Global changes in the way organisations operate and the economic slump that the oil and gas industry is facing, mean that Subsea 7 have had to drastically adapt their ways of working. Key to this is creating a sense of purpose in the work they do so that their people go through change with them.
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New Rules of Engagement – Hay Group 2014
• The Major forces reshaping how organisations will attract,
motivate and retain people:
– The world of work is changing – 6 Mega Trends
• Globalisation
• Environment
• Demographics
• Individualism
• Digitisation
• Technology Convergence
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From Integration to Engagement and beyond…
2004 to 2012
Integration of
people into the
business
2012 to 2015
Engagement of
people with the
business
2015 Onward
Empowerment
of people
within the
business
Focus on culture,
engagement,
leadership,
empowerment and fit
Bersin by Deloitte
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The challenge for Subsea 7 – No 1
Market
•Saudi and USA – A race to
the bottom?
Oil Price
•Collapsing…
Capex
•Jobs are being cancelled or
moving to the right
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The Challenge For Subsea 7 – No 2
The results suggest a lack of connection between
employees and the strategy / senior management
team (Connect People with the Strategy)
People aren’t receiving feedback on their
performance, there is a need for more coaching
to align behaviours with the strategy (Create a
feedback culture)
There is scope for more collaboration across the
business (Create opportunities for collaboration)
01
02
03
To prevent a potential talent drain, more focus
needs to be applied on fulfilling people’s career
aspirations (Offer clear career opportunities)
04
Insights 2014 -
Opportunities for
Improvement
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So how do you change
rapidly…and engage people with
a long term future, when they
think they may not have a
future!!
Subsea 7’s
Response
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Subsea 7’s 2020 Vision – Our 5 Focus Areas
Strategy Technology Life of Field
Project
Accountability
Organisation
and Ways of
Working
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Projects are our business
They are the only
revenue generation
vehicle we have and
everyone, whether
working directly in a
project team or in a
supporting role, must be
focused on the
success of the project.
We all need to be clear on our accountability
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• Project Managers hold single point accountability for delivery of their project
• Project Managers must mitigate risk and maximise opportunity on their project, as
well as supporting the management of Group risks and opportunities
• Strong support from Functions and Service Providers is key to project success
• The role of the project and the role/obligations of our internal Functions/Service
Providers must be aligned to ensure our people collaborate and Subsea 7 succeeds
• Project Managers are also accountable for the success of the interfaces between the
Functions/Service Providers and their project
• The Functions/Service Providers are accountable to deliver their scopes of work in
accordance with the “as-bid” situation
• The Hemisphere Business Unit and Corporate organisations are accountable for the
adequate resourcing and support of all projects
Key principles of the Project Charter
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Ways of Working - ESSA
Standard
Simplify
Eliminate
(STOP)
Automate
Functional
within
Region
Tested
Actioned
ESSA Lead &
Teams
Hemisphere
Lead
Vision 2020
Change Team
Group
Hemisphere
Country Country
Hemisphere
Country
Large
Functional
Workshops
Country ESSA Teams
ESSA Model
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Vision 2020 Strategic Narratives
The Future
• Through Vision 2020 we will improve
and develop our business in the long
term:
– Leveraging our key strengths in
project management and
engineering and building on our
extensive track record
– Broadening and improving our
products and services through an
increased strategic and
technological focus
– Becoming more agile and cost-
effective by changing our ways of
working
• By improving what we offer the
market, we will secure a better
long-term future for our Company
Current Down Turn
• We are a successful oil and gas
contractor and while the business
environment is becoming more
challenging, we are in a relative
position of strength compared to many
in the industry
• We have always navigated any market
downturns and emerged stronger in
any upturns
• Our Values, leadership attributes and
behaviours will act as our ‘compass’,
ensuring that we treat people with
fairness and respect at all times
• To ensure we weather the
downturn, we need to win projects
by reducing our costs, improving
our efficiency and delivering more
value to our clients
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The Solution? What do people want from their work?
