Your leadership team members go to you to solve their problems – gossiping, complaining, and blaming each other for missed results. They operate in silos and do not trust each other or collaborate together – without your direct involvement
Leaders do not tell the same story about your goals or current priorities. They are not aligned and do not row together in the direction of your goals. They inevitably lead their teams in different directions, resulting in confusion and chaos among the broader organization
Processes and operations do not support your goals, and meetings are terrible. Because the team is not aligned, they are not in sync with how the work gets done or where to focus their teams. Some days, it feels like all you do is put out fires – never getting ahead
There are no shared metrics for everyone to know what is working and what is needed each and every day. And no one is calling out unhelpful behaviors – which makes it difficult to learn and create better habits for healthy behaviors toward each other in the future
When this team hired us, they were stuck – coming together as a global leadership team for 9 months and not gaining any traction. Instead of trust and collaboration, leaders gossiped and blamed each other for poor results. They were operating in silos, leading their own teams in different directions
They implemented the Oleson Teamwork System and invested time and energy going back to the foundation and building a cohesive, high-performing leadership team. The group gelled almost immediately and began taking ownership together of the program outcomes. The team developed trust and began to collaborate, aligning on the plans and schedule. Started telling the same story to their own teams
√ Optimism and confidence heard from the broader organizational teams for the first time in 9 months
√ Turnover slowed, and members from other initiatives were applying for positions on the team
√ The global transformation was back on track and making up for lost time
√ Hundreds of thousands of dollars were saved in staff time and travel due to less waste and execution of program deliverables on schedule
teamworkWhat would it mean to you if your leadership team members trusted each other and collaborated instead of coming to you for problem-solving?
Our TEAMWORK system helps leaders increase their self-awareness and grow ‘team-awareness’ to take ownership of how they behave toward one another and work together to achieve your goals. Frees up time and energy for you to plan, create, and lead across your organization’s strategies and desired outcomes
commitmentHow can your leaders lead their own teams successfully across the company when they operate in silos and row in different directions? They can’t. Instead, teams feel burned out, having to solve the same problems over and over again.
Our COMMITMENT system puts in place actions and new routines for team members to be clear and consistent about your goals, able to tell the same story to their teams about what to focus on and when. They align on how the work gets done and learn how to engage in healthy conflict – to manage challenges and opportunities together as a cohesive, high-performing leadership team
accountabilityWere your processes and operations designed to support your goals and current priorities? Or are they a function of history that may not be serving today’s desired results quickly or effectively? And what about your meetings? Most organizations have a dismal track record with their meetings. Sound familiar?
Our ACCOUNTABILITY system focuses on processes and operational supports to achieve your goals… using metrics that everyone understands, allowing for quick responses and adjustments ongoing. You are able to turn low-performing meetings into high-performing meetings across the organization – with behavior and process changes that stick for the first time ever!
performanceWhen you try to improve cohesion and collaboration among your leadership team members, do you know how to measure progress? Could each team member recite what you are working toward to improve teamwork and operations and what is working, what still needs attention?
Our PERFORMANCE system brings it all together and provides agreed-upon metrics to help you and each leadership team member know what changes and habits are sticking and what still needs to be addressed. Assists the team in making long-lasting improvements to behaviors and operations, helping surface stubborn challenges for greater attention and problem-solving
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