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We’ll start off with
a bit about OURSELVES

Operation Explore is an experiential organizational development company.

We guide organizations as they manage change, transitions, alignment, mergers, generational succession and culture shift. Believing that actions speak louder than words, we offer an array of approaches for enhancing the human potential. Innovation, personal approach, and high involvement learning are our distinguishing characteristics.

Since our founding in 1992, we have traveled all over the world to locations from Australia to Venezuela, from Canada to China, and throughout Europe and the United States. We have found the use of simple tools and models can make a significant difference on individual and organizational performance.

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Next we’d like to share a few Client JOURNEYS

Aerospace Industry

Duration: 4 years
Focus: Generational Succession, Alignment and Development, Organizational Transformation

We received a call from a former client at Motorola who was interested in having a team-building program for their senior management team at an aerospace company...

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Software Development Company

Duration: 8 years
Focus: Building and Maintaining a High Performance, Virtual Company

During our initial engagement with this company, it was apparent that they needed to clarify their priorities, improve project management, and spend time getting everyone heading in the same direction...

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European Bank

Duration: 8 years
Focus: Organizational Development Process - Culture, Strategy & Structure

Our initial request was to conduct an annual team development session for the Management Team to start a new branch in the U.S. This was followed by two additional annual team development sessions...

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Pharmaceutical Company

Duration: 20+ years
Focus: Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Team Effectiveness, Change & Organizational Transitions

One of our pharma clients who we had been working with for over two decades had been challenged by the ever-changing healthcare industry and cost pressures. This had forced them to become hyper-aware of their own accountability and performance...

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Purchasing Organization

Duration: 2 years
Focus: Change Management - Mindset Change

We were contacted by a client who wanted to change the culture of their department. The vision was to shift from a traditional purchasing department where the organization was functioning as order takers, always doing precisely what was asked...

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Organizational Development Focus:
Culture, Strategy, Structure

CULTURE

This is where we start ... our discovery process provides insight into the current culture as well as the future … preferred culture. Good culture is a basic building block that creates a positive environment to effectively build strategy.

Strategy

This is the purpose or why we exist or our winning aspiration. Strategy provides a clear focus or ‘true north’.

STRUCTURE

Once we have assessed and/or built the foundation of the right culture along with clarity on our purpose, it is time to build the structure to achieve the strategy.

We conduct regular ‘checks-ins’ to make sure the legs are of even length.

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Operation Explore Collaborates with leaders to build their culture, strategy and structure

Here are some of the areas we explore in navigating your organizational journey.

Why are some teams lackluster and unable to come together to achieve results? What secret ingredients make a truly excellent team?

Our approach, informed by 30 years of experience, focuses on the essence of successful teams: where psychological safety, inclusion, and engagement are abundant, albeit messy and imperfect, as humans often are.

Our gift is the ability to see things others do not, and to create a safe space for genuine conversations that are both engaging and impactful.

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Why do so many companies use a sheep-dip* approach to leadership development that rarely works (sheep dip* is when all of the sheep in a flock are treated with a literal dip in the treatment, whether they need it or not)? What processes and methodologies have proven successful?

Our approach is very experiential and hands-on. We believe in immersive, iterative design that is centered on what is needed and what will work.

Leadership Development is a continuous learning process.

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Have you ever attended a meeting or retreat and wondered how we could subject ourselves and our people to ‘death by PowerPoint' meetings when we are hoping to walk away with lasting results?

Please consider using a third-party service like Operation Explore to enliven your meetings and discussions by employing novel and unique ways to host groups (both in-person and virtual), resulting in greater alignment, buy-in, ownership, and performance.

Our approach is to work with leaders in creating the most impactful outcomes from gatherings as possible.

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Why do some organizations continue to grow and reinvent themselves while others falter?

What is the secret to success? Why do so many change initiatives fail to achieve their intended outcomes? Why are most changes “done to” versus “done by” the people who are affected? What does effective change management look like?

Continuous “transformation” keeps you ahead of the competition rather than chasing it.

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WE LOVE IT WHEN OUR CLIENTS SHARE THEIR TESTIMONIALS

“Jeff has been instrumental in helping us over the last five years to build one of the strongest, successful and happiest teams in our organization. Jeff used a consistent, hands on and long term approach and was always able to surprise and challenge us during our journey”
–Jaap Kalverkamp, Country Manager, ABN AMRO
“Core Associates has been working with Operation Explore for most of the past decade. Throughout this time they have helped guide our growth from a small six person virtual software company to a much larger 40+ people and growing firm with employees throughout the US, Europe and India.  With their guidance, we have thrived as a totally virtual company where many others have failed.”
–Frank Grenci, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Core Associates
“Operation Explore has been an essential part of my personal development and that of my family business as transitioned from first to second generation leadership over the past four years, challenging me to grow in my leadership skills and confidence and assisting me in developing my team.  Jeff draws upon his global network of professional resources to tailor uncannily well-designed experiences, delivering exactly the right thought-provoking perspectives and toolsets to challenge the group at each step in its journey.  The genuine warmth and personal investment of Jeff and his team makes Operation Explore nothing short of an integral part of our leadership team; they now know our people, our history, and our shared goals as well as I do myself.”
–Karl Hutter, President & CEO, Click Bond

Some of the tools we use to assess and explore the human potential

DISC Personality

Profile

Identifying behavioral traits to improve work productivity, teamwork and communication.

Sapphire Award winner 2014, 2016, 2017

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)

The identification and description of the 16 distinctive personality types to indicate how people perceive the world and make decisions.

Hogan Assessments

Core Competencies for Emerging Leadership

Certified to leverage Hogan’s powerful assessment tools to solve critical business problems.

Denison Organizational Culture Survey

How aligned is your organizational culture?

OPERATION EXPLORE

Operation Explore Business Planning Questionnaire, Custom 360s based on Behavior and Values

Strategic Partner

High-performing teams don’t happen by chance. They are built with precision.

Meta Team unlocks performance breakthroughs by strengthening a team’s Inner Game - team dynamics & mindset - and their Outer Game - execution & business impact.

Team Management Systems

Unlock team effectiveness gains through research-backed profiling that reveals individual motivators, driving breakthrough improvements in engagement, collaboration, and productivity.

This assessment provides personal style information that can unlock complementary skills. Certified.