CLIENT RESULTS
CASE STUDIES
Police Culture Transformation Blazes the Trail to Modern Culture
In a climate of increased social pressures and awareness about diversity, inclusion and officer wellness, York Regional Police (YRP), a leading model of excellence in Canadian policing, proactively up-leveled their culture. The passion and dedication to realize YRP’s breakthrough vision led to an unsurpassed level of leadership development, change leadership capability building and employee participation to embed and sustain a new, progressive culture that will take the organization mindfully into the future.
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation Up-Skills Its Transformational Capabilities
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) was faced with its own transformational challenges to better serve its twenty-eight nations’ fighting forces in the changing Global Strategic Environment. To meet this challenge, NATO sent a team of officers experienced in leading transformational change to Being First to advance their knowledge, skills and tools to world-class levels.
Consulting Firm Expands into Change Leadership Services Market
Challenged with supporting their clients to fully reap the benefits of their top-notch operational solutions, this consulting company built a skilled pool of consultants trained in strategic change consulting and conscious change leadership. What better service than to ensure their solutions would deliver the expected ROI for their clients!
TESTIMONIALS
"Leadership Breakthrough was a watershed for 1,200 leaders at DTE Energy..."
"Leadership Breakthrough was a watershed for us at DTE Energy. We put our 1200 leaders through the program. Now, eight years later, people still routinely mention what they learned about how to interact with one another. That's impact!”
Tony Earley
Former CEO
DTE Energy
"Being First is a totally different force... They changed my brain somehow..."
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Valgerdur Hrund
CEO
Sensa, Iceland
"Strategies and tools for leaders using strategic change as a competitive advantage..."
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Jackie Alcalde Marr
Director, Org and Talent Development
Oracle US
"This isn't ordinary leadership development.
They make it clear how a leader can develop
to make a difference..."
"Being First does not provide ordinary leadership development. They make it very clear which areas leaders need to develop in order for them to make a difference in their organizations for all changes. Their tools and approach have helped me to help other leaders also become the change they want to see."
Prof. Hazel Gachunga
Jomo Kenyatta University, College of HR Development
Nairobi, Kenya
"They have a unique capability in Leadership Development and Cultural Transformation...:
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Vicente Trius
Former President
Loblaws
"Equips and encourages leaders to understand how to deliver breakthrough results..."
“Transformative times require transforming the way we change. The Being First approach challenges, equips and encourages leaders to understand how to deliver breakthrough results. It is not just about change…it is about YOU as a leader in these transformative times.”
Todd D. Jick
Professor, Columbia Business School
President, Global Leadership Services
"A unique way of engaging you in the journey toward personal mastery and organizational excellence..."
“Being First has a unique way of engaging you in the journey toward personal mastery and organizational excellence. You leave the experience with hope and a clear picture of how to proceed.”
Jack Healy
EVP
United Way of Greater New Haven
"They inspired us to create genuine transformational change..."
“Being First provided us with the catalyst with which we jump-started our Allied Command Transformation’s approach to our transformational journey. The Being First team inspired our multinational middle and senior management community, and provided us with the means with which we could bind the tremendously rich mix of cultures in NATO together, and then create genuine transformational change.”
Tony Johnstone-Burt
Former Chief of Staff
NATO’s Allied Command Transformation
"Essential for anyone managing complex change..."
“This approach is essential for anyone managing complex change, especially today’s healthcare leaders. It's a comprehensive and practical system that will significantly increase your likelihood of success and lower your risk of costly setbacks. Based on 15 years of experience managing complex clinical and operational change, I highly recommend Being First.”
John Haughom
MD, Senior VP, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety
Peace Heatlh
"Extraordinary results are produced through great teamwork and commitment..."
“Being First guides executives through the paradigm shift and steps of Conscious Change Leadership where extraordinary results are produced through great teamwork and commitment, again and again.“
Barbara Plumley
VP, Regional Operations
HealthCare Partners Medical Group
"They challenged me to think in ways that will improve our productivity..."
“Being First gets it. They are relevant, concise and effective. They expanded my knowledge and challenged me to think in ways that will improve our productivity and the way I show up to consult to change.”
Krystal Jennings
Change Consultant
Wachovia Corp.
"Most positive impact on my leadership & personal life...”
"This approach has had the most positive impact on my leadership and personal life than any other in my entire career."
Tony Earley
Former CEO
DTE Energy
“Being First guides leaders safely through the turbulence of leading change..."
“Being First guides leaders safely through the turbulence of leading change, helping them mitigate the transformational dangers of overwhelm, chaos and uncertainty. Whether you are launching new products, restructuring, cutting costs or growing, you’ll learn how to take effective action with confidence.”
Faith Ralston
President
Faith Ralston and Company
"Useful insight into how to address the dynamics of transformational change..."
“The Change Leader's Roadmap provided very useful insight into how to address the dynamics of transformational change. It also was a valuable lesson on the importance of my role in successful transformational change.”
John Bishop
VP of Operations
State Farm Insurance
"Enormously valuable in helping me clarify how to proceed and communicate our strategy..."
“In my role as Executive Head of the New Brunswick Region of HRSDC, I planned the transformation of our organization's structure and culture using Being First's Change Leader’s Roadmap. It was enormously valuable in helping me clarify how to proceed and communicate our strategy to the 1200+ people in our Region.”
Lousie Branch
Assistant Deputy Minister
Service Canada, Atlantic Region
"A thinking discipline for how I support change initiatives across our enterprise...”
“After 18 months using our license to The Change Leader's Roadmap, we realize it is not just a resource we can access every day to support our execution of specific changes but has become a thinking discipline for how I support change initiatives across our enterprise.”
Deb Chobotuk
Corporate Organization Development Specialist
Saskatoon Health Region
"This work balances the heart and head work that's necessary to lead change..."
“The key differentiator of Being First's work is that it balances the heart and head work that is necessary to lead change in a way that doesn't scare away your stakeholders!”
Amy Keil
Principal
Community by Design
"Enabled and empowered our managers to lead our company through transformational change..."
“Being First provided excellent insight to our staff, providing the tools and skillsets necessary to our managers, enabling and empowering them to lead our company through transformational change.”
Carolyn Young
AVP, Finance
Servus Credit Union
