Performance Management is a critical component of driving effective and robust talent pipelines and research has shown a consistent pattern of leading practices.
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As trusted advisors, we support your execution effort and become indistinguishable members of your team. Our time-tested, results-proven Red Zone Management approach will ensure your organization can flawlessly execute the strategy.
Most of us know that one of the “certainties” of life and business is that change is a constant. There are some great models and guidelines for Managing and Leading change available to help organizations, structure, plan and achieve their...
Research has found there are tangible behaviors and characteristics that differentiate leaders vs. managers.
Performance Management is a critical component of driving effective and robust talent pipelines and research has shown a consistent pattern of leading practices.
When asked where they believe CEO’s should be spending the majority of their time, Boards of Directors of Fortune 500 companies more likely than not will site “growing talent.” In fact, many have indicated well over 50% of a CE0’s time...
The ”technical” process and “people behavior” partnership As the “Agile Culture” revolution has evolved, not surprisingly, there has been an intersection between where the “technical process” factors meet the...
Agile Human Resources As we conclude the first series of blogs around “Agility” and people-focused “best practices,” here are some thoughts on what it means to have an “Agile HR support team.” For years, HR has been striving for that...
A company’s commitment to adopt an “Agile” work philosophy and method is the name of the game right now and will be a differentiator for success.
A case for mentorship in leadership development Developing and sustaining a continuous pipeline of leaders is a challenge for most companies under normal circumstances but is now an even greater need to develop and deploy solutions in the...
Common pitfalls we see healthcare leaders make in reaction to the changes taking place in nursing.
Read how an Endeavor Management team of highly experienced oil & gas professionals quickly provided critical information to an operator to enable high-value decisions on options to purchase...
The alignment of Brand, Operations, and Culture is key to delivering the ideal experience. We have the creative firepower to take you all the way – from understanding what moments will...
It’s never been a winning strategy but tolerating even a modicum of this mentality, today, can undermine near-term performance and jeopardize long-term success. The oil and gas industry has...
What are the issues that keep executives up at night regarding the teams within their organizations? How do you multiply the power of teams? This presentation answers these questions and more.
What's in a program management model? Why is program management so different than project management? This information sheet provides a program management model.
What's a PMO or program management office? What's the difference between a project and a program? How do you set up a Program Management Office? These discussions are covered in this presentation.
There seem to be several different kinds of implementation approaches that that have been used by companies over the last 10 years. Results of these approaches have been decidedly mixed… from...
What's required for an Organizational Transformation? This information sheet provides some quick answers.
Getting the organization aligned about large scale transformational strategy requires strong communciations tools. This Blueprint sample was created in sample form to demonstrate one of the ways...
Transformational Strategy focuses on large, cross-functional processes and entire business systems.
The vast majority of success in organizations today is accomplished through teams. This webinar showcases Endeavor's view.
Whether part of an organizational perk or an effort you undertake on your own, what should you expect from a coaching engagement?
Executive coaching has previously been seen as a “perk” reserved for the highest levels of leaders within an organization. With the demands of the business world and the substantiated...
Integration within the Organization encourages your organization to be a fully-interconnected unit. Learn to bring everything together using Journey Management to move toward organizational success.
Are we making Progress? Using the Baldrige questionnaire ( Baldrige Website ) and survey results can provide volumes of information about how well your organization is progressing in its journey toward success. The following graphs were derived...
Integration within the Organization provides huge benefits when you can see the whole organization on a single page. Learn how to use the Key Themes Tool to view integration of the whole.
Integration within the Organization allows you to judge your organization and build strength. Scoring Guidelines can be used to refine processes, make the most of measures, and strive for excellence.
Purpose, begins with the End in Mind How do you define Success? We know organizational success is based on many variables. Why are some organizations more successful than others? The answer is simple. Defining the organization’s...
The trend of oil price forecasts has changed from years past and if you are not changing your business focus accordingly, you may be missing out on significant value. Historically, multi-year oil...
Barbara Stewart with Endeavor Management interviews Fernando Gutierrez , Chief Executive Officer of Tachyus , who share s his insight s on leading cultural change at Tachyus . from...
What differentiates a great strategy from a mediocre strategy? Excellent implementation! Strategic change requires a totally aligned organization to gain an excellent strategic outcome. Strategic...
Today, we hear quite a bit about the energy transition and see many global companies resetting their business strategies to incorporate the impending move from oil and gas toward renewable forms of...
