Case studies

• “Kaizen” at Japanese Electronics Group
• Bankers Building Bridges
• Innovative Construction Consultants Raise Productivity
• Supporting Restructuring at a Local Authority
• Preparing for a Merger
• Shaping up the Top Team

Bankers Building Bridges

A POD management programme is at the heart of the people development strategy of a major German bank offered in Germany, the UK and Japan. This leadership training addresses the many challenges of leadership, such as management of remote teams and different business perspectives. POD enables this at three transition points, when people are:

1. given management responsibilities for the first time,
2. managing other managers and leading bigger teams,
3. growing and leading business units strategically.

The methodology consists of on-line profiling tools, group and individual sessions – the soft-wiring needed to sustain individual and organisational development. Inspired programme participants have invited POD to lead other projects such as Business Development Off Sites in Moscow, Conference Facilitation for Global Head of Risks, Diversity Training in Tokyo and Graduate Induction programmes.

POD’s ‘Managing Across Cultures’ programme, a multicultural leadership training launched in Germany in 2006, has impacted positively with bankers bridging the gaps between locations, cultures and business functions.