Organisations face myriad challenges to remain competitive. Key among current challenges are an acute shortage of executive talent, the increasing mobility of that talent, a declining confidence in leadership, cost management driving behaviour, and a tendency to short-termism when the pressure is on.

Research consistently reveals those employers which outperform their competition to share common characteristics.

In their actions, the best employers:

·         Identify what engages people and aligns them to strategy

·         Harness their workforce’s power and passion

·         Focus on differentiating their organisation's culture

·         Provide clarity and direction through effective communication

·         Offer challenge and growth in day-to-day work

·         Increase the communication bandwidth between executive management and employees

·         Accelerate the development of best talent

·         Focus on a few lead practices to deliver a compelling employment experience

·         Demonstrate a clear focus and share this relentlessly

·         Relentlessly communicate the business’s strategy

·         Consider autonomy, challenge, experimentation to be mandatory

In building organisational culture, the best employers:

Focus relentlessly on performance, feedback and results

Provide a structured approach to performance management and remuneration

Work to ensure that people are connected to strategy

Believe that fundamental positive belief systems are the key in building a pervasive culture

Ensure their leaders lead people not balance sheets

Pluri Consultants works with organisations to understand their prevailing cultures and the people-management practices that can develop them.