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Philip Houghton

Strategy Execution &
Organisational Development Consultant

Phil has worked in organisational development, strategy execution and change management with many blue-chip organisations for the past 15 years. He partners and coaches senior leaders and leadership teams to translate their vision into reality and close the gap between strategic plans and actual performance. Much of his work involves helping businesses execute their commercial objectives more quickly, cost-effectively and directly. His inquiring and facilitative style enables teams to get to the heart of their change-management challenge, and translate this into real OD, team and leadership actions that will deliver commercial advantage. A number of principles guide his work:

• Only consistent strategic messages can create effective employee alignment and engagement
• The role of Leaders is to communicate the ‘what’ of strategy, not the how
• Leaders must empower employees to create their own ‘how’ – through coaching, feedback, empowerment and team development
• To create real value, Organisational and HR strategies should measurably facilitate the achievement of commercial goals
• Organisational learning requires that individuals take full responsibility for their own performance, development and careers – as well as that of their colleagues’
• Effective business culture demands role-modelling of values and behaviours from the top
• Strategy execution is a competency that must be owned and developed at all levels

 

Specialist Areas

• Reviewing strategic clarity and alignment (corporately and functionally)
• Assessing the ‘readiness’ of leaders and teams to execute strategy
• Facilitating organisational and team alignment/development
• Designing and facilitating learning that enables growth, and empowers change
• Facilitating business and functional alignment with the Balanced Scorecard
• Team profiling and psychometric appraisal
• Career and performance coaching

 

Professional Background

After studying Business Administration Phil worked within B2B services both with a leading UK recruitment brand and subsequently DHL International. At DHL he held positions in new business development, Sales and Country Management and spent three years in the middle east; including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait.

On his return to the UK Phil joined PA Consulting, a leading international Management Consulting firm, and operated as an Executive Head-hunter. Subsequently he moved into Organisation Development and held positions with Deloitte & Touche and Sibson Consulting, working in all areas of OD, Leadership development, culture improvement, talent consulting and team-performance /alignment.

His clients have included Inbev, TGI Fridays, BCG, NHS Direct, AXA Life, DHL Worldwide, Medtronic, GlaxoSmithKline, DaimlerChrysler UK, Whitbread PLC, Marks & Spencer, C&A, Brewers-Fayre, Brewsters, Chrysler-Jeep, Costa Coffee, Scottish & Newcastle, National Express PLC, Nipro NV, British Land and Tommy’s the Baby Charity…

Phil is a Member of the British Psychological Society, level A & B psychometrics user and Belbin team-profiling specialist.

Personal Interests

Phil is an art lover and will frequently be spotted at the National Gallery between meetings! He lives with his wife and three daughters in the West Country.

Client Quotes

“A pleasure to work with – quick, strategic and sensitively challenging; Philip met my expectations at all levels.” Jacqueline Moore, HR Director, DaimlerChrysler UK

“Philip is a highly effective career coach and deeply insightful at assessing capabilities and potential” Philip Krinks, Partner, Boston Consulting Group

“A first rate facilitator and highly perceptive consultant, Philip added great value to our team” Andrew Betts, MD Global Trade Services, Deutsche Poste World Net

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