Making Change Happen: Influencing and accelerating impact to drive sustainability
Colt is a global technology business. We worked with their ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) team of seven members. The team needed to influence and impact a workforce of 5,000, balancing the commercial needs of their business alongside important sustainability requirements.
Colt: Leading and accelerating change
These change leaders wanted to accelerate their sustainability impact by:
- Increasing internal advocacy through influencing and persuading others
- Garnering practical support for their purpose-driven projects
The Solution: Understand, identify and recognise
We delivered an action focused workshop to enable the team to:
- Understand how people react to change and how you can influence them
- Identify people who can join their tribe and be at the forefront of mobilising change
- Recognise different approaches you can take to increase their ability to influence and persuade
The Impact: Create a ripple effect to maximise planet impact
This geographically dispersed team had an opportunity to share some common themes in the challenges they face daily, including feelings of frustration and overwhelm.
By working through live project examples, each team member came away with:
- An understanding of how to find the ‘hook’ and talk the language of those they’re trying to influence
- Techniques to persuade others and grow their following
- A set of key priorities and action-focused commitments which progressed in a follow-up session
This session was a demonstration of the ‘ripple effect’ that we aspire to create; when we can help individuals to achieve more, the team impact accelerates and ultimately maximises the positive impact on the planet.