organisational development specialists

WHAT WE DO 

bluegrape’s organisational development specialists and associates can help your business with :

• Business Advice - Strategic Planning
• Organisational Development
• Change and Culture Management
• Business Improvement Project management
• Investors in People
• Human Resource Development
• Performance Management
• Staff Perception Surveys
• Mentoring & Coaching

At bluegrape, we have the expertise and skills to identify and address your key issues relating to the above.  In all cases we will provide relevant, constructive and ‘Plain English’ business advice, verbally or in written format.  We will also help you produce realistic action plans to take your change project(s) forward.

We use a variety of tools to identify the important issues and potential scope of your change project(s). These may include impact assessments, one-to-one interviews, group discussions, focus groups and surveys, analysis and benchmarking of employee statistics. 

BUSINESS ADVICE / STRATEGIC PLANNING

Having a clear corporate vision that is understood by your staff is vital, if everyone is to contribute to your goals.  bluegrape can help you set measurable, clearly defined performance objectives, gaining the input and support of staff in their implementation.

bluegrape will help you better define 

• What your strategy and goals are
• What you are looking to achieve with your business through a change project
• How will you know when you have reached your goal
• What key-stakeholders do you need to satisfy and how
• What problems, barriers or constraints are you likely to face and possible ways to  deal with them. 
• Or simply help you unravel your thoughts towards making a choice and taking  action.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Performance Management is a cyclical process aimed at improving the achievement of business objectives. Receiving regular constructive feedback is vital to ensure continuous improvement and identify training needs.  bluegrape offers a range of solutions to help you develop strategies,  and approaches to: Measure, Appraise, Act,  Implement and Monitor the process.

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPING THE RIGHT CULTURE

Developing the right company culture is crucial to making performance management effective.  A strong, committed and motivated workforce is everything to a business.  Good measures, objectives and a well thought out framework are great, but they can’t work if people don’t there is a significant mismatch between your externally communicated and organisations internal values and beliefs.  In this way, culture is as important - if not more so - as other elements of performance management. 

This is an area in which  bluegrape excels.  We can help you identify and understand your company culture, how it shapes employees’ attitudes and behaviours and its impact on ‘Intrapreneurship’ and  ‘entrepreneurship’, service delivery, business performance as well as  customer satisfaction and ultimately the bottom line.

We are practical in our approach, we look at your issues and help you maximise your opportunities through your most important asset  – your people.

Our aim is to enable you to increase the level of commitment right across your workforce, encourage positive behaviour which will in turn have a positive effect on your customers and stakeholders.

bluegrape can help you:

• Map your current culture
• Undertake Cultural Change Projects -
• Management  Coaching  & Mentoring
• Team Building Events

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Building a committed, motivated and skilled team is vital to helping you achieve your business goals. bluegrape offers a range of services to help you develop your staff and help them reach their maximum potential.  Let our Accredited Shill Brokers

bluegrape‘s Accredited Skills Brokers can help you with:

• Organisational Development Audits
• Job Analysis
• People Management Process Mapping & Review
• People Policy Reviews
• Designing Performance Management approaches
• Learning and Development planning and sourcing

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE 

This nationally recognised standard is flexible enough to be used by organisations of all sizes across all sectors.  It is a tried and tested method of increasing performance and motivation through staff development, communication and training.

bluegrape‘s Accredited IIP Practitioner Advisors can take you through the Investors in People process step by step, through to formal recognition, by providing help with the following:

• IIP Diagnoses  / Gap Analysis
• IIP Project Planning
• IIP Advisory Support
• IIP Assessment Preparation.

STAFF PERCEPTION SURVEYS

Have you ever asked your staff what they really think about working for you?
Do you know if they believe in the products or services you offer?  
Is the perception you hold of your business the same as that of your employees? 

Find out what your employees really think about various aspects of your business with a view to improving your business development strategies. Our staff survey will help you find out how much your staff really understand about your business – contact us now for a no obligation chat.