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Learning to Manage Growth
Packers Plus Energy Services turns to Baxter Bean to navigate major change
Packers Plus Energy Services is a completions technology company that serves the oil and gas
industry in Canada, the United States and Indonesia.
The Challenge
As a small organization facing incredible growth potential, Packers Plus Energy Services was in
a state of flux two years ago. The company was ready for significant growth and development
but the three-member management team was not as well prepared. The organizational chart
hadn't kept up with the increase in work and there wasn't a comprehensive plan for the future.
The Solution
Chuck Bean and Carmen Goss of Baxter Bean were asked to help and they quickly learned that
Packers Plus needed to make some major changes to its vision and management philosophy.
The team at Baxter Bean started its research by asking key questions to better understand the
existing structure at Packers Plus and its plans for the future. Next, each member of the Packers
Plus management team provided their ideas and philosophies in one-on-one discussions with
Baxter Bean. From there, two different workshops helped the Packers Plus management team
determine where they were and where they wanted to go. The workshop focused on developing
a company vision, growth aspirations, a new company structure, a growth model and a three to
five year plan.
Out of these workshops, Packers Plus was able to establish both short and long term goals and
determine gaps in their current company structure.
After the intense work with Baxter Bean, Packers Plus then moved to implement their new plans
and projects. Baxter Bean was involved in the process through a series of follow up meetings.
Once the majority of changes were in place, Chuck Bean was asked to provide ongoing
leadership and management direction on an annual basis to the executives and managers of
Packers Plus at its spring meeting.
The Results
The changes for Packers Plus have been incredible. Following the workshops, the company
hired several key positions to create a layer of management in the company that helped
download important tasks from the management team to a wider circle of people. The
management team was then able to focus on new opportunities and prepare for future growth.
From this, Packers Plus was able to communicate its new vision to its employees, customers
and suppliers. All of this combined to catapult Packers Plus from a small company to a major
international player in the oil and gas sector.
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