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AAH Pharmaceuticals: Using the MBTI tool to make the company’s people its USP

Pharmaceuticals wholesaler AAH wanted to maintain their position as the best provider of pharmacy supply chain management solutions in the UK, distributing healthcare products to doctors, hospitals and pharmacists throughout the UK. With suppliers competing to keep up with change and flux within the health service, AAH needed to stand out from the crowd.

Realising that their supply chain logistics model could potentially be copied by a competitor, AAH decided that their people were the real differentiator when it came to providing excellence, enthusiasm and dedication in all that they did. Read the full case study > >

 

Leadership development

 

Teams

 

Selection and assessment

 

Enhancing leadership, improving decision-making

 

Client: The British Library

Using the 16PF and Benchmarks, OPP worked with the British Library to help them identify and develop future leaders, align managers' skills with strategic needs and raise self-awareness to enhance business performance. Read more > >

 

Improving teams



Client: Michael Brown

Michael Brown specialises in training and development interventions that bring about cultural and behavioural change, and uses the TKI instrument extensively in his work. His sessions often include shock tactics that generate conflict live in the training room, bringing him into emotive clashes with his clients. Read more > >

 

Cherwell SChool

Identifying potential

 

Client: Cherwell School

Cherwell School faced the challenge of appointing a new headteacher who would be able to build on their momentum, continuing the school's academic excellence and strong links with the community. Using 16PF and ABLE tests allowed the Governing Body to feel 100% confident that they recruited the right person. Read more > >

 

Enhancing leadership, improving decision-making

 

Client: Ernst and Young

OPP used MBTI Step I and Step II alongside the FIRO instrument to run a series of motivational and direction-setting seminars aimed at developing leaders following a restructure. Read more > >

 

Improving senior team communication

 

Client: Capgemini

A senior leadership team at this technology consultancy firm wanted to improve working relationships in order to be able to make better and faster decisions. OPP used the MBTI tool in a team development day and coaching.  Read more > >

 

Developing potential

 

Client: Gucci Group

Gucci's central HR function wanted more mobility for individuals to move across their different brand areas. OPP developed a bespoke competency framework and used the Benchmarks tool to assess and coach managers for the future. Read more > >

 

Customer

Business challenge/s

Instrument/s used

An NHS (UK National Health Service) Foundation Trust

Identifying and developing potential

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

A high-street retailer

Identifying and developing potential

MBTI Step I

NHS (UK National Health Service) North West Leadership Academy

Enhancing leadership

16PF, FIRO-B

An automotive manufacturer

Identifying and developing potential

16PF

Pursuit International

Developing careers

MBTI Step I, 16PF

2 Entertain

Improving communication

MBTI Step I

Mid-Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK National Health Service)

Improving teams

MBTI Step I, 16PF, FIRO-B

ACT Management

Improving teams

MBTI Step II

Amgen

Identifying and developing potential

16PF

Cherwell School Identifying and developing potential 16PF, ABLE
Diageo Improving teams MBTI Step I

DVLA (UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency)

 

Improving communication
Identifying and developing potential
Managing conflict
Enhancing leadership

MBTI Step I

 

Forca

Enhancing leadership

MBTI Step I

FSI Law

Identifying and developing potential

16PF

Michael Brown Managing conflict
Improving teams
Improving communication

Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

 

RAF (UK Royal Air Force)

Improving communication
Enhancing leadership
Improving teams

MBTI Step I, MBTI Step II

Siemens

Enhancing leadership

MBTI Step I, 16PF, Benchmarks

An accountancy firm 1

Improving communication
Enhancing leadership
Improving teams

MBTI Step I

An accountancy firm 2

Improving communication
Improving teams

MBTI Step I, FIRO-B