New joint marketing company merges science and creative marketing to drive quantifiable results H OUSTON, Texas, March 1, 2021 – Endeavor Management announced today the completion of their...
As we work with CEOs and Boards of Directors at many different companies, we are starting to see some changes in what Boards demand from their CEOs. Some of the things we see are pretty standard...
Barbara Stewart interviews Maria Claudia Borras, Baker Hughes, about their response to the involuntary transformation posed by COVID.
World class organizations constantly search for ways to demonstrate the value of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in achieving business objectives. In this webinar you learn how to leverage...
Are you ready for the next phase of Offshore Oil & Gas? Bruce Crager shares his views on preparing for the future of offshore oil and gas.
How do winning organizations grow oilfield product revenue? They are becoming more productive with fewer people to sustain revenue growth. In this presentation we highlight how our e4 transformation strategy is used in product...
Struggling how to lead through this involuntary transformation? Barbara Stewart and Greg Pool, PhD, introduce Strategic Organizational Renewal (SOar) PlayBook as part of our e4 Transformation model.
Who supports you? What to consider when hiring a coach,
There are many businesses that have just tried to keep their head above water for the past few months with their supply chain plan. Now is the time to get back in the game and reignite the growth...
Our panel of experts discuss the implications of return to work for healthcare employees. Included in their discussion are the implications of grief, how to measure change fatigue, and how to...
How are Mid-level Leaders Part of Your Business Transformation? In this time of business transformation, engagement of Mid-level leaders by the executive team is crucial. Mid-level Leaders...
In this presentation, we review the key concepts and how change fatigue results can be used by leaders to advance your next initiative.
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The power of purpose is more evident now than ever. Create a compelling purpose that gets employees eager to come to work.
Trust. The underpinning of anything great. Crucial in good times and critical in challenging times, trust is the balm that reduces friction and allows for high performance…even in challenging...
During crisis communications, many businesses are unsure how to best communicate with customers, and what they should say. Here are our top recommendations for how to successfully engage your...
Now that several weeks have passed, it would be interesting to hear what good practices have emerged. From my discussions with colleagues and experience working virtually for the last 5 years...
So, we recommend that you and your colleagues take a few minutes each day to reflect on what you are observing and learning – about how you do what do and how your audiences are doing what they...
While originally born from work on the death of a loved one, what we have learned is this same cycle of emotions applies for any loss or change. Whether death, the loss of a job, the furloughing of...
When it comes to organizing communications quickly across a number of groups, there's a useful process called stakeholder analysis. Stakeholder analysis is used to identify all audiences...
Our process and key tools to start your transformation - Envisioning Your Future - how to translate the vision into employee communications
The Art of Influence shares tools to address key challenges in the ability to motivate and inspire others to action.
The change in downstream market conditions is an opportunity for the downstream sector to move even further toward operational efficiency and effectiveness by capitalizing on ways to optimize key...
Struggling with increasingly demanding operators? Losing market share due to a lackluster customer experience? Endeavor Management has a deep toolkit and expertise to support oilfield product and service companies redesign and operationalize...
Are you struggling with your organizational identity? Either starting or trying to refresh who you are and your organizational value? Here are 6 Keys For Standing-Up/ Re-Positioning a Shared...
Ensure your success by arming your leaders with proven fundamentals for transformational change leadership
Our Transformation360 dashboard captures VOC, VOE, monitors KPIs for intervention recovery, and demonstrates transformation program effectiveness.
January 31, 2019: Representatives from Endeavor Management and Accelus Partners LLC announce today that they are merging to better serve executives and entrepreneurs. Through the merger, the...
You can improve the effectiveness of your data analytics investments. Here’s a good way to start. This webinar provides an overview of strategic decision analysis.
Managing a trusted brand in the oil & gas industry requires a variety of tools for understanding and successful implementation. This document outlines various Endeavor Management capabilities...
Read a case study about developing and aligning behind a plan for late life development. Learn key takeaways related to having a well-defined process, skilled facilitator, and thorough decision...
A Framing Workshop can be of value at the beginning of a major project like a new business strategy, a major investment decision, a strategic transformation, or the implementation of a major change.
Operational Excellence continues to gain popularity. A recent worldwide survey by the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit found that over half of respondents believe...
The average NFL team is run by 2-3 front-office personnel and about 15 coaches. That’s about 18 individuals charged with ensuring they win. Yet not one of them has the specific title of ensuring they don’t lose. They do not have a Coach of...
