Furst Consulting Limited

putting quality thinking into effective action

FurstPrinciples of Building Effective Organizations

Developing Successful Performing and Learning Organizations have five key components:

· Maximize contribution: Effectively manage people to maximize their contribution to the success of the organization and the people they work with

· Thinking Things Through: Effective Positioning, Planning, Problem Solving and Solution Finding

· Getting the Act Together: Effectively coordinate and align Planning, Teamwork, Work Relationships and Individual Responsibilities

· Getting Things Done: Move things forward through Leadership, Competency, Commitment, and Contribution

· Always Learning: Continuous Improvement

Dag works with his client to find solutions that will maximize individual and team contribution to organizational and personal success. He has helped clients achieve significant and meaningful change. He is a recognized expert in his field and has presented at many conferences.

Our Goal

We assist our clients achieve and sustain success by developing Performing AND Learning Organizations. This can be best achieved with a business strategy which includes and promotes people development

We believe that organizational success is achieved by a healthy mix of confronting personal and organizational realities, combined with a strong ambition for achievement and a compelling commitment to continuously learn and improve (Furst Principles)

Who We Are

Furst Consulting Limited

is a network of Organization Development and Human Resources consultants with Dag Furst as its principal. Dag has been an independent consultant since he left Deloitte & Touche (formerly Touche Ross) Management Consultants. With an educational background in Industrial Engineering (Master's Degree) and an initial career in IT (IBM), he has extensive training and over 30 years of successful consulting experience in Human Resources, Change Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Leadership Development, and Total Quality Management.

Our Strategy

We combine our business, organizational, technical, and behavioural knowledge to develop ambitious, practical and successful approaches to organizational change and improvements in a wide variety of industries and settings.

With most of his clients, Dag Furst acts as:

· an architect of organizations that build strength with people

· a facilitator in building strong organizations

· a coach in leadership and learning

The approach is to develop situation-based solutions and to avoid "template" or "cookie cutter" answers, or “management fad” solutions. With his understanding of stakeholder interests, business needs, operational demands, and human dynamics, he assists organizations, groups and individuals develop solutions that are ambitious, realistic and sustainable