We help organizations dramatically improve revenues, quality, service, cost, speed, safety and productivity through strong leadership and passionate, turned-on people. We can improve any aspect of a business that the people inside the organization can influence. - We guide business leaders through planning and implementing large-scale change and transition.
- We help leaders connect the business strategy to the people who have to execute.
- We assess and align cultures and climates to the changing business environment.
- We help boost the quality of leaders and the performance of their teams.
- We provide perspective based on in-depth knowledge of best practices and how organizations should work.
Examples of our work:
- ITT Corporation leadership believes that to improve and sustain successes realized by implementing lean/six sigma that it needs to imbed the change in the company’s culture. It asked the Jim Shaffer Group to help integrate the technical and cultural aspects of change—the hard and the soft—into its lean transformation efforts. In our first project, on time delivery went from 70-95% and quality improved 40%.
- Owens Corning’s flagship facility needed to improve its overall operating and financial performance, especially safety. We helped the operation undergo a 180-degree turnaround by strengthening its leadership bench and re-invigorating the commitment of its 1,200 salaried and union employees. The engagement helped reduce accidents by 82%, improve sales by 24%, productivity by 15% and reduce cost per pound by 8%. We improved safety, productivity, costs and cycle time in eight other Owens Corning operations.
- FedEx Express needed to increase U.S. export volume in one of its largest US operations. By reducing silos between functions and aligning strategic goals and incentives, we helped increase revenues by 23% and achieved a 1,447% return on investment. We replicated the success across five other FedEx regions, increasing sales by $6.1 million and achieving a 1,660% ROI.
- ConAgra Foods wanted to reduce accidents in one of its plants, then replicate what that plant accomplished across a business unit. We helped strengthen leadership, increase employee involvement and align various organization systems to generate a 35% reduction in accidents. During that time, turnover declined 27%. ConAgra then asked us to help improve quality in one of its largest distribution centers without negatively affecting productivity. We improved its quality by 65%. Productivity increased 16%.
