Thought Leadership

DBM regularly conducts research and produces white papers and insightful articles. In addition, DBM often hosts events or partners with organizations such as the Human Capital Institute (HCI) to bring you the most relevant transition-related news and resources.

White Papers:

Team Alignment: Taking Teams to the Next Level
A slow but steady economic recovery is contributing to increased confidence. This confidence has led to a renewed focus on growth. Many organizations need to consider how they can ramp up performance to meet aggressive business objectives. With fewer resources and the need to accelerate performance, highly skilled and effective teams play a large role in achieving aggressive business goals. The smartest companies will make it a priority to invest in talent development initiatives that focus on effective teaming linked to the organization's strategy.

Transitions in the Workplace: Creating an Implementation Strategy
As companies adapt and seek opportunities to succeed, they are finding workforce agility and flexibility key to maintaining a competitive edge. When facing continual change, organizations need to adopt a new perspective to managing transitions that demonstrates good will, a commitment to their workforce, ensures business continuity, the ability to respond to growth opportunities and sustains high levels of customer satisfaction.

Coaching for Greater Business Impact and Strategic Value
Today, companies are realizing just how important it is to bring a more strategic approach to Leadership Development programs that utilize executive coaching – an approach that includes an organizational and individual focus, and a consistent methodology. It's all about driving the fullest possible impact to the organization for the greatest value.

Best Practices for Onboarding: Ensuring Successful Assimilation
The key to any organization’s ability to execute strategy and achieve objectives is an effective workforce. A highly competitive business landscape demands that all employees perform at the highest levels as both individual and team contributors — aligned with and committed to achieving the organization’s goals. This becomes even more critical when making mid career or senior level hires. The expectation for new executives is that they will hit the ground running at their new company and start adding value immediately.

Aligning Leadership Behavior to Drive Business Results
Significant shifts in market needs have created swift and complex changes in organizational business models, strategies and goals, driving a need for new leadership behaviors. However, many leaders are not prepared to meet current challenges and are unable to bridge the skills gap on their own. What’s at risk for organizations? Nothing less than their ability to effectively execute the strategy and achieve performance goals.

Is Your Talent Pipeline at Risk?
Organizations that effectively engage employees realize a significant advantage over competitors — including performance gains that lead directly to improved financial results. Without a strategic approach to talent that includes a focus on employee engagement, many companies fail to ensure employees are satisfied in their roles and committed to achieving key strategic goals — risking turnover of key players and the inability to meet overall business objectives.

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Research:

Global Trends in Separation Practices
Organizations find that separation benefits provided to terminated employees impact the morale of remaining employees, according to a new study, Global Trends in Separation Practices. The study of more than 1200 business leaders from 45 countries shows a company's decisions about separating employees, including severance pay, outplacement support, and other continuing benefits, can create ripple effects across the entire enterprise long after the departing employees have left the organization, even affecting the company's brand and public image.

Trends in Executive Coaching
More than ever, organizations are using executive coaching to enhance performance across the enterprise by grooming high potential employees, while also supporting high-performing executives and leadership teams, according to a new study, Trends in Executive Coaching: New Research Reveals Emerging Best Practices. The study of nearly 500 top business and human capital leaders shows that the demand for executive coaching services is growing due to increased credibility and demonstrated impact on the enterprise. The vast majority of respondents (78%) view coaching as a credible and effective way to enhance an individual's effectiveness in driving the performance of an organization.

Business Leadership Failures Linked to Faulty Promotions
Newly promoted business executives in Singapore often "derail" because they lack the capabilities needed for their new positions, according to Mr. Sattar Bawany, an authority on leadership transition. Mr. Bawany is the Managing Director for DBM Singapore, which provides career transition and talent development solutions in 85 countries across the world. Leaders today have to respond quickly and adapt to rapidly changing market conditions; create and implement successful strategies; foster an environment of learning and innovation; and align all employees with the organization's goals by developing their collaborative, interpersonal and team effectiveness skills. These are difficult challenges and their employers should help the executives meet them. Apart from assuring the success of leaders appointed to new roles, organizations must provide support to leaders entering the organization; those identified as having high potential; and those in transition roles, such as M&A integration.

Business Leadership Failures Linked to Faulty Promotions Press Release