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Merger Madness

When this Michigan utility, having recently undergone a series of mergers, realized its customer service was suffering, executives at Great Lakes Energy brought in TMR to help develop a winning strategy from two distinctly different operations and cultures. As TMR worked with employees at all levels of the company, it became evident to the leadership team at Great Lakes Energy that what was happening in customer service was actually a reflection of a greater need for a single, compelling vision and strategy that would unite and guide management decisions and future development of the company. Even the best-planned mergers encounter challenges in creating a new culture, standardizing processes, and leading change. TMR has worked with Great Lakes Energy in the development and implementation of its new vision and strategy. We used a variety of techniques to assess current realities, involving employees at all levels of the company in decision-making and problem-solving, and developing a cadre of leaders to ensure the vision becomes reality.







"TMR/Russ and Leslie were very effective at relating to the employees at GLE. This allowed them to gain valuable insight into the issues we had to deal with as well as prepare us for the development of meaningful objectives, goals and plans. In addition, Russ and Leslie did an excellent job of keeping us focused on structure and on the important tasks. With their leadership, we developed our vision, mission, principles and goals in a realistic time frame. Without them we would still be working on it. They are a great team".

Max Binkley, Vice President, Human Resources Great Lakes Energy

 
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