Executive Team Turnaround
SITUATION
- Conflict avoidance within the team
- “We don’t really talk with each other; everybody just does their job.”
- Silos blocking interdependencies
- Lack of collaboration on critical business issues
- Departmental prioritization and protectiveness
- The right people were not always included in the decision making
- Top-down decisions, CEO carrying the leadership load
ACTION
Executive Coaching and Executive Team Alignment
RESULTS
- 100% to 300% improvement in 6 critical team behaviors (Chart)
- Time Saved:
- Redirected 4 hours a week per executive, 20 hours a month/per executive
- 30% reduction in team decision-making time
- 20% fewer meetings, shorter meetings and more effective meetings
- Solution-driven conversations on critical business issues
- Discussing the elephant in the room is business as usual
- New process for having the right people at the table
- Became an inclusive, agile and collaborative team that shares the leadership load
- The cohesion modeled by the C-Suite reduced tension in Leadership team meetings, enabling candid cross-functional communication to cascade down
“The timing of Renee’s work with my team was ideal, making us nimble and innovative in very adverse conditions with great responsibilities.” CEO
