Case Studies

In my last published article, How Can You Win by Sharing Challenges and Problems? I introduced our Collaborate Leadership, Four Meeting Model which gives leaders an alternative approach to the development of teams into collaborative and innovative units. This team approach gives organizations the advantage by incorporating individual leadership development as the connection, and alignment, […]

It seems that Communication, Connection and Relationship as important priorities are more necessary now. Today am discusssing an important part of the Communication process that is one leg of the tripod. I traveled the country this month to introduce and facilitate team alignment in several organizations. I am fortunate to experience firsthand the power of communication and connection. […]

  Initial Situation: The Leadership team of a mid-sized global company was meeting irregularly with little communication except during a crisis. The communication that did occur was on the run, without informing all members of the team creating misalignment between the business units. The result was competition and fear of honest opinion sharing as well […]

This week’s Case Study focuses on Time Management:   As part of a larger Executive Team project, I coached the COO of a mid- sized company who was feeling overwhelmed and wanted to establish better time management and the ability to complete projects without a sense of crisis and evening and weekend work. He was […]

This Case Study relates to Executive Burnout and the withdrawal of participation. I have heard this called Retirement on the Job.   Initial Situation: The President of a mid-sized financial services corporation was uninvolved with the executive team. Although he was social and polite he had stopped any innovative input into meetings and was uninvolved. […]

My next case study focuses on accountability.   Initial situation: Team building process for an executive team that was working in silos. Many assumptions about each other were operating plus the lack of trust that can come from competition. Instead of cooperation and collaboration there was blaming and indirect communication around goals and results. Strategic […]

I am excited to share with you a series of case studies I put together relating to the benefits of collaboration and team alignment. This week’s study focuses specifically on team alignment. What the Situation Was like Before: This is a team of designers/engineers coupled with an implementation team that constructs the designs. Communication and […]