ON-Brand Partners works with a diverse range of clients across the globe helping them build the culture they need to thrive in a world of change. The 'WHY' of having the right culture is well documented - we can help you with the all-important HOW.

Cultural transformation is a process of social change which happens over time. It is a complex challenge that typically requires organisations to incrementally build new capability to augment what’s already working. Our approach to culture change is therefore founded on two key tenets:

Transformation happens in the conversation.

Senior leaders need to pursue new ways of working to ensure the future of their organisation. The need to build the right culture has never been more critical. Business models, structures, technology and processes are important, but even more critical to success are the right mindsets and behaviours of your people. Without them, your strategy can quickly grind to a halt.

Leaders need new conversational tools to equip them to lead through complex change so that change leadership becomes an integrated part of their day job, and the standard which others will follow.

Change needs to be created from within the business, for the business.

New behaviours can’t be imposed from outside. There needs to be ‘pull’ from within the business, a desire for everyone to do things differently because they believe it will help them do better.

To achieve sustained change, organisations need to develop a cadre of credible influencers within the business. Their role: to drive the cultural agenda, create a movement, and do it in the context of daily operations. They facilitate conversations, they are a link between senior leaders and the front line, and they support managers on their development journey. We call these Frontrunners, and they are the engine room which drives sustainable transformation over time.

Challenges we can help with.

Where ON-Brand stands apart is our ability to not just talk about the importance of people and culture, but most importantly, showing you HOW to create the right culture.

With the ON-Brand integrated Platform for Change, we provide the guidance, knowledge, frameworks, and resources you need to build a future-ready organisation.

Ours is a practical, doable and action-oriented approach that is proven to improve business performance and productivity.

Common challenges we work with clients on include:
  • Building a compelling customer-centric vision and experience that sits at the core of everything you do
  • Refocusing and lifting leadership capability to tackle new and ambiguous challenges
  • Aligning and engaging your people around your vision and strategy so they work together better on the things that matter most
  • Increasing collaboration to break down silos and make better use of what you already have
  • Embedding innovation by turning insight into ideas and ideas into action!
  • Creating an agile, change ready, culture that supports organisation-wide transformation, and embraces digital technologies and the opportunities that come with them.

An integrated Platform for Change.

In many ways culture is like a finely tuned machine. There are many components that require adjusting, some more than others, and often there is no one component alone that will make the machine go faster. Some or all of the parts must be adjusted to work in unison.

This is why the ON-Brand Platform for Change works because it encompasses all the critical components that influence culture. And at its core is our unique and powerful Conversation process and Frontrunner programme.

By shaping the right conversations, people’s mindsets begin to change and new behaviours emerge to support and drive your strategy forward.


“Change the conversation, change the organisation!”

What we do.

At ON-Brand Partners, our promise is ‘Exciting Companies’. It’s what we strive for, it’s who we work with, it’s how we get results.

With this in mind, we create custom solutions to meet the unique requirements of each client.  We take into account your particular starting point and the issues and opportunities faced, to ensure the focus is tailored to the areas of greatest need. Each solution could include any of the following components of our Platform for Change, all brought together in our distinctive ON-Brand way.
Executive engagement
Alignment, commitment and role clarity
 Conversation themes
Regular structured conversations on what matters most
Enterprise leadership
Capability building for a brave new world
Frontrunners
Internally led. Championing, leading, coaching and guiding
Implementation blueprint
Visible roadmap, clear milestones and checkpoints
Design workshops
Co-create  programmes for internal ownership
Events and workshops
Create connection, understanding and engagement
Sense-making
Where are we now, what’s important, what's required
Online community
Collaboration and ongoing sharing of knowledge and insight
Analytics
What’s working, what needs to change, clarity on ROI
Communications
Dialogue not download for buy-in, integrate into business-as-usual
Tools and resources
Practical tools and resources for peer-led learning
All the components are wrapped up in what our clients frequently describe as a little bit of “ON-Brand magic” – a positive reflection of our unique and engaging blend of people, product and process.


“It's the way OBP brings it all together that gets people on-board and excited for the future.”

TakeON!

For those clients looking for an easy, configurable, ‘plug and play’ solution, our TakeON! programme may be the answer. If you have strong internal capability but need the resources and framework to strengthen leadership and team conversations, TakeON! is a popular choice. More...