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Engaging Leadership & Employees

Management Consulting and Communication

to transform, develop and grow

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Social negotiations,
laying the foundation for your future

Take your business to new heights

Our team brings hands-on management, HR and communication expertise with a pragmatic approach to drive successful transformational change projects, manage constructive labor relations, leverage capabilities, build strong company cultures, prevent operational risks, manage crises and engage employees as key drivers of performance.

transformation & change

  • Engaging the workforce so that they can adapt, develop and grow their organization
  • Developing content and tools for effective communication to implement restructuring and transformation processes
  • In-house resource to steer restructuring, merger, transformation

Business driven People Solutions

  • Developing ‘people’ capability to build high-performance teams and cultures
  • Management approach to strengthen agility, improve economic performance and human behavior
  • Focus on the full cycle from strategy to operational effectiveness
  • Audit your Human Resources activities to address business needs

Management communication

  • Developing or updating an organization’s mission, vision and values
  • Aligning the entire organization with the vision and values
  • Developing management communication skills to implement effective internal communication & intercultural effectiveness
  • Management and communication support to prevent and manage crisis, including media training, crisis preparedness

Leveraging capabilities

  • Management and communication support when a crisis arises, focusing on all stakeholders
  • Media relations and media training                
  • Crisis preparedness through a crisis management masterclass

Social Relations & Negotiations

  • Mastering strategic and tactical labor relations and negotiations related to restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, change and transformation projects
  • Managing labor conflict situations, leadership coaching
  • Building effective long-term labor relations and culture
  • Train your first line managers in effectively addressing employee needs

Risk Management

  • Assess and manage operational risks related to transformation and change projects
  • Risk assessments to help finalize strategic options, investments, structural changes
  • Business continuity assessment and planning

Proven Success

Measurable results

Our approach is always aimed at achieving concrete and measurable results. An example. The amount of economic value that is destroyed by malfunctions in any company amounts between 20.000€ to 60.000€ per FTE and per year. We help to recover at least 30% per year, validated by the CFO.

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contribution increase per employee

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recommend our training ‘communication skills for leaders’. Based on the evaluation form of more than 400 participants

Restructurings

managed by our team in 20 years. The largest one incorporated 25 countries 

Negotiations

over 100 successful negotiations in different countries using our approach

MINUTES

is the average time people are willing to concentrate on what you have to say. Think about it for your next presentation

BRAINS

are influencing our decision making. The majority of time, management addresses only one half of our first brain and fail to convince 

CEO

have been media trained representing 35 countries in Europe and Africa 

Minutes

is the time it takes to have our press releases published in the media, a speed that is vital for any crisis management 

Our signature way of working

for you – with you

You will experience us as a member of your team: we share the challenges and work in close collaboration with you and your teams to achieve your objectives.

transfering expertise

Our working principle is to share and integrate our knowhow and expertise in your teams so that they can successfully broaden their competencies and add value to the company.

pragmatic

Our clients praise unanimously our no-nonsense approach. They quote our advice and solutions as ‘providing answers that matter’.

What our customers say about us

The real expertise you have in this area is a true bible of do’s and don’ts that has enabled us to avoid making mistakes, to think of everything and to be proud to have conducted such a difficult communication in the best possible way.
Communications Director

Automotive Sector

55 top managers and leadership middle management have been trained in communication skills. Results were immediate, we now spend more time focusing on our core mission with a better output in our communication

CEO

Telecom Sector

As CEO we are well versed in all the economic aspects of restructuring, but we have to admit that in terms of communication we are not always equipped to carry it out with the desired impact. 

Thanks to Square Circle’s approach, we learn to develop our messages according to the audiences in front of us. This is an interesting exercise in many ways, as we have to ‘sell’ the restructuring not only to the staff and their representatives but often also to the management of the group to which we belong.

Through Square Circle’s media training, I also discovered a world I didn’t know. In just a few hours I learned to master it through an extremely exciting training course. Its aim is to teach you how to deliver your key messages whatever the journalist’s question.   

CEO

Industrial Sector

20 managers trained for a major restructuring  “We have learned to convince many employees to embrace the changes. Your training is top class.” 

CEO

Pharmaceutical Group, Europe

25 Plant Managers have been trained by Square Circle with the aim to improve their communication skills. So far, it is the only training we’ve had where all the participants were very positive, even enthusiastic about your methodology and the results obtained in a very short time

CEO

Automotive Sector, Europe

Thanks to the professional guidance and pleasant cooperation, we were very well prepared to announce our intention to restructure.  In such a process it is always very important that everyone is aligned on what needs to be done, how and when.  Planning is crucial. 

In addition, it was also very reassuring to be prepared for attention from the press by means of media training for those who might need to go on camera.

HR Director

Automotive Sector

Countries in which we have carried out missions

Map with locations where Square Circle performed missions

References

Agfa Gevaert – Alliance International – Antalis – AGC Automotive Europe – Agfa Gevaert – Alcatel – Alken-Maes – Allnex – AMP, Agence et Messagerie de la Presse – APM terminals, Zeebrugge – Areva – Arjowiggins – Astellas Pharma Belgium – AstraZeneca – BARCO – BASE Company – Becton Dickinson – Bekaert – Belgonucleaire – Belmedis – British Telecom – CB Direct – Crown Plaza Brussels – Crown Cork – D’Ieteren – Damart – De Beers – Dexia – Doosan – Douwe Egberts – Duracell – Engie – Etam Belgium – Euratom – Exxon Mobil Plastics Europe – FIB Belgium – FEDEX TNT – Flint Lessines – Friesland Campina- Gemplus – General Electric Capital – General Electric IMV – General Electric Medical – General Electric Power Control – GSK – Godiva Belgium – Honeywell Europe – Henkel – Henrad – Ineos – Ingersoll Rand EMEA – Imtech – Lanxess – Lazer – L’Oréal – Lagardère Retail Travel – Liege Airport – Magotteaux – Mobil Chemical/Plastics – Nespresso – Ontex – Port of Antwerp – Pharmacia – Phibro – Pfizer Belux – Renolit – SABCA – Sabena Technics – Schulmann Plastics – Sheraton – Steigenberger Grand Hotel – Strukton Rail Belgium – Telenet – Tereos – Tessenderlo Chemie – TE Connectivity – Trigen- Tupperware – Tyco – UCB – Vesuvius – Volkswagen Forest – Wallenius Wilhelmsen…