• The Energy Project and Harvard Business Review Survey
• 4 Key Findings:
– Physical – the opportunity at work to recharge the batteries
– Emotional – the feeling of being valued and appreciated for effort and
contribution
– Mental – the opportunity to focus on the most important tasks without
being distracted and importantly, allowing people an element of flexibility
in how and when people get their work done
– Spiritual – the opportunity to express themselves in doing more of what
they do best and enjoy most; by feeling connected to a higher purpose at
work
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The Progressive Diversity Challenge…
Compliant Engaged Innovative Integrated Transforming
Citizen
Concept
Tax & Legal Philanthropy Stakeholder
management
Sustainability Business in
society
Strategic
Intent
Compliance Reputation Business Case Value
Creation
Market &
Social Change
Leadership Lip Service Supporter Steward Champion Visionary
Structure Marginal Functional Cross
Functional
Aligned Business
Driven
Issues
Management
Defensive Reactive
Policies
Responsive
Programmes
Pro Active
Systems
Defining
Stakeholder
Relationships
Unilateral Interactive Mutual
Influence
Partnership Cross multi
company
Transparency Protection Public
Relations
Public
Reporting
Assurance Full Exposure
The Boston College
A collaborative
Business
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What further steps might Subsea 7 begin to take?
Build a new
Leadership
Community
Align personal work
cultures with the
way that the
organisation wants
things to be done
Determine where
you can make
changes to working
patterns, more
flexible benefits
Adopt and use
the IS/IT tools to
work flexibly and
collaboratively
Help to place
people in roles that
creates most
happiness for them
Engage people
with compelling
vision of the
future
2013 Gallup Poll of 142 countries noted that only 13% of the workforces felt engaged. What’s gone wrong.
Towers Watson noted the same in 2012 with of 32000 people being surveyed and the trend being that people are no longer willing to go the extra mile
Note – employee opinion surveys often tell you what but rarely tell you why?
Revolutionary changes – people are stressed 24/7 lifestyle…digitisation is changing make the globe smaller and making the world an unpredictable place to work in.
People are looking for something different, = purpose, work life balance, empowerment and freedom to operate, to give something back…(Newcastle University Alumni)
People are looking to be a part of a diverse workforce and to have flexible working conditions and a balanced work life balance that works for them. Organisations increasingly need to be flatter and matrix with many people working across boundaries
Hertzberg – The powerful motivator in our lives is not money, but the opportunity to learn, develop, grow and be valued and recognised for our work
There is a danger that companies think that there is a nice linear relationship e.g. you do 1 + 2 and you will automatically get 3
Despite our efforts, we have not really improved
Link to enabling agility, innovation imperative and big collaboration
Developed model and tested with Southern Hemisphere Leadership team – UK, French, Norwegian and Brazilian Senior managers
Built upon our leadership attributes and heavily trailed in our flagship leading 7 programme
We are taking a ‘slow burn’ approach with this
Builds upon the idea of big collaboration and innovation
Create clarity and accountability – driven by the COO
Distributed to senior managers and taken feedback onboard
A strong company statement of intent
2 Champions working with Change team to engage with countries on a cross functional basis. Developing a short engagement workshop (2 hours) to allow people to test.
Principles used to develop a 14 day country project workshop to agree new Project management processes in light of our business situation and findings taken into new organisational design
Otto Scharmer – Transformational Leadership for a new world
Problems can’t be solved with the same level of consciousness that created them – Einstein
The traditional plan, do, check and act will not work
Link to the trends
Rise of Alto centric leadership
Key was the development of the attributes by the next generation leaders – we deliberately avoided the Excom and SVP population although we tested the outcomes on them. They were allowed to explore but not change. Each is underpinned by behavioural descriptors.
Alto centric leader not ego centric
Leaders who can operate in the new world
Leaders who can collaborate
The paths to the future are made and not found and the process of making them changes both us and our final destination anon CEO
The programme was designed to replicate theory U and to reinforce the concept of the servant or alto centric leader