A step change is a significant improvement in performance in a short period of time

Step changes in Safety Performance

“There is an important distinction between safety management and safety leadership. Leadership and culture change are essential if we are to eliminate fatal accidents” – Rita Donaghy, Report, DWP, July 2009

alkoomi argue that any level of injury in the workplace is unacceptable and we work with clients to take on the elimination of all worker injury in their organisations. There is increasing frustration at the number of people still getting hurt despite the greater commitment, effort and expense in safety. We can see that companies are doing great things when it comes to safety and care and concern for their people. What alkoomi bring is a way of pulling this together and delivering outstanding safety results through the development of extraordinary leadership, adding a renewed and sustainable rigour to their existing programmes.

alkoomi continuously review and develop its materials offered to clients.  We are delighted to announce that the alkoomi Workforce Engagement Workshop and associated Train the Trainer materials have both gained the prestigious RoSPA approval. To be able to deliver these workshops under the sought after ‘Approved by RoSPA’ banner is not just confirmation of alkoomi’s material being independently deemed to embody best practice, it also symbolises what we at alkoomi and our clients in safety leadership are committed to achieving. alkoomi are pleased to launch its Workforce Engagement Train the Trainer materials in numerous additional languages.

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Step changes in Organisational Leadership

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it" – Dwight D. Eisenhower

alkoomi assert that for extraordinary breakthrough results, leadership is required – management alone will not deliver. Many people look back on success and in hindsight say, “that was great leadership”. In our experience few people in authority in any organisation are able to describe leadership as distinct from management and often have the two collapsed in their thinking. At alkoomi we help our clients develop leadership attributes so as to create great breakthrough results for the organisation.

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External Links Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) The Lighthouse Club Considerate Constructors alkoomi are privileged to have worked with Team Stadium, under the leadership and management of Sir Robert McAlpine, and congratulate them and all of the workforce in completing the stadium with an exemplary safety record, setting a true legacy for the UK construction industry.

Step changes in Project Performance

“..managers in any organisation will spend a lot of time drilling into two basic questions:
How are we going to do it?
Why are we going to do it?
But the questions are usually asked in the wrong order. It is impossible to decide how to do something effectively unless you can get to the heart of why you’re doing it. It is the most important question to ask any individual or team before they start project planning.” – Lord Sebastian Coe, The Winning Mind, 2009

alkoomi work with project organisations and stakeholders to help them deliver breakthrough outcomes for their projects whether they are results in schedule, cost, quality or safety, or all together. We support our clients in developing teams where people work in powerful, coordinated action in such a way that the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts.

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Step changes in Winning Business (coaching to win)

“Those contracts worth winning are won long before the bid goes in. They are won on the back of great relationships built with their prospective clients”, – anon

alkoomi work with organisations to develop their business strategy and portfolio of business to win in support of the extraordinary future they are committed to creating for their organisation. We support them at each step of the way from identifying the opportunity to closing the deal. In bid situations, we work very closely with bid teams from PQQ through to bid submittal and coaching for final presentation.

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Step changes in Cultural Understanding

We all talk about culture; few are able to articulate what culture is or indeed how to measure it. Organisations are shaped and characterised by many factors; their people, business processes, the environment, management approach, organisational history along with many other complex influences. All of these factors will determine where cultural gravity bears.

alkoomi have a unique and powerful approach to defining and understanding organisational culture in areas that directly influence the chosen business objectives. alkoomi bring visibility and clarity to this often undervalued area, helping organisations address cultural misalignment and aiding the journey to achieving extraordinary results.

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We address Cultural Assessment in more detail within the C.A.T section.