"People and plans are critical to strategy, they are both sides of the same coin. One without the other is only half the answer", says Glen Ford, Partner with HobsonFord.

The Argenti System was developed by John Argenti in the late 1960s and has been used by thousands of companies since to create an effective and practical strategic plan. Belbin was developed by Meridith Belbin in the late 1970s to help companies develop high performing teams. Belbin helps companies identify and harness the 'people factor'. Belbin has been used by thousands of corporations across the world over the past 3 decades

HobsonFord have combined these two tools to help companies transform their performance through the development of effective strategies AND the creation of high performing teams.

That is a question that many businesses face and so did Pegler Yorkshire Group Ltd.

The business was formed from the merger of Pegler and Yorkshire Fittings in 2007. Strategy has been a key part of the successful integration of the two businesses.

HobsonFord helped the business develop a new corporate plan in 2007 and this was working well with the Board. The next stage was to embed the strategy across the wider management team.

HobsonFord developed a programme with the business that used Belbin to help the business idenify and harness talent across its senior team. This started at the Board and was rolled out across the entire senior management team.

Mike Saunders, Group MD, commented: “many mergers and acquisitions fail because cultures and management teams conflict. Deciding on and using a corporate strategy focused our efforts on the key issues, it brought ownership and commitment from the whole organisation – two essential ingredients to make any merger a success."

"We are engaging with our senior team in making our strategy work at every level, that requires the right culture and focused plans that everyone can buy into and understand. Argenti and Belbin have been instrumental in helping us up our game and ensure we are resilient in the face of difficult market conditions.

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"Argenti gave us the corporate plan we needed and Belbin helped us understand how to embed our strategy and get the teams firing on all cylinders.”
Mike Saunders, MD of Pegler Yorkshire Group