Designing a high-performing comms team at Rio Tinto: An Interview with Jess Lonsdale - Kademy - chunk 7

spending adequate time here is critical. If you don’t, you can’t effectively reflect on the outcome of a redesign. I advise leaders to approach this stage with curiosity, engage in conversations with key stakeholders – even when challenging – examine performance data and analyse key learnings from past team changes. What did you uncover in this exam phase? We were well aware of the key challenges we needed to address, which included optimising talent, removing siloed activity and adapting our structure to better serve Rio’s evolving needs and cultural transformation. Ultimately, we needed to better align with company-wide priorities.