Performance Consulting: We pinpoint root causes of performance problems and develop tailored strategies to get performance back on track.
Leadership Bench Strength Assessment: We use research-based diagnostic instruments to gauge the depth of your current leadership "bench" for critical positions. Where the talent pool is lacking, we provide targeted strategies for developing essential leader competencies to ensure you have individuals ready to step up when the need arises.
Workforce Planning & Succession Planning: We partner with clients to design and implement processes to ensure the organization can access the necessary human capital required to meet future demands. To ensure smooth transitions occur when future turnover occurs in critical leadership or technical roles, we help organizations deploy tailored succession planning processes, including tools to ensure a healthy internal pool of successors are ready to step up.
Competency Modeling: We engage leaders in prioritizing the most critical knowledge, skills, and behaviors required of roles/functions/levels unique to your organization. Competency models are essential for hiring, performance management, training and development of employees.
Innovation Services:
Facilitation: We facilitate highly engaging sessions designed to help teams develop break-through thinking and innovative strategies applied to specific opportunities. We draw from disciplines such as design thinking, human-centered design, and lateral thinking to spark fresh thinking about challenges and opportunities.
Organizational Assessment: We diagnose the climate for creativity and innovation that exists within a work group, division, or organization using the Keys to Creativity & Innovation (R) assessment developed by the Center for Creative Leadership. This process can be used as an assessment preceding innovation initiatives (establishing a baseline), to measure progress following innovation interventions, and/or to communicate the importance of innovation within an organization. This survey: (1) Identifies the most important factors that support or inhibit innovation and creativity; (2) Provides suggestions for improving the climate for innovation and creativity; and (3) Reveals pockets of excellence as well as areas with development opportunities when comparing categories such as departments/functions/locations.
Strategic Planning: We help leadership teams identify the organization's compelling mission, core values, and vision. We facilitate the creation of a strategic road map for the organization.
Team Development: We conduct assessments to pinpoint both strengths and areas for improvement among intact teams. This provides an important foundation for facilitation of team workshops targeted to help teams build skills in areas where the team has not yet reached its full potential. Examples of team diagnostic tools include:
Extraordinary Teams Assessment: Based on the popular book Extraordinary Groups: How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results, this online assessment measures five Indicators of Extraordinary Teams: Compelling Purpose, Embracing Difference, Full Engagement, Strengthened Relationships, and Profound Learning.
5 Team Success Factors Assessment: This online assessment measures team strengths and opportunities in the following five areas: Trust, Commitment, Communication, Process, and Results.
Benchmarks of Team Excellence: Based on research on the relationship between leadership behaviors and levels of team excellence, this online instrument offers insights into six indicators of team excellence: Alignment, Team Effectiveness, Commitment, Passion, and Results.
Leader Transition: We offer consulting and tools to accelerate the transitions of leaders into new roles, from front-line leadership roles through C-suite roles. Transitions are a crucial time for leaders at all levels. Mistakes made during the crucial first 3-6 months in a new role can derail your success. We help leaders deploy research-based strategies designed to ensure a smooth transition.
Board Development: We design and facilitate board retreats customized to achieve the strategic objectives of each board. In addition to tailored retreats, we offer a range of workshops for Boards including: