Team Integration

Grape People's core expertise in team facilitation has been well tested in many organisations. We have designed a specific process to help integrate teams during a merger process. The process is designed to speed the integration of different corporate cultures.

The benefits of the Grape Integration Process are:

1. Faster change -speeds up the integration process by faster ramp up of new teams and units
2. Makes integration smoother
3. Keeps everyone focussed and active in everyday work during the change
4. Reduces uncertainty, anxiety and change resistance -clarifies and makes sense of the change quickly

Principles of the Grape Integration Process

• Helping teams help themselves through the change
• Either top-down or whole system approach (or a mixture of both)
• Large group kick-off meetings for faster implementation
• Practical tools for managers and team leaders to help their people through the change
• Creating and selling the Change Story
• Active and energizing team events
• Virtual change meetings to follow-up and reboost the change process

Integration modules

1. Creating the Change story - We work with the change owners to create and practice their merger change story based on Lewin's principles of change
2. Building Change Commitment - We facilitate sessions with the change owners so that teams get to understand, challenge and adapt the proposed merger changes
3. Diversity - A key belief is that trust can be built through diversity workshops - these are conducted on a personal level with psychometric tools and on a cultural level using concepts taken from Hofstede and Quinn and Cameron
4. Strategising - We help the team build their own strategy to go forward based on trends analyses, environmental and internal analyses, stakeholder needs and vision creation
5. Tools for Collaboration - We teach collaborative tools to help team leaders practically lead merged teams
6. Leadership & Coaching - We support through personal performance coaching the leadership development of the merged team leaders
7. Follow-up - We conduct follow up sessions to review the progress of the team and its action plan