ISSUE: A senior manager observed undesirable behaviors in a talented, newly promoted IT manager. She realized the need for action after overhearing conversations among the new manager’s peers about how often they were embarrassed by his behavior, including the way he ate, dressed and generally presented himself in the company of others. INDUSTRY: Global Consulting […]
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Case History: Strategic Leadership
ISSUE: Senior executive is overly involved in tactical initiatives and not getting traction on strategic issues. INDUSTRY: Health Care – regional system SIZE: 15,000 Employees CLIENT: Senior Executive SOLUTION: Executive coaching with client to identify what is internally and externally contributing to the tactical orientation and begin shifting to a more strategic focus. Extensive use […]
Case History: Team Building for an Organizational Change Effort
ISSUE: The division is undergoing a mandatory restructuring and decentralization, anticipating personnel growth of ten-fold in the next 12-18 months. The senior team wants to meet the challenge by laying a solid foundation of principles which will guide them in working together during this period of rapid and dramatic changes. The senior executive of the […]
Case History: Merging Senior Managers from Different Cultures
ISSUE: This prominent university had merged two of its computing arms, that had distinctly different cultures, under a new CIO. The CIO realized that the cultural differences, exacerbated by individual and gender-based stylistic differences, were impeding his ability to create a highly-collaborative senior management team. INDUSTRY: Education SIZE: Major University CLIENT: Team of Twelve Senior […]
Case History: Leadership Development, Athlete to Executive
ISSUE: After suffering a career halting injury, a former professional athlete was hired to manage a staff of six in a small department within a financial services firm. Although he is a quick study, and extremely disciplined in his work, he was having difficulty feeling comfortable in his role, communicating his vision, establishing staff routines […]