Schlumberger

Schlumberger:
Customer Success Stories

Managing People in a Consistent Way
Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management, and
information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry worldwide. Through its well
site operations and in its research and engineering facilities, it is working to develop products, services
and solutions that optimize customer performance in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
Why does
Schlumberger work
with Management
Centre Europe?
Schlumberger wants to have the
best people in the world, and it is
prepared to invest in these people. Its
employee development programme
for potential managers reflects this.
For Schlumberger global consistency

is key. Therefore, in every location
throughout the world, its people
need to have the right skills and
behaviours to execute the strategy in
the best possible way.
With the above in mind,

Schlumberger selected Management
Centre Europe (MCE) to cover one
emphasis on Schlumberger, its Results and Benefits for
strategy and its people-related
of the key topics of its employee challenges to implementing strategy. Schlumberger
development programme for Areas covered include: cross-cultural
potential managers - managing Schlumberger benefits from working
awareness, leadership development,
people. Schlumberger knew that MCE with:
performance management,
had the capabilities and reach to delegation, organizational culture • MCE’s consistent global approach
provide a top quality and consistent and managing conflict. and methodology
global roll-out of this topic.
• MCE’s worldwide network of
As well as delivering, developing
local Associates who understand
and handling the logistics of the
Global Delivery of workshop, MCE, together with
Schlumberger’s global approach
and relate this to the topics
Managing People for Schlumberger, is looking at the end-
covered in the workshop for
to-end processes to see where further
Schlumberger value can be added.
implementation at a regional/
local level
Managing People is run in the
As a result of this, a strategy to • The process of continuous
following four Schlumberger-defined
resource local Associates and reduce improvement of the development
regions:
travel expenses has already been and delivery of the workshop and
• Europe & Africa created and implemented, as well as related supporting services – in
• Latin America systems to manage global deliveries, order to add value and reduce
• North America quality and Associate performance. costs for the client
• Middle East & Asia
In 2008, there were over 100 “One of our greatest strengths is the diversity
workshop deliveries of Managing
People, and around 2,000 potential
of our workforce, with men and women
managers at Schlumberger
of many nationalities and backgrounds working
participated. The programme is together and sharing common objectives.
ongoing in 2009. Schlumberger does not have a ‘nationality’ which
describes its culture, but operates in a truly global
The 6-day workshop focuses on the fashion throughout the world.”
key issues of people management Schlumberger
in general but always with a clear
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As Ahmed El Araby, Management
Customer Success Stories

Development Champion at “…Schlumberger selected Management Centre Europe
Schlumberger, stated, “Working (MCE) to cover one of the key topics of its
with Management Centre Europe
has really helped our people to
employee development programme for potential
understand what managing people managers - managing people.
is all about and how it applies at Schlumberger knew that MCE had the capabilities
Schlumberger. MCE’s consistent and reach to provide a top quality
global approach and methodology is and consistent global roll-out of this topic.”
really impressive.”
Schlumberger at a Glance
• $27.16 billion operating revenue (FY08) data into useful information, then transform this
• 87,000 employees of 140 nationalities information into knowledge for improved decision
• Operating in approximately 80 countries making - anytime, anywhere. Using information
technology in this way offers enormous opportunities
to enhance efficiency and productivity. This is a
Knowledge, technical innovation and teamwork are
quantum leap from providing traditional ‘just-in-case’
at the center of Schlumberger. For more than 80
information to delivering ‘just-in-time’ knowledge
years, Schlumberger has focused on leveraging these
that meets the changing needs of our customers.
assets to deliver solutions that improve customer
performance.
Visit www.slb.com
Today, real-time Schlumberger technology services
and solutions enable customers to translate acquired
In-House Workshops for Strategic Alignment

Aligning your people to your strategy in strategy—and what the change show you how we can put together
becomes even more urgent during means for each person in his or her and roll out an initiative that answers
times of rapid change. Shared daily activities—is essential for a your specific needs.
corporate values drive people’s successful transformation.
motivation and attitudes, and To learn how MCE can help your
they are essential to get internal organization manage change that In-House Workshops from MCE
stakeholders to move in new results from a shift in strategy, Telephone: +32 2 543 21 20
directions. Ensuring that everyone contact us to set up a meeting or to Email: [email protected]
knows and understands the shift request more information. Let us Or visit: www.mce-ama.com
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