P.A.C.T

OVERVIEW

The Performance, Accountability, Culture Change & Training (PACT) initiative can be implemented as a whole (recommended) or in part as organizations work to bake in resilience and future-readiness in their operations.

Why PACT?

• 17% of executives said that over 60 percent of their workforce requires substantial reskilling for new roles today. [Accenture Consulting]
• 43% of executives said that over 60 percent of their workforce will require substantial reskilling for new roles over the next three years. [Accenture Consulting]
• 61% of workers would be willing to have technology collect data about them and their work in exchange for more customized learning and development opportunities. [Accenture Consulting]
• Companies should reinvent themselves to deliver more personalized employee learning experiences based on roles, job profiles and competency-based assessments. [Accenture Consulting]
• The Readiness Gap: 74% of organizations say reskilling the workforce is important or very important for their success over the next 12–18 months, but only 10 % say they are very ready to address this trend. [Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends]
• 73% of Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends survey respondents identified organizations as the entity in society primarily responsible for workforce development—outranking the responsibility of workers themselves, and far exceeding the deemed responsibility of educational institutions, governments, or professional associations and unions. [Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends]
• A system that invests not just in workers’ near-term skill needs but also in workers’ long-term resilience can help build long-term organizational resilience in a world where the only constant is change. [Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends]
• What is needed is a worker development approach that considers both the dynamic nature of jobs and the equally dynamic potential of people to reinvent themselves. To do this effectively, organizations should focus on building workers’ resilience for both the short and the long term—a focus that can allow organizations to increase their own resilience in the face of constant change. [Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends]
• Today, the qualities that workers—and organizations—need to survive and thrive are very different from those they needed in the past. One reason for this is that economies are shifting from an age of production to an age of imagination. In the past, business success relied mainly on deploying precisely calibrated skills to efficiently construct products or deliver services at scale. Today, success increasingly depends on innovation, entrepreneurship, and other forms of creativity that rely not just on skills, but also on less quantifiable capabilities such as critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and collaboration. [Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends]

PACT recognizes key imperatives:

1. The demand for increased effectiveness and responsiveness to stakeholder needs.
2. The urgent need to keep pace with change and the rapidly evolving digital environment.
3. The recognition that addressing items 1 and 2 requires a thorough-going, consistent and across-the-board upskilling and worker resilience development program.

PACT stands on 4 main pillars.

e-Competency Framework 2.0 (ECF2.0) And the Fit-For-Purpose Workforce

ECF2.0 is the answer to modern Workforce Planning. In a nutshell, it lays out in dynamic terms pathways to performance excellence.
ECF 2.0 tweaks traditional competency frameworks but incorporating non-traditional capabilities like social and emotional intelligence, innovation and creativity, critical thinking, digital-readiness, collaborating remotely and working in an intergenerational environment.

THE WHY

ECF2.0 cascades values and tenets through the organization in such a way that they are communicated at all levels in terms of not only what is done but critically, why it is done and how it is to be done.
ECF2.0 defines the knowledge, skills, personality, attitude, values and norms that are required at each level for each role.

THE WHO

ECF2.0 informs the recruitment & selection of staff to achieve right person, in right role under right style of leadership. It matches existing competences against what is desired (Gap Analysis) and pivots Learning & Development to fill gaps.
ECF2.0 lays out transparent career pathways and supports succession planning. Above all, it provides a pervasive reminder of “who we are” and what behaviours and actions are aligned to that common understanding.

THE HOW

ECF2.0 is a boon to Performance Management and Appraisal. The descriptors/identifiers are linked to each level in respect of each competence and spells out in clear, easy to follow language how things are to be done.
ECF2.0 outlines observable behaviours which facilitates daily performance management and productivity enhancement. Contentious performance appraisals will be significantly reduced.
ECF 2.0 is manifested in an e-Work Plan that monitors actual deliverables against planned activities on a weekly basis. This adds an electronic tracking dimension to Performance Management.

The 90-Day High Performance Team Boost Anchors the Work Place Development Program

Team performance is a key determinant of the success of the organization. Consequently, the PACT initiative incorporates a robust Team Boost 90-day sprint.

The program is underpinned by a forensic behavioural diagnosis of your teams. You will get at a very granular level a deeper understanding of every member of your team. You will fully appreciate their unique capacities and what allows them to function effectively.

Here is a peek at an extract from one of the reports from Extended DISC on the revolutionary FinxS Platform.

• Our diagnostics will pinpoint what brings out the best in each individual and how to engage and retain them.
• Critically, team members get a deeper understanding of themselves while they learn how to be themselves in your interconnected community.
• “How do I succeed from my preferred behavioural style?” is frequently asked question.
• The diagnostics invariably produce “That is why!” and “Now I understand” and members unravel the mysteries of team dynamics.
• Watch as they unlock new approaches to giving and receiving information, instructions and feedback!
• The diagnostics underpin the process of learning the language of behaviours – DISCerning Communication!

An Environment In Which Everyone Thrives

 

One key to this 90-Day High Performance Boost is the emphasis on getting to the core of what makes each individual thrive and what are the things that detract from their performance and engagement. This in turn provides clarity as to the priorities that must be kept in laser focus in the current environment and in the near term so as to experience the high performance boost in 90 days.

 

 

The DISCerning Model of Communication, Leadership & Conflict Management

 

Team Maps

In our decades of working with teams across industries, the insightful Team Maps have been a powerful resource. Often, we stand back and listen as team members draw “That is why” and “That confirms my thoughts” conclusions from the maps.

The process is guided by the DISCerning Model which applies the proven DISC Theory to develop deeper understanding of self and others. This fosters DISCerning Communication. The DISCerning Leadership component addresses issue like how to effectively give and receive instructions and feedback.

Arrow Map

The trusty Arrow Map speaks volumes about the team!

The back of the arrow identifies the individual’s Natural Style (who they are just before they pull the cover over their heads at night) and the tip of the arrow relates to a perception that they have as to how they will get best results in the current environment. This map tells many compelling stories.

 

4 Quadrant Map

The 4 Quadrant Team Map can be brutal.

It can highlight in graphic terms whether the team as a whole is well suited to function effectively in the current internal and external environments. For example, the team in this map might be challenged to compete effectively in a highly competitive, fast changing environment.