Summary Keywords

journey, people, organisations, airbus, assessments, role, excellence, RAF, behaviours, BHP, leaders, transformation, business, insights, aircraft, teams, grew, capability, Shingo

Introduction

Welcome to Episode 91 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is such a pleasure to have Mr Kim Gallant on the show with us today. Kim in his career has worked on some of the most advanced jet fighter aircraft we have seen. Most impressively he has played a key role in two major excellence transformations within two of our largest organisations globally. I am so looking forward to the conversation with Kim today as he has played a part in achieving something not many people do. Practically helping two large organisations transform and sustain an excellence journey. Let’s get into the episode.

We are proudly sponsored by S A Partners, a world-leading business transformation consultancy.

Quotes

08:19min I think I'd just joined Airbus, and we pretty much doubled in size in the first 12 months. And when organisations go through that growth, you've then got to consider not just the product and services that you're delivering, but the capabilities of the organisation itself.

14:41min So you know, it was the simple tools at the start, like visual management and problem-solving. And then add to that a coaching framework and depending on the outcome that you're chasing with your transformation, you just add the systems and tools that you need to produce those outcomes, particularly in terms of the behaviour required to sustain performance.

Key Takeaways

Firstly Kim's approach to getting senior stakeholder/leadership engagement from the start of the program. This senior leadership buy-in and ownership creates a leadership shadow throughout the organisation that helps transform the new approaches into the culture. 

The second key takeaway for me was the structured assessment approach Kim and the team takes to measuring, adapting and improving the journey. This is not a top-down dominant approach but rather a collaborative improvement focused approach to helping all teams understand where they are at on the journey, prioritise and improve. 

Links

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Kim's Details: 

LI: linkedin.com/in/kim-gallant-03036a64

E: [email protected]

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