Providing Customized Training in Partnership Building to a Department of Technical Experts
Situation We were asked to help a department of technical expert consultants become full partners with their internal business clients. Colleague Jill Golde was approached by the head of a department of a large international corporation. This group provided consultation to other departments in the firm. They were looking to expand their impact, and asked […]
Facilitating Communication and Creating Agreements to help a Management Team Become More Effective
Situation “Frances”, the director of a technical assistance provider to schools, was experiencing challenges managing the internal operations of her organization. In particular, she and her three top managers were not on the same page. We were asked to design and facilitate a process to help the director and her staff work through communication issues […]
Using Individual Coaching to help the Director of a small Child Welfare Agency become a more effective supervisor
Situation Faced with the complexity of day to day issues combined with larger organizational challenges, “Carol”, the Executive Director of a child welfare agency, found herself spending an increasing amount of time on staff supervision, including crisis management and problem solving. There were few if any resources for her. Her Board members didn’t have the […]
Using Individual Leadership Coaching to help a physician lead a transitioning Pharmaceutical Clinical Development Team
Situation The Research Institute at a large pharmaceutical firm was looking to embed a new matrix structure and the corresponding values of partnership, cross-functional collaboration and flexibility into its work processes. We were hired to coach the leaders of the global teams as they transitioned to the new matrix structure. One team was also transitioning […]