Building resilience and capability: Shaping the future of Morgan Sindall Construction

About this case study partnership

Over a period of 24 months, Morgan Sindall Construction and Cranfield School of Management together engaged in a journey that would take 65 colleagues from across the business through various learning and development interventions to build greater organisational resilience and capability. At the outset, it wasn’t clear to anyone at Cranfield or Morgan Sindall what the entire journey would look like, or how far it would take its participants. But both businesses committed to working together in a partnership based on mutual trust and respect, engaging in open and honest dialogue, and drawing on each other’s strengths to enable Morgan Sindall to shape a more resilient future for its business. Morgan Sindall’s exceptionally inclusive and open culture, as well as its leadership’s willingness to trust in the process was critical to the success of the interventions undertaken. This case study is the story of how the partnership was formed and the journey undertaken.

“We’ve built a strong relationship, working with Cranfield in a collaborative, flexible and agile way. The partnership that we have set up has generated new ideas, contributing towards our business strategy for the future.” Patrick Boyle Managing Director, Morgan Sindall Construction

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