FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

THERE ARE PLENTY OF NETWORKS. WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT YOURS?

High Performance Consortium is about working in collaboration with your peers in other industries to address key improvement opportunities in your business. It is focused on a transfer of knowledge and developing your team’s capability to improve your business performance and profitability. Many other networks are good for developing contacts and gathering information, but are not focused on implementation and action learning. To be a member of the consortium you also need to demonstrate a desire for and some track record of business improvement.

WHO FROM WITHIN MY BUSINESS PARTICIPATES?

High Performance Consortium is a whole of business membership, and so nominated people from any level of your organisation can get involved in appropriate events.

Typically, there’s an HPC Champion within member organisations who is the main contact. Initially that person may participate in many of the events. We also have various forums specifically for people to interact only with their peers in other organisations.

IS THIS JUST ABOUT OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT?

No. Our focus is on your whole business and not just on operations. We are not prescriptive in our approach, and we work with you to identify your specific needs and focus your scarce resources on the right few things that will make a significant difference to your competitiveness. Being able to articulate to your people the reason for choosing to focus on these particular improvement initiatives is vitally important in enlisting their support and commitment to change.

WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN WE ARE STRUGGLING TO IMPLEMENT. CAN HPC HELP US WITH IMPLEMENTATION?

Absolutely! HPC facilitators are experienced industry people who have been through business transformations both as leaders and consultants. The best way to learn and develop an ongoing capability to change and adapt is to engage your people directly in improvement activities that are linked to your strategy. This is supported with just in time training, action learning and coaching. And at the same time, your people also expand their knowledge and vision through working with their peers in other organisations.

WE ALREADY HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT I AM HAPPY WITH. WHY WOULD WE JOIN HPC?

HPC works differently. It is about exposing your people to improvement, to learn from and share with other organisations through a regular program of collaborative improvement events, peer to peer forums and action learning. HPC membership supports your existing improvement initiatives and helps to accelerate and sustain your progress. Some of our members get good value from maintaining their existing relationships with consultants.