The brief

To improve the quality of the relationships between Kable’s five board members in order to break down barriers and to make critical business decisions. This would ultimately help the company move forward to increase profit and achieve its desired culture.

“If the quality of relationships between board members is not fully open and trust goes down, this has a knock-on effect on their ability to make good decisions. My role was to create a safe space for real conversations to occur and facilitate them happening”.

David Bamber
Gestalt trained Consultant and Symbolic Modelling expert

The solution

Wizard David Bamber (Gestalt trained Consultant and Symbolic Modelling expert) interviewed each board member to understand how they perceived the current situation, inter-personal issues at board level and possible reasons for this.

The board members decided to give 100% buy-in to a two-day workshop to get them to work better as a team and deal with the issues.

It was an intense and very emotional experience. Each member unpacked their baggage, assumptions and preconceptions and brought up things previously left unsaid. The result was a releasing of long-held emotions and feelings - catharsis.

The result

“The process created a catalyst for change, bringing into sharp focus things people intrinsically know, but haven’t thought or voiced.

The outcome was a clear sense of our vision of what we wanted to do with the company. It changed the culture of the board and improved quality of communication. It has also made board meetings more productive.”

Mark Hudson
Managing Director
Kable

Moving forwards

Following the two-day workshop, David offered coaching to support individual board members as they embarked on the change journey. He also worked with the new chairperson to help ensure board meetings were more productive.

“One-to-one coaching helped develop my personal skills as a manager, focusing on communication. It was the first time I’d had one-to-one coaching. It was great, very real.”

Mark Hudson
MD
Kable

“The group made a united decision about what to do and how to do it. It’s not going to be an easy road but there is a much more united force now that the dynamics have changed. The solution reached is not easy and I thought they were very brave to address the real issues.”

David Bamber
Gestalt trained Consultant and Symbolic Modelling expert

Gestalt

Gestalt is a German word, which essentially means whole or complete. Gestalt Consulting focuses more on process (what is happening) than content (what is being discussed). The goal is for clients to become more aware of what they are doing, how they are doing it and to make choices about what they might change.

How could Gestalt and Symbolic Modelling work for your business?

David Bamber transforms the way people co-operate and perform at work. He helps develop teams and individuals to reach their full potential and facilitates business change. Recently he helped a multinational organisation move from a functional structure to a supply chain organisation, reducing the cycle time from 140 to 28 days, saving them over £7million.