Here are the presentation file of my session on Scaling & Growth at the NGO leadership Summit at HELP Intl School on May 6th, 2018.

1. Constraints Holding You Back from Growing Your NGO to Greatness
Scaling & Growth
Roshan Thiran
roshan.thiran@leaderonomics.com
www.facebook.com/roshanthiran.leaderonomics

3. Why Can’t I Scale & Grow My NGO and expand the work I do?
The Problem Statement:

4. Growth
Time
My “Growth & Scaling” Moments
10. Johnson & Johnson
Industry : Healthcare
Function: HR
Global Role
9. GE Asia Pacific
Industry : Multi
Function: HR
Asia Role
7. GE Aircraft
Industry : Aviation
Function: Finance
CFO & ED 8. GE Crotonville
Industry : Multi
Function: HR
Learning Role
6. GE CIG
Industry : Multi
Function: IT
Project Mgmt Global
5. GE Capital
Industry : Financial Service
Function: Finance/Sourcing
Europe Leader
4. NBC Universal
Industry : Media
Function: Finance
Product Leader
1. GE Investments
Industry : Investment Banking
Function: Business Dev
Individual Contributor
3. GE GCS
Industry : Oil & Gas
Function: Finance
Inventory Mgmt
2. GE International
Industry : Multi
Function: Finance
Analyst Global
12. Leaderonomics
Industry : Multi
Function: CEO
Business leader
11. Star Media Group
Industry : Media
Function: CEO
Business leader

5. WHY DO MALAYSIAN NGOs STRUGGLE
TO SCALE AND GROW?

6. Because of people la…

7. The only person who likes change is
a wet baby.
Attributed to Mark Twain
Quote

8. 70% of all Change or Transformation programmes
Our research on Change has the following findings on
transformation projects:
•100% of all “Successful” projects had a good technical
solution/approach to it
•98% of all “Unsuccessful” projects had a good technical
solution/approach to it

9. Because most people are
frustrated with change !

10. Frustrated with
CONSTRAINTS
imposed
These constraints ensure
they remain disengaged &
unproductive

11. Constraints Frustrating NGOs
THE 4 CONSTRAINTS PREVENTING SCALE & GROWTH OF YOUR ORGANISATION
Note: The 4 constraints model is based on the work of
Roshan Thiran who spent more than 20 years studying
various successful and failed organisations. The model is
copyrighted to him and has been used in many successful
organisational growth, transformation and scaling projects

12. Transformation
Above all,
a leader / change
agent must be
_________.

13. Transformation
Above all,
a leader / change
agent must be
clear.

14. Time
Where are we today? What’s the reality at your SME?
Ability/Achievement
SME Vision & Dream
3 Leadership Clarity needs for your team. . .
Are you changing?
Are you executing?
What’s the
PLAN?KR1
KR3
KR2
Mission Clarity
Vision Clarity
Reality Clarity

15. Constraints Frustrating NGOs
THE 4 CONSTRAINTS PREVENTING SCALE & GROWTH OF YOUR ORGANISATION
Note: The 4 constraints model is based on the work of
Roshan Thiran who spent more than 20 years studying
various successful and failed organisations. The model is
copyrighted to him and has been used in many successful
organisational growth, transformation and scaling projects

16. Jack
Welch
… and his
Six Sigma
failure at
NBC

17. Funding is A PROCESS
Behaviour is STRUCTURAL

18. Finally – Culture:
THE 4 CONSTRAINTS SUFFOCATING MOST ORGANISATIONS
Note: The 4 constraints model is based on the work of
Roshan Thiran who spent more than 20 years studying
various successful and failed organisations. The model is
copyrighted to him and has been used in many successful
organisational growth, transformation and scaling projects

19. Root of many issues
Culture is the
Has to be
intentional
Beliefs &
experiences
determine results

20. New York city in 90s …
The broken window theory

21. What drives Key Results?
MINDSET
Model Extracted from PIL Results Pyramid

22. Driving Effective Key Results is constrained by . . .
M1
M1
1
Model Extracted from PIL Results Pyramid

23. “For performance to go any higher, the limitation is not competency,
…it is culture.” – Leaderonomics

24. Are you ready to grow & scale
your NGO? Chase The Dream
Question