TopTeam World is a consulting firm that specializes in offering high-value coaching and mentoring services to executive management teams on strategy implementation, business development, operational excellence, brand leadership, and improving top team effectiveness. The document discusses the challenges of implementing strategy, including aligning planning and execution, managing change throughout the organization, and engaging people at all levels. It also provides background on the managing partner Gilles Gambade and TopTeam World's focus areas around mentoring and coaching for strategy implementation.

1. TopTeam
World
Creating Business Value

2. In Brief
TopTeam World is a consulting firm specialized in offering high
value and creative coaching & mentoring services to the Executive
Management of Greek and International Companies with a specific
focus on Strategy Implementation including Business
Development, Operational Excellence, Brand Leadership and Top
Team Effectiveness.
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3. Creating
Value
The Business Case for Strategy
Implementation
Formulating strategy is a difficult task, but making strategy work – executing or
implementing it throughout the organization - is very often more difficult. This is the
reason why in more than 90% of cases strategy is partially or not at all executed
(Fortune Magazine), failing to deliver the value expected by the shareholders.
The road to effective strategy execution is full of obstacles and dangers, among
which:
• Planning and execution are inter-dependent. They are part of an overall
planning-execution-adapting process where the involvement and interaction of
planners and doers is a must for achieving a successful strategy implementation.
Creating and developing a leadership team combining these capabilities is a key
challenge for the CEOs, requiring leadership excellence and effective top team
coaching.
• Execution must be a well-planned process. Time and continuous effort are
required in order to align all elements of the organization, combining short-term
results with the achievement of the long-term strategic objectives. The execution
can combine business integration and/or business transformation (i.e. for
mergers & acquisitions) with culture and leadership change that will require
complex and inter-related action plans at all levels of the organization.
• Execution usually involves many people. Communication and strategy
decoding play a key role in cascading the strategy at the lowest levels of the
organization and across functions. Making the strategy actionable within a large
multinational organization with different business lines and geographical locations
is a major challenge for the leadership team.
In short, Key Success Factors for a successful implementation of strategy include
Managing Change as a transformation mechanism involving all processes of the
operating model, working on People Engagement at all levels in order to reduce
stress and insure engagement, and building a “Real Team” at the Top with
appropriate leadership capabilities.
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4. Delivering
Value
Gilles Gambade
Business Coach and Mentor
• 2008 Managing Partner at TopTeam World.
1998-2008 Director at Hay Group
Business development and delivery of large
scale projects in Leadership and Business Background
Transformation (France, Spain, Italy,
BA, Business Administration &
Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, Marketing,
Israel, Egypt).
MSC, International Finance,
Post-Graduate Diploma in
1996–1998 General Manager of CHYMA Operational Research,
(Production and distribution of chemical
Certified Expert Consultant in
products). Leadership Transformation &
Organization Effectiveness,
1993–1996 Project Manager International Certification in
Health Care International (Development of a Executive and Team Coaching
new hospital), Union des Assurances de Certified NLP Practitioner
Paris, Ergodata and TVX Gold (Mergers &
Certified Assessor for Barrett Values
Acquisitions, Business Transformation).
Model (Culture Tranformation Tools)
1990–1993 Ass. General Manager of Mednet
Memberships
(Health care insurance management).
French-Hellenic Chamber of
Commerce
1987–1990 Senior Manager in ADDAX
(Consulting in Organization and Information E.E.D.E.
Technology ).
International Coach Federation
Founding Member of Hellenic
In France, Project/Country Manager in Oil
Coaching Association
Engineering Industry in Middle-East, USA,
Northern Europe and Africa, and Director Beautiful Soul
(Social Entrepreneurship in Africa)
in the Strategic Consulting Services.
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5. Business
Focus
Creativity
Mentoring & Coaching
in Strategy Implementation
• Business Development (B.O.D and CEO):
Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Joint Ventures, Business Turnaround,
Commercial Partnership
Operational Excellence (Management Team):
Strategy Review, Business & Operating Model, Strategic Planning,
Corporate Mission & Vision, Performance Score Card, Change
Management and Culture Transformation
• Leadership Brand (Management Teams):
Leadership Development and Executive Coaching
• Top Team Effectiveness (B.O.D and Management Team):
Team Development Programs and Team Coaching.
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6. Indicative
Clients
Abertis Group
Alcan
Alfa Laval
Allianz
Alpha Bank
Alumil
Astra Zeneca
Citadel Group
Credit Agricole Group
Eurobank
Excel Maritime
Greek PPC
Groupama
Titan/Ionia
Janssen Cilag
OSG
Pfizer
Printec Group Contact Details
PZ Cussons - Minerva
Gilles.Gambade@topteamworld.com
Renault Group
Sarantis Group Mobile: +30 6944295181
Savola Foods Office: +30 2107454603
Shering Plough
Athens Tower, 2 Messogion avenue, 11527 – Athens- Greece
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