The Conexus team has a long and successful track record of partnership with some of the largest international and Australian organisations.

Leadership Development- Ausenco

The Challenge:

In March 2008, Ausenco acquired three companies - PSI, Sandwell and Vector. Their challenge was to amalgamate the people from these businesses and ensure leaders continued to work strategically to grow and expand the capacity of the business.

The Solution

Ausenco implemented a range of people and culture strategies to address their challenge. As part of a broader leadership development framework, Conexus worked with Ausenco to develop and implement the EmEx (Emerging Executive) program to develop the global leadership competencies of their emerging executives.

The Process

The EmEx program was based around a series of workshops with modules consistent with the Ausenco competency model. These workshops were delivered over a 12 month period using action learning methodology incorporating group interaction, case studies, internal guest speakers and business simulations. Group Executives supported the program as guest speakers and business mentors and workshops were held in Australia, Peru and California.

Results:

Ausenco has identified a number of real benefits from this program:

First and foremost, the strong retention of senior leaders across the group.
Secondly, the delivery of tangible business outcomes through the program projects. The Group Executive provided the scope of the business projects, all with a business growth focus and with the potential to provide significant growth opportunities for Ausenco.

Development of consistent cultural norms and values, and a common language of culture across the business.
Development of enhanced global leadership capacity and increased collaboration across the business.

Implementation of a series of practical toolkits for eaders.

Development of a global perspective not only for the EmEx participants, but more generally for the business as a whole through the high profile and positive feedback of this program across Ausenco.