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Improving Forecasting Accuracy
Auto Manufacturing
12,000 employeesImproved profit margins

Improving Forecasting Accuracy

Rising costs and shrinking profit margins in automotive component manufacturing threatened the client's competitive position. They needed to validate that increased forecasting accuracy would reduce overtime, decrease the 30-50%+ variance in sales forecasting, and optimize workforce planning.

Solution: Role Excellence Profiles (REPs) for Plant Manager and Account Manager roles, plus performance support resources.
Key Results:
  • Improved forecasting accuracy within 7% of target
  • Optimized workforce planning (reduced overtime by 40%)
  • Reduced variance in sales quota attainment
  • Reduced variance in unit costs across multiple plants
Defining Customer Success Excellence
High-Tech SaaS / E-Signature
7,500 employeesIncreased customer satisfaction & retention

Defining Customer Success Excellence

This #1 cloud agreement company needed to transition from customer support generalists to product specialists and define 'what great looks like' in key customer success roles to attract, retain, and grow top talent.

Solution: REPs for Technical Customer Success Managers and Engineers, plus job descriptions, interview guides, coaching guides, manager workshops, and individual diagnostics.
Key Results:
  • Maintained/exceeded SLA targets at 80%+
  • High quality customer communications
  • Increased engagement and job satisfaction
  • Improved teamwork and knowledge-sharing
  • Increased intention to stay with the organization
Moving at the Speed of Business
Biopharmaceuticals
1,900 employeesStandardized roles & career progression

Moving at the Speed of Business

Despite heavy investment in capabilities and restructuring, this Fortune 100 fastest-growing company needed to define excellence standards for their Commercial Training & Development team and pivot from tenure-based promotions to value-based career pathing.

Solution: REPs for the entire Sales Training job family (Manager through VP), plus standardized tools, templates, and career pathing frameworks.
Key Results:
  • Defined and standardized roles and titles
  • Aligned role standards to hiring and performance assets
  • Equipped leaders with in-role development tools
  • Pivoted to career pathing based on influence and impact
Accelerating New Hire Productivity
Financial Services
5,000+ employeesReduced time-to-competence for new hires

Accelerating New Hire Productivity

The organization struggled with lengthy ramp-up periods for new hires in key revenue-generating roles, relying on generic onboarding programs that failed to reflect what top performers actually did differently.

Solution: Exemplary Performance studied the top-performing financial advisors, created REPs, and redesigned the onboarding curriculum around evidence-based practices.
Key Results:
  • 30% reduction in time-to-competence
  • New hires reaching revenue targets faster
  • Improved retention of new hires in first 12 months
  • Standardized coaching frameworks for managers
Enterprise Management Excellence
High Technology
12,000+ managers employeesMeasurable impact on key business metrics

Enterprise Management Excellence

A major high-tech company needed to identify what their best managers did differently across all functional areas to create a scalable management performance system.

Solution: Studied top-performing managers, produced a Profile of Management Excellence (PoME), and designed a management performance system based on six key accomplishments.
Key Results:
  • Improved revenue metrics
  • Reduced cost of sales
  • Increased employee retention and engagement
  • Improved customer satisfaction scores
  • Standardized management excellence across all functions
Scaling Performance Across Manufacturing
Industrial Manufacturing
8,000+ employeesReduced operational variance

Scaling Performance Across Manufacturing

An industrial manufacturer with multiple plants faced significant variance in operational performance, quality metrics, and workforce utilization across facilities.

Solution: REPs for plant leadership and key operational roles, combined with a Roadmap to Impact that aligned hiring, training, and performance management systems.
Key Results:
  • Reduced variance in quality metrics across plants
  • Improved workforce utilization
  • Standardized best practices from top-performing facilities
  • Enhanced cross-plant knowledge sharing

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