The work
What the work looks like
People usually call me during a particular kind of week. Here is what an engagement tends to involve and how it gets put together.
Engagements
Where I'm usually brought in
- Team alignment sessions
- For teams that grew fast, or where the same misunderstanding keeps coming back. The group gets at what's sitting underneath it and settles on how they'll work together from here.
- Leadership team facilitation
- For an executive team carrying a decision that turned out to be harder than it looked. The difficult part gets said in the room while everyone is still there to respond to it.
- Cross-functional workshops
- For departments that keep colliding. Each group comes away understanding what constrains the other, so coordination stops depending on goodwill.
- Strengths and work-style workshops
- For teams where people are good at their jobs and still grate on each other. Everyone learns how the others operate, and nothing has to be restructured to make it work.
- Custom engagements
- For a situation that doesn't fit any of the above. We build something around what's in front of you.
In the room
What happens once we start
It's a guided conversation. I ask questions that get at what's sitting under the stated problem. The group works on its own situation, which means people leave with something they can use on Monday.
The room stays calm. I care more about whether a group can think clearly together than about how energized everyone feels walking out.
Format
How engagements are structured
They run from a single half-day session up through full days, multi-session work across several months, and offsite retreats. Which one fits depends on how much of a team's working habits you're trying to change.
Pricing is scoped to the engagement. A half-day with one team and a six-month arc with a leadership group are different amounts of work, so I'll give you a number once we've talked.
Proof
After a staff meeting
We still can't thank you enough for leading our staff meeting with such eye-opening and impactful leadership activities and actions to re-route our mindsets regarding communication.
As well as to strengthen our team unit.
Next
Tell me what's happening.
Twenty minutes on the phone is usually enough for both of us to know whether this is worth continuing.