Approach, Mission and Values

Our Approach and Philosophy

Clarity, purpose and employee first commitment are at the core of Wardcon philosophy.

Successful initiatives primarily depend on effective leadership throughout the process.  It is not merely change itself, it is the way people are led through it that determines the outcome.

A strong organisational backbone provides the necessary structure and support for an organisation.  It offers flexibility, strength and is a valuable leadership tool for informing strategic decisions and guiding behaviour.  The clarity of this backbone is vital for fostering senior management engagement as employees seek an organisation whose purpose inspires, direction is clear and values are practiced, not mere tokens.

Change is inevitable in any organisation’s journey.  Change can trigger stress responses which impact, focus, productivity and engagement.  Our mentorship, application of best industry standards to support and independently guide mitigates unwanted stress responses creating a  positive environment and enabling creation of clear strategies, roles and desired culture.

Commitment

We put the organisation first, to build trust and develop internal teams from the top down.  We do not look to put ‘bums on seats’. We foster consensus across large diverse groups.  Wardcon uses an inside-out and outside-in approach to collaborate, co-create and implement effective, innovative solutions that produce lasting business capability and positive impact.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help businesses and organisations overcome struggles, thrive in adversity and build sustainable, compliant working practice. We protect our genuine independence, do not shy away from difficult topics and always plan our handover and exit. We strive for outcomes where organisational capability is aligned to its capacity to deliver.  With this we trust in our effective delivery of outcomes and value to ensure your future requests for us to assist you with your next challenge or opportunity.

We pride ourselves on developing and enabling your internal teams to trust collaboration and embrace receipt of full transfer of accountability and handover from our team. We leave you safe in the knowledge your organisation is ready to continue your strategic and operational plans and we may move to the next challenge or organisation. While we can provide additional people resources where necessary this is never our primary objective.

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Our Values

Independence

Bring client focussed collaboration with minimal emphasis on own business needs.

Clarity

We strive to be clear in purpose, fully understand client needs and goals and provide regular, timely, user friendly communication.

Candour

Be unafraid of speaking about the difficult topics, take and and facilitate accountability and transparency throughout our working practice.

Enabling

Practice enabling internal client teams, provide enabling technologies and new and enhanced business processes.

Effective

Deliver tangible value, outcomes and benefits for businesses, governments, boards, management and stakeholders.

Why Work With Us

We

Have personally lived the breadth and depth of issues businesses, industry and public sector bodies face every day.

Understand recent context of rising inflation, net zero initiatives, Brexit, soaring energy costs, a pandemic, increased hybrid and remote working, increasing emphasis on employee wellbeing.

Learned from and directly experienced: austerity, .com booms and busts, shrinking manufacturing industries and evolution of new products, exchange rate fluctuations impacting import and export demands, bank collapses and other economic, social and environmental changes and challenges.

Are mindful of our mission and practice our values in order to serve you in the most timely, professional and effective way possible.

In the words of Franklin Covey and others, rapidly ‘seek to understand’ and focus on delivering desired outcomes and benefits that match your needs.