This document discusses the importance of people management for business success. It states that employees are a company's most important asset and source of competitive advantage. It focuses on leveraging people, leadership, and HR to achieve business objectives. Some key areas of focus are organizational alignment, leadership and culture, talent management, and aligning HR strategy. The document discusses providing strategic people management consulting to help improve business performance by developing people and HR strategies. It introduces three consultants and their backgrounds and experience in people management and business.

1. Without People there is no Business
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2. Our reason for being…
Idea
Employees are the most important asset and
biggest source of competitive advantage
Reality
Many organisations are still unprepared for the
challenge of attracting, motivating, developing and
retaining the right people to optimise business
performance and achieve strategic objectives
We believe that successful People Management is key to successful implementation
of strategy and the achievement of business goals: Strategy through People.
Therefore we focus on leveraging People, Leadership and HR to achieve business
objectives and create lasting results.
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3. Strategy through People – our focus areas
 Effective organisations creates energy and facilitate communication and
Organisational co-operation between different units towards the strategic goals of the
Alignment organisation based on clarity in strategic direction, effective structures
and with clear objectives at all levels in the organisation
 Leadership and culture keep the modern organisation together and
Leadership aligned with the overall goals. A high performance culture increases the
and Culture organisations ability to adapt, change and be more competitive and
optimises employees’ motivation and contribution
 Strategic and practical management of Talent, Competence and
People Performance are the leadership processes to secure, develop and
Management optimise the contribution of all employees in the organisation in both the
short term and the long term perspective
 HR has to take an active and pro-active role in supporting line management
with excellent insights, processes and tools in managing people, while at
Aligning HR
the same time managing its own effectiveness and strategic contribution to
the organisation through a clear strategic focus, clear roles and a clear way
of working
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4. We adhere to a ‘next practice’ management consulting model
We believe you know your business and you
should own the solution going forward
 We serve our clients as their trusted advisors
– building long-term relations
 We challenge and stretch your thinking from We believe in delivering deep insight and
review, design to implementation senior consulting experience
 We work together with you to manage
progress towards the set goals  We develop and implement People and HR
strategies for improving overall business
 We share our knowledge and experience to performance
build your insights and capability
 We engage clients with senior experience
 We work with pragmatic and realistic
approaches
 We focus on achieving outcomes that can
be used in practice
 We deliver results on time, on budget, on
quality – full stop
We believe that world-class People management is key to achieving strategic success
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5. We are passionate about People Management and Business Success
Björn Haring has a strong experience and focus on People and HR strategies, the delivery of HR
services and HR processes. Bjorn's main focus is on aligning People Management with Business
strategy and optimising HR support to line management. Björn has worked with private and public
sector clients in the Nordic countries and Björn has lived and worked in several European countries.
Björn is an active multisport athlete who has competed in the Hawaii Ironman and recently rode 6300
km on his bike from Bangkok to the Tibetan mountains.
Gunnel Tolfes has long and solid management experience in many different roles as operative
manager and HR director in several service and people intensive organisations. Gunnels main focus is
on business development through organisation, leadership, people and HR with an international
perspective. Having alternated between line management and HR responsibilities has provided Gunnel
with unique insights from both sides of the table.
After several years in the Swedish national judo team , Gunnel has now taken up athletics and chases
Swedish master records in distances ranging from 400 m hurdles to 2000 m steeplechase.
Rune Nyberg has worked globally in the most senior HR roles with responsibility for on driving People
and Organisational questions at management team and board level while assuming full business
accountability. Runes focus is on building organisational capability through leadership development,
effective organisations and strategic people management. In addition to his senior roles in HR, Rune
has broad experience as a board member and mentor to senior management.
In recent years Rune has left his classical background and taste for jazz music to practice the bass
guitar to play in a rock band.
… our focus and experience is in linking People, Leadership and Organisational challenges
to the business agenda and create results that last. How can we support you?