Cohesive Teams are rare

– And –

They are your

Competitive Advantage.

When something is broken, you know it … and you know it needs to be better – Fast.

Too many leaders settle for an acceptable level of dysfunction and assume they have to live with it. That’s not true. FLC can help identify and fix what’s not working. We help you bring your team:

Trust - Communication - Collaboration

Where there is persistent friction-there is a leader tolerating the team’s obstacles to success. Ouch! Right? But don’t fret, that’s good news. That means there is a solution in sight!

Teams with high-quality communication get high-quality results … In those teams, challenges, friction, and conflicts are simply opportunities to improve their dynamics – welcome bumps in the road to navigate, not obstacles. Together we will improve your team’s dynamics by taking a fresh, even radical look at your team, your organization, and you. Through change-empowering respect for your strengths, perspectives, and goals, and our profound commitment to your lasting growth, your team will achieve and thrive.

CURRENT FEATURED PROGRAM:

5-Point Team Dynamics Reset

*This is a limited scope program to support your team’s fitness for the new realities of 2022 and beyond.

Team Development is right if:

Your team is slowed down by conflict, difficult dynamics, market change, organizational change, or a merger, and it’s time to resolve it
You’ve got solid people, but they need development to truly work as a team.
Your team already has a culture of development, and it’s time to take it to the next level.

How we’ll work with your Team

Each team development scenario and organization has unique needs. Therefore, our first step together is to explore:

Most significantly, we will identify the strengths AND weaknesses in your foundation. What is at the root of the gap between what your current dynamics are – and what you need in your the team to grow they way you and your investors want you to? It’s most likely not what you think…..

We’ll look at:

The quality of the conversations you are having with each other, and with yourselves
The core strengths, gifts and culture of your team and its members
Your collective and individual clarity of vision
Your collective speed of execution, resolve and focus - and resource allocation
What agreements and systems will underpin your success now and moving forward
A collective leadership system for keeping the wheels on the tracks

With evidence-based, and experience-backed approaches that get results, we will design an actionable approach that creates meaningful and lasting change; meeting your needs.

The program we create for you may include individual coaching, team coaching, leadership development for all your leaders, or a single workshop; for a small team or many layers of leadership.

Each FLC Team Development scenario is customized to suit your needs.

Development Program Ingredients:

We apply the right tool for the job – crafted explicitly for powerful team development. Your team will benefit from the elements that best meet your needs.

Some elements we may deploy:

Assessments : Individual, Team and Culture (including 360 and interviews)
Tageting Leader Coaching
Experiential Workshops
Learning Modules, Exercises, Implementation Tools
Team Coaching to Empower Your Team for Success
Individual Coaching for Team Members to Support the Team Initiatives

Client Achievements :

The Senior Leadership Team of a $10b organization sought to develop the skills of division leaders in their global organization. Realizing the strength of leading by example, we began with them. The leadership assessment and development program we designed aimed at enhancing the specific creative leadership competencies that correlate most with business performance. The team saw their conversations become more strategic, accountable and honest, and their individual leadership strengths improve significantly. They accessed the untapped potential that already existed in their senior team and were able to develop their direct reports to meet a new standard. With leadership "scaled" throughout the organization, their profitability, agility and talent retention soared, creating an exit opportunity for aging leaders with succession firmly in place.
The US division of this multi-national company based in Germany faced a number of leadership challenges, exacerbated by restricted travel. Using FLC's Radical Ownership model, the US leadership team focused on their own team collaboration and on strengthening understanding and alignment between their division and headquarters. Our collective leadership initiative with the senior team helped them open more strategic and effective communication with HQ that has resulted in executing on projects more quickly, with newfound resolve and focus.
A team responsible for a $30m business segment was plagued by slow and cumbersome execution and ineffective meetings. Their difficult dynamics had remained swept under the rug. The board and CEO wanted change fast. We uncovered the underlying disconnects, and designed a team dynamics reset program. Their star talent had similar values and mindset but were not clicking - and that kept them from engaging in needed collaboration. We resolved their lack of 'click' and got them working together. Years after this work concluded, that team is still lauded as the stellar team in the organization.
The senior team in this small company historically worked together smoothly. However, to maintain good-will, certain issues went unaddressed until ultimately, they blew up. The team had no skills to handle such conflict. With deep individual inquiry, a series of team coaching sessions, and a gap analysis of the leadership skills and culture, this company was back on track in a few months. Their profitability continues to grow. The team has matured and is able to constructively deal with conflict before it becomes an obstacle. r
Team of Higher Education leaders at a large University was plagued by their diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. They struggled to leave politics and debate at the door during their monthly leadership team meetings, and projects stalled as a result. While open and honest conversations occurred in their view, they collectively remained stuck in conflict. We facilitated a series of retreats and group coaching to help them improve the quality of their individual and collective thinking about the purpose - desired dynamics of this team. As a result, the entire team developed skills in communication, inclusion and collaboration, turning their diversity into strength. This College of the University now excels by all markers under the leadership of this Dean’s transformed team.
The HR Department of this company reached out for leadership 360s for 300 leaders using The Leadership Circle™ suite of assessments, illuminating a detailed view of the leadership culture alignment and of all the leaders targeted for 360° review at both senior and middle level of responsibility. This allowed us to design targeted development programs for their talent development team. The HR Department has now adopted these programs in-house with confidence in their effectiveness. We continue to support the senior leader programs for external confidentiality and coaching. Their retention and internal reviews on culture and satisfaction are the highest they've ever been. And their board now praises their growing bottom line margins.

What others have said:

"Working with Lisa in the late stages of my career in Academia helped me to really own my accomplishments and navigate the tensions and stresses of change in our University with far more ease. I became more clear about my legacy and contributions. Lisa, having her own leadership experience was quick to understand the challenges I faced. I continued my work with her renewing several times, as she was such a gift to me and to our entire College."

"Lisa's work with our team changed everything. We had conflicts that really needed an outside confidant to help resolve. And resolve them we did, with her help. She also provided critical coaching support to several of our team, including me. The results of that individual work were life-changing. I recommend her without reservation."

"Dr. Hale worked with both our team as a whole and with all of the leadership team members. I found this model exceptionally effective. I had both a safe place to clarify my perspectives and develop clear and impactful communications with my team. Meanwhile, our team aired subtle small conflicts, resolved them, and found ways to move forward that allowed us to get 'unstuck' in some important deliverables. She is top-notch as a team-development, trust-building professional, AND a professional executive coach. I highly recommend working with her."

"Having Lisa as a coach was a real blessing. Lisa's experience in "inquiry" enables her to truly understand her clients. She quickly builds trust and creates a "safe space" for sharing. My experience with Lisa has heightened my self-awareness and self-regulation. Also, Lisa's work with our team helped us to communicate directly with one another, yielding vastly improved working relationships and productivity. I recommend Lisa without reservations."

"I just want to say thank you for all of your help in the past. You may have noticed a pretty prestigious healthcare award recently bestowed on us. We could not have done it without your help. I just wanted to take a minute to reach out and thank you."

Team Development