Past Projects

Teambuilding:  Intact Work Group

 We designed and facilitated a two day retreat for an intact workgroup of over 40 people.  Working with a planning team, we designed a series of working sessions focusing on creating a new vision for the unit and establishing clearer roles and responsibilities for the sub-units.  Skills sessions focused on conflict management and making and keeping commitments (accountability).  In addition to the retreat, the consultant worked with the management team on improving their coaching skills and clarifying and strengthening their agreements about their roles as leaders of the group. 

Teambuilding and Leadership Development: Intact Management Team

 After conducting a needs assessment, we designed and facilitated a series of one day and half-day workshops for a management team.  The teambuilding aspect of this intervention included crating a leadership vision; enhancing cross-functional relationships; and resolving conflict.   Competency training focused on coaching skills; managing performance and goal setting; giving constructive feedback; emotional intelligence and decision making with competing priorities. 

Leadership Development Cohort Programs

 We designed and facilitated a two year leadership development program for high potential technical and senior managers and administrative professionals of a federal agency.  Admission to the program is highly competitive.  The series of one and two day workshops covered topics such as leadership styles; use of power and authority; emotional intelligence; managing high performance teams; managing change; decision-making and giving effective feedback. 

Virtual Team--Teambuilding

 We designed and facilitated a strategic planning and teambuilding retreat for a globally dispersed technology team that is responsible for strategic technology infrastructure initiatives for a major global publishing firm.  During the retreat, the team accomplished a number of key outcomes including:

• Creating a shared understanding of their new vision and mission
• Clarifying roles and responsibilities in the team
• Clarifying roles with other IT groups and  creating shared goals
• Developing an action plan for improving communications and role boundaries with other groups inside and outside IT
• Enhancing relationships with each other and creating a collaborative team climate

 Strategic Planning

 In one project, we worked with a nonprofit group to redefine their core mission and create a viable strategic and operational plan. Their challenges included distinguishing their services from other providers, building new alliances and remaining focused on their core strengths.  We also conducted teambuilding activities to help strengthen relationships between the Board and senior staff.