Fundamentals of OE #10: Staying Focused on the big picture Summary: Don’t lose sight of the objective of your OE efforts Many OE programs get launched and, years later, after hundreds of changes, little has really improved At the end of the day,...
Fundamentals of OE #9: Getting the Culture Right Summary Culture can be one of the greatest competitive advantages for any company, helping it stay ahead even if product, process or talent-based advantages diminish Operationally Excellent...
Fundamentals of OE #8: Establish Governance that Improves Decisions Summary: Governance is a critical aspect of a functioning, continuously improving organization Many companies take a one-size-fits-all approach to governance, which over-burdens...
Summary: Ownership and accountability are critical to operational excellence, primarily to your ability to continuously improve A lack of accountability can set you into a spiral of continuous change, create redundant controls, add cost to your...
Summary: Technology can help achieve operational excellence, but it isn’t dependent on advanced your technology is Operational Excellence requires a holistic approach to technology where the objective is adapting to tech rather than simply...
Summary: Management Systems naturally grow more complex over time A key objective of a management system is to simplify how the organization works together, which means the system itself must be simple Keep in mind what the system is intended for,...
Fundamentals of OE #4: Use a Process-Based Framework for Key Decisions Summary Your system should be made up of a set of processes necessary to manage the risks within scope A process-based system has less built-in complexity, can have embedded...
Fundamentals of OE #3: Design your OE Program to Work for You Summary A common approach is to adopt a system from a leading company as the basis for your company’s system The problem is that the things you cannot see are what make a Management...
“The right decision is the wrong decision if it’s made too late”. Lee Iacocca Summary The pace of change in every industry requires rapid and constant strategy adjustments, so consistent execution requires agility Traditional methods...
Summary There is a big difference between Unified Systems like an EHS system, and an Integrated System like an OEMS Unified Systems tend to work independently from standard business processes, and thus pull the organization in different directions...
Without a clear idea of where you’re headed, how can you know how to get there? Most executives will agree that Operational Excellence is good. Many will argue that it’s a crucial factor for success. But what is it? Despite the...
Fundamentals of Operational Excellence The 10 Things to Get Right if You Want to Beat the Odds Operational Excellence continues to gain popularity. A recent worldwide survey by the...
“What is your risk profile and how are you reducing that risk over time? This white paper explores the complexity and critical success factors in developing an Enterprise Risk Management Program.
Data is Key to Asset Life Cycle ROI Asset management and engineering and construction are distinctly lacking the single-point entry of data that disseminates to all project planning and delivery applications, but more importantly meets the needs...
How do you increase the probability of M&A success? Learn the pitfalls of due diligence and how to avoid them. Endeavor Management’s due diligence analytical process is reviewed in this...
Endeavor Management’s Integrated Management System Diagnostic is shared along with our approach and examples of output.
Successful mergers and acquisitions have many things in common – strategic alignment, operational effectiveness, a winning marketing strategy and cultural assimilation. Endeavor...
Organization Don't Perform Work, People Do “The strength of the pack is the wolf. The strength of the wolf is the pack.” – Rudyard Kipling, Law of the Jungle Silo Busting On capital projects...
: A Way to Reduce Costs, Improve Performance, and Embrace the Future Keeping oil and gas projects profitable when oil prices drop has been a key challenge for the past several years, though not the...
Developing a Life Extension Plan The benefits and challenges of safely and effectively extending the operating life of an asset is well described in Part 1 of this discussion on life extension...
The importance of effective information management in oil & gas cannot be overstated. As companies strive to improve the quality and accessibility of their information to drive better business...
Safely & Effectively Getting the Most Out of Facilities WHAT IS LIFE EXTENSION? At its core, a life extension (LE) plan is a management system that provides assurance to the duty holder,...
LSS vs OE: Same Tools, Different Names? There seems to be a lot of noise and general misconceptions about Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Operational Excellence (OE). Are they different terms for the same thing? Are they just different approaches to the...
Lean Six Sigma and Operational Excellence - Are they different terms for the same thing? If so, which one is right for me?
Given that strong, quality capital project leaders are a key determinant of successful capital project outcomes, and leadership is one of the more frequently cited risks to achieve these, the...
People Are The Most Important Asset Part 3 - Walking the Talk I have spent my entire career working in the upstream oilfield environment and have found people to be a critical success factor in...
People Are The Most Important Asset Part 2 - Employee Expectations I have spent my entire career working in the upstream oilfield environment and have found people to be a critical success factor...
People Are The Most Important Asset Part 1 It is common to hear companies talk about how people are the most important asset. It is just as common to hear workers talk about being frustrated in...
