage by Bersin by Deloitte 2013Source: Leadership: The State of Development Programs 2013, by Brandon Hall Group


2002: 80 Employees / $8M in Sales

2014: 450+ employees / $68M in sales

Able Engineering: 12 Years of Growth

10 years straight of 20%+ CAGR on average


Able and Welch: A Foundation for Growth

Able has used Jack Welch’s foundational ideologies and methodologies to get extraordinary results since 2003.

The Welch Way programs hold employees accountable to performance and culture in a transparent way to and develop highly effective leaders at all levels.


Jack Welch’s singular business insights that provide a proven game plan for success , which cuts through theory and gives users practical, immediate actionable management skills

Timeless Teachings

Immediate Applicability

Interactive Learning

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What is the “Welch Way”

If you could have Jack Welch coach your team, wouldn’t you take him up on it?


Each of the six programs is divided into modules focused on mission-critical management skills and comprise:

Jack Welch keynote videos

Reflective questions

Video-based core content

Playbooks for actionable steps

Assessments

Coach’s, facilitator, participant guides

Approximately 8-10 hours of content

per program

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Welch Way Program Structure

Takeaways A Plan of Action


Welch Way’s initial offering focuses on the most mission-critical dimensions of management through six comprehensive programs:

Leadership in Action

Change Management

Creating a Winning Strategy

Managing Your Team

Finance for Managers (available Q2)

Operational Excellence (available Q2)

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Welch Way Programs


Able Engineering and Welch Way

60+ leaders have participated in Leadership in Action and Creating a Winning Strategy, with clear impact:

Improved annual strategic planning sessions.

Established intentional culture based on Mission, Behaviors and Leadership Traits that connect directly to measurably improved business results.

Teamwork, collaboration, innovation and communication have all improved.

Business growth and profitability have accelerated.

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Measurable Goals with Welch Way

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Able Engineering Goal Result

1) Connect 100% of employees to strategy Fully accomplished

2) Goal for all of the employees to collectively uncover 140,000 hours of capacity in one

year (in the spirit of Welch Way program teaching us to “find a better way every day)Exceeded goal*

3) Connect 100% of employees to our alignment tools (Mission, Vision, Quality Policy,

Behaviors & Leadership Traits) in a way that shows measurable results from each

employee applying these alignment tools in their job.

Fully accomplished

4) Establish Leadership Traits to have consistent leadership throughout the

organization.Fully accomplished

* Uncovered 200,000+ hours of capacity, equated to 100 people we didn't have to hire to handle the growth.


Welch Way: Aligning Leaders at all Levels

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“Within 48 hours of assigning Welch Way to 20 senior leaders, the conversation completely changed around leadership, execution, and strategy. And, within a few days after that, an additional 40 leaders proactively asked to take the program. The conversation now is entirely companywide throughout all levels of leadership, and even at the front line supervisor level.”

Lee BensonCEO of Able Engineering and ETW


Thank You!

For more information or to learn more:[email protected]

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