Description
Leadership cohesion and way of working is an integral success ingredient in ensuring organizations achieve what they aim for. A team cohesion effort ensures that leaders are on-board the business strategy and are fully aware and able to play their part in making it happen. This exercise provides a clear understanding on the current level of trust, alignment, commitment, and accountability that the mid-tier and/or senior or C level -tier leaders exhibit and helps identify areas that require work to improve the leadership dynamic and collaboration.
SCOPE:
- Consultant will consider the business strategy and leadership frameworks to understand the context and situation
- Consultant will review any current strategy decks/documents before meeting the leaders for required deep dives
- Consultant will interview leaders and key stakeholders who interact with them to understand their understanding, commitment, and challenges
- Consultant will explore the suggest avenues that require leaders to think or act differently for improved collaboration, trust, commitment, and accountability
- Once decisions are made, consultant will conduct 1×1 coaching conversations with leaders to help them arrive at a roadmap of what needs to be done differently
- Consultant will moderate team dialogues (as per need) to help bridge any gaps that may exist at a leader-team level, these conversations can be 1×1 or in a group setting (depending on the situational analysis)
- At the client’s request, the Consultant can repeat the conversational schedule or suggest a pulse check survey after 3 months and 6 months to assess the trajectory of change and advise accordingly. This will require a separate engagement
DELIVERABLES/OUTPUTS:
- Analysis document based on Interviews with leaders and stakeholders capturing recommendations and signs of success (MS PowerPoint exported into PDF)
- 1×1 coaching conversations with leaders
- Team dialogues (as per need)
- Option to repeat conversations or survey to assess change (Will require a separate engagement)
TIMING:
- This work typically requires 4-6 weeks to complete for smaller enterprises with a follow up option after 3 and 6 months; and 6-8 weeks for medium to large enterprises with a follow up option after 3 and 6 months. A specific timeframe for execution will be agreed between Client and Consultant after purchase. The follow-up option will require a separate engagement
ASSUMPTIONS:
- Client will provide the necessary information for understanding the business needs and current leadership/team-cohesion challenges
- Client will identify the correct leaders and stakeholders for the interviews
- Client will identify the correct leaders and participants for 1×1 coaching conversations and team dialogues
- Client will provide constructive feedback and guidance throughout the journey
- Client business process owner and key stakeholders will be available within the agreed timeframe
- Client will review & accept deliverables within 7 business days of final submission
- Out-of-scope or additional requests will require a separate engagement