Not all management systems are created equal. We explore different versions and why customizing your management system based on your strategy, culture and values is critical.
A review of our approach to ensuring your success to achieve operational excellence.
For any investment an organization makes, leaders want to see a return. Yet even as marketing and technology evolve and become more robust and sophisticated, many marketing leaders still struggle...
Capital project owners and supporting EPC contractors and software / service providers are coalescing on construction driven engineering as a means to dramatically reduce the cost of capital...
The cost-influence curve holds fast. Early, effective assurance and identification of key decisions can mitigate cost and schedule overruns. Once in detail engineering and construction, it is...
The O&G industry is at an inflection point in capital project effectiveness. Whether you are an operating asset owner or an EPC, your company is confronted with reinventing the core of its capital...
What do you do when you have a “must do” capital project, but you are in a resource constrained environment where you cannot get the necessary resources for the project? Learn about how to use...
You probably face a lot of tough decisions running your business unit or functional area. And you are good at it. But what happens when you encounter a big, strategic decision outside your normal...
In this Red Zone Game Plan chapter we will discuss one of the most difficult and least understood of the Red Zone maneuvers. While there is a great deal of talk about changing an organization’s...
In any business, people make the difference. And people make the difference when they operate as a team, but only if they operate as a high-performing team. One of the most elusive outcomes is that...
Many approaches are being taken to reduce the cost of capital developments; some are being put on an accelerated path to drive short term fixes such as price concessions, headcount reduction,...
When doing EPC work for some large and very sophisticated clients, vendors frequently encounter what seem to be complex report cards with a variety of performance dimensions. Some grading items...
Increasingly more oil industry organizations are becoming aware that some form of Change Management should be used as an integral part of implementing their newest digital oilfield of the future...
Information technology is a critical driver of strategic transformations as well as organizational performance. Information technology provides the connection to the customer. The information about the customer, the behaviors, the experience and...
To fulfill their responsibilities in this ever‐changing environment, 21st century boards realize they must abandon inadequate 20th century practices. Twenty‐first century boards have some...
Information Technology is a critical driver of strategic transformations as well as organizational performance. Information Technology provides the connection to the customer. The information about...
Most companies engaged in design and construction projects utilize a more or less conventional project management methodology of some sort. On the other hand, companies contemplating the...
This Assessment is designed to cause a dialog within an organization that is selecting or implementing a “big technology system.” Implementing any big system has proven to be a risky...
Organizations can gain value in their efforts to improve change competence by having senior managers individually assess what the organization does well and not so well, followed by a management...
It has been said that running a business is easy; all you have to do is buy some stuff, sell some stuff...and that's all there is to it...except a few million details. It may also be said that...
It may seem difficult to get past the proverbial box that looms large in strategic processes. The dozen approaches that have been applied to strategic thinking sessions have de facto become their...
The best success in defining Change Management comes not from experts at podiums pointing at esoteric charts but by using this silly, some even say stupid, example to which most people can relate.
Significant change is very difficult to implement into the day-to-day operation of a complex organization. Endeavor Management has developed a run the business / change the business model for...
Most enterprises want to improve and grow. They commit resources - people and money - to make it happen. Often, though, the decisions about how to deploy those resources are ad hoc and made...
Companies often find themselves in difficult positions when it comes to developing a strategic growth plan. This is because strategic requires trade-offs. While the desire to executive a...
Many companies, at best, think about project management only casually when each new project comes along. This thinking needs to change because it can have enormous impact on the bottom line. This...
Without some steering or managing mechanism to ensure that personnel energies are directed to the right ends, an organization cannot be sure of the results that will be delivered over any period of...
A fundamental tenet of effective program, project and/or change management initiatives is the need to make sure everyone involved knows what is going on, why it is going on, how it affects them as...
While there is a great deal of talk about changing an organization’s culture, there seems to be very little agreement on how to do it. Suffice it to say that many managers talk about the...
We introduce a creative approach to the interpretation of Birkman Method® reports and then introduce a comprehensive method of Birkman analysis designed for those few, especially difficult,...
Absence of a strategic marketing plan does not equate to failure, but practically guarantees problems, missteps and duplicate work. Our Growth PlayBook framework was developed based on best...
While the benefits of strategic change are potentially large, the implementation of such changes continues to be a risky proposition, potentially causing hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Framing is a critical piece in ensuring the right segments and needs are being satisfied. This white paper explores Endeavor Management's technique to identify and organize teams to understand risk...
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