What We Do
Typical clients are organizations whose executives and
teams have development or career needs.
Sample projects include:
- Executive coaching and development project that assisted a high-performing leader at a major international company with learning how to manage and lead more effectively. Addressed challenges with stress management, delegation, and a demanding style that were creating problems with turnover, morale, and productivity on leader's own team, with colleagues, human resources, and more generally in the company. Coaching project involved 360 performance feedback interviews; formal assessment of style and its impact; working with the leader, leader's assistant and team, and management to design, implement, and monitor new operating strategies; and joint problem-solving through difficult on-the-job situations.
- One-year career transition and executive coaching project with a top (IT) executive at one of the world's largest companies. Activities included helping put together a portfolio of activities and ventures. My role included standard outplacement tasks (such as resume preparation and interview coaching), plus such things as writing marketing materials (bio, website) for new venture; coaching on strategy and presentation for first Board meeting (a part of the executive's career portfolio); addressing interpersonal style issues that were impeding realization of full career potential.
- Team-building project that involved work with the top members of a nationwide team for a large international consulting firm to address communication and performance issues through individual and team interviews, individual and team assessment of style, and facilitation of team sessions to identify and discuss issues and generate team-based solutions.
- Selection assessment, feedback, and executive team-building project for a health care chain. At the request of the Board, evaluated finalists identified by a search consultant for the pivotal CFO position. Used a selection tool to profile the entire executive team, as well as the finalists. Conducted individual feedback sessions with members of the executive team. Evaluated the fit of the finalists with the job, the team, and the company culture and strategy. Once the CFO was on board, conducted team-building sessions with the executive team.
- Executive coaching project with senior consultant at a large professional service firm, including formal assessment of individual style, motivators, and stress behaviors; intensive sessions to address challenges and develop new strategies for interpersonal relationships, anger and time management; helped recruit and select a new secretary; worked with client, secretary, and firm management to identify and practice new behaviors. Also helped client design and implement a long-term career strategy to make partner.
- Conducted a comprehensive program of team-building and coaching to help turnaround an R&D-driven manufacturing organization in trouble. Conducted surveys and interviews of the executive and R&D teams; developed strategic action plan to guide change management initiatives; executive coaching and feedback to key executives; and team-building sessions for R&D team. Program helped stabilize the company, reduce conflict and turnover, and improve morale
- Facilitated conflict-management program with President and Vice President to mitigate conflicts threatening to destroy the company. Included work on individual development issues and facilitation of 5.5 hour conflict management session and follow-up sessions to monitor efficacy of joint behavioral agreements.