I like to reverse engineer the way into things. Look at what you have, and help you work backwards until you find the moment that it all began. This is where your habit was likely born. You found that doing this “thing” led to a result, and you kind of liked it. Then. But you don’t like what you are getting anymore. To quote Marshall Goldsmith, “What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There.” In other words, the very behaviors that have led to your success today are not working to get you to the new place you want to be.
And that is exactly why you would want to hire me. Because I’m good at helping people figure out the moment things shifted, and what to do about that today. And then build a habit plan for today’s goals.
what do you want,
and what are you doing to NOT get it?
What is yours to do?
How will you do it?
What tools might be helpful along the way?
How will you know you’ve arrived?
And to borrow a question from Jungian Analyst James Hollis, who are you waiting on permission from to do it, yourself, or someone else?
when faced with questions about where to go next,
it’s helpful to reflect.
One of the reasons I see organizations, and professional service firms suffer is because there is no alignment between what they say they want to do, and what the structures they put in place, the people they hire, how they train and mentor, the ways they support and show they care for their workforce. There is no integration. We know that for our cars to work effectively, there has to be alignment. And yet, we run our organizations as if this is just a nice thing to have, or something we will get to one day, after we refresh our website and hire a new HR Manager.
Lack or organizational alignment is the reason your culture is not thriving. The first step is to do what Gloria Steinman famously said, “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” Some organizations need to get a little mad at first, before they are ready to engage in the real work of fixing the root cause of what’s wrong. And that goes to alignment and integration.
Believe me, this is not easy work. But those who do it, thrive.
alignment, not just for cars
what I offer…
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Find-Design-Align
Does your culture align with your Core and Strategic Values?
Organizations tend to have sticky cultures, even when top leadership changes.
Is your culture aligned with your values? Are you seeing the results you want?
Let’s look at your current culture and build one that fits your values + strategy.
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Collaborative Strategy
You have a strategy, right? But is your business strategy based on the collaborative efforts of everyone or reliant on individual efforts? Build an infrastructure of collaborative strategy.
This starts with understanding your team’s collaborative tendencies, including behavioral traits that can be measured using the Smart Collaboration Accelerator, a tool designed by Dr. Heidi Gardner, Harvard Law School.
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Well-Being Culture Work
Well-Being is not the absence of illness, or lack of stress, or perfection of anything. It’s not a number on a scale or lab report. We expand the definition of well-being to mean we are thriving in the environment we find ourselves.
It’s important not to confuse well-being with much of what we are socialized to think of as well. Wellness is up to us. And our definitions because it’s about inner, and outer well.
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Custom Work
I also build custom workshops, training, and consulting to meet you right where you need the most support.
I once worked with a consultant, when I was a COO, and they delivered their findings to me in a report and then said “good luck with that.” When I asked how to “fix” what was wrong, they said “we don’t do that work.”
I do that work. With you.
Design a Healthy Culture:
DIY Guide for Building a Healthy Culture
Designed to give you the tools to create a healthy culture that not only differentiates your firm or organization, but also allows you to attract, retain and grow the best talent and clients for long term success.
