Performance Transformation

Transforming Your Business

We help our clients to design, realize and sustain value growth, creating a step change in performance that endures.

All around your business, the forces of change are accelerating. But are you driving that change, or reacting to it? Are you pivoting enough to stay ahead? And, importantly, is your focus aimed in the right direction?

Whether you’re after positive disruption, shifting your trajectory to get ahead, or realigning to improve performance, we help you through all aspects of a successful transformation that lasts.

We start by applying our deep industry knowledge and multi-disciplinary thinking to create an insights-led design. We calibrate that design precisely to your challenge and opportunities, and work collaboratively with you to create a plan that your people truly own. We don’t simply leave you with a roadmap, but build the operating model, capabilities, and culture to execute the change and realize quantifiable value.

Design With Rigor

We bring together unparalleled industry expertise with a data-led approach that unearths bold moves to create a leap in performance.

Build With Certainty

We co-create with our clients to build industry-leading capabilities that drive action and de-risk the future. We shape a change agenda you can deliver with confidence.

Realize Sustainable Results

We help clients create the conviction and commitment to unlock transformation from the inside out, with the flexibility and controls to ensure enduring impact.

Our Approach

Transformation has many components. Firstly, all transformations need to be anchored in the right strategy. In service of this, you should consider re-designing: how you are set up to drive revenues, operate effectively and cost-efficiently; the capabilities (people, process, and technology) you will need to enable this; how you harness the power of your people to make this happen. Not all transformations are created equal; your approach will focus on some of these components more than others, to fit your organization and its context.

Design Decisions

Framework

Outcomes

What do we want to achieve, how are we creating value, and which capabilities are needed to win?

Strategy

Strategy successfully executed creating sustainable industry leadership positions, outpacing competition, driving value growth

How are we organizing to achieve our strategic objectives and create high performance?

Revenue Performance

Operating Model

Cost Performance

Entire organization and resources aligned to profitable growth and value maximization

How can we build new capabilities, and how are we best executing the work?

Core Processes

Organization and Talent

Data and Technology

New and enhanced capabilities implemented across the entire organization

How do we enthuse and engage our people to deliver performance transformation?

Mobilization, Change
and Cultural Evolution

New ways of working in a high performance organization, delivering breakthrough impact

Vision-Driven Transformation of an Operating Model

Oliver Wyman used a collaborative approach to help a food processing company define a more effective and efficient operating model, and increase the level of maturity across all functions.

Transforming to Meet Ambitious Financial Targets

Oliver Wyman designed and helped implement a comprehensive performance transformation plan for a European automotive manufacturer and realized an improvement in the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) margin of six percentage points.

Engaging the Entire Organization to Shape Growth

Together with the client organization, we developed a three‑to‑five years growth strategy that enabled a large inter-dealer broker to remain relevant in a rapidly changing market.

Performance transformation

Strategy

Revenue Performance, Operating Model, Cost Performance

Core Processes, Organisation and Talent, Data and Technology

Mobilisation, Change and Cultural Evolution