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Driving performance through purpose.

Leadership development is our passion, so our greatest satisfaction comes from seeing our clients achieve organisational transformation by unlocking the power of purpose-driven leadership. Here are just a few of the ways we have helped clients align their strategy, purpose and people to deliver improved performance.

Case Study / Virgin Media

Self-Managing Leadership® at the heart of Virgin Media’s spike in employee engagement.

Since implementation of 'Leading With Purpose' Virgin Media has recorded incredible scores in levels of motivation and engagement. In 2020, Virgin Media boasts a 31% eNPS score, up 17% from 2019. Companywide engagement score sits at 87%, an 8% increase from 2019.

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Case Study / Telefonica

How the SML® programme inspired Telefonica’s own corporate university.

To meet the company’s objectives, we customised core Oxford Leadership programmes—Self-Managing Leadership, Leading High-Performing Teams, and Strategic Focusing—for Telefónica’s Corporate University to deliver these Programmes on a global scale.

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Case Study / NXP

Mergers & acquisitions: deploying Culture Transformation and Change Management processes.

We helped NXP and Freescale Semiconductor Inc. unite and align the two organisations around a common purpose, values and vision in order to create a sustainable, high performance culture.

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Case Study / Metro

SML® enabling Collaborative Leadership by changing the firm’s DNA

Oxford Leadership collaborated with METRO to develop a culture changing two-step initiative called “Leadership for Growth” using the Oxford Leadership methodologies of Self-Managing Leadership, Capabilities for Change, and Strategic Focusing.

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Case Study / Telia Company

The SML® Programme is providing the ‘quiet’ foundations for Telia’s purpose-driven transition.

Since the Oxford Leadership partnership people feel more proud to work for Telia. Those that do the SML Programme are thankful to Telia for investing in them as a person – they feel looked after in their personal and private lives as well as in the way they perform professionally.

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Case Study / AkzoNobel

Transforming an organisation through a proven leadership model.

The Ignite the Spirit initiative through the SML journey was only the first part of the organisational transformation. 23,000 employees experienced this leadership journey, and the company is moving towards full implementation of its new mission to ‘add colour to people’s lives.’

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Case Study / Everis

Aligning people to embody Everis’s company values.

everis identified key insights from its experience with Oxford Leadership: Critical mass adds value, accelerates change, provides synergies, and helps to create a common language across the company – Relevance and importance of top management involvement.

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Case Study / Roxtec

Roxtec’s passion for leadership: aligning culture & strategy for growth.

Between the 2011-2012 fiscal year, when the OL leadership programme began, and the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year, Roxtec experienced a hugely impressive 33% growth, with 2013-14 demonstrating the greatest annual growth margin in the firm’s history.

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Case Study / Crowe Horwath

Oxford Leadership‘s ‘International Big-L leadership’ programme.

Oxford Leadership created a customised “International BIG-L Leadership” programme for senior and high-potential partners from across the firm’s international network.

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Case Study / White & Case LLC

Oxford Leadership‘s Leading High-Performance Teams & Individuals programme.

The White & Case collaboration with Oxford Leadership led to improved team performance, leading to “wins” with clients, learnt methods for relationship building among partners in different groups and across offices and more.

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Case Study / SEB

Developing people-oriented leaders who embrace a fast-changing environment.

By embedding the change, SEB now has a different mind set. The decision to invest in their leaders proved worthwhile, as so many participants are grateful, regularly reporting that: “It is one of the best programmes they have attended”.

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