We have been working with this company and it's leadership and teams for the past 4 years. We have provided leadership coaching to senior executives and team leaders and we have provided ongoing learning and development and coaching for 3 intact work teams. The organization continues to undergo tremendous growth and they have indicated that the coaching has provided them with insights, stability, and capacity to be resilient and successful to navigate the growth and change well.

Situation, Challenge, Business Drivers

1. Leaders and teams needing to adjust their focus from being tactical experts in product marketing, communications and launches to embracing the development of a more strategic business focus that encompasses non product related emphasis as well, that positioned the company in new markets segments.
2. Significant business growth over the last 4 years
3. New leadership requirements - building new divisions, hiring new talent into leadership

Testimonials

The work we have been doing with Soulzatwork and their coaches over the past 4 years has led us to more effective internal communication and functioning as a team, it has supported the leaders in our team to step up to the big challenges of growth and it has allowed us to be resilient through many stressful times.  Joanne's passion for her work, her dedication to her client partnerships, her knowledge and expertise - has transformed our team members - allowing them to really step up to their leadership potential. Joanne and her team are absolute professionals.
Director

Our Approach

We started our work with this organization in  2003, when we initiated and women's  leadership development program for 7 women in the marketing communications team. This spawned the continuation of one on one coaching for this team.  In the following 2 years, this team continued the team development process that supported the team developing as one cohesive system. During this time, 5 of the 7 members of the team were promoted.  Following the work with this team, we have worked with the global marketing team and the international marketing team and members of the Canadian Sales team. We continue to work in partnership with this organization as it undergoes further growth in 2008.

Methodology

1. first program - Soulzatwork Leadership for Women
2. one on one leadership coaching
3. Quarterly one day team development workshops
4. Regular team coaching teleforums
5. Team Diagnostic - an on line team assessment to benchmark productivity and positivity
6. 2 day off site to focus on team development and strategic focus for the team
7. ongoing leadership coaching and team coaching

1. the leaders and teams have clarified what is required to move this organization to it's next level of capacity for growth
2. they have created shared performance goals for the team
3. they are staying aligned with their strategic plan
4. they are functioning more strategically
5. they clearly know how to leverage the natural strengths of the team
6. they are much improved in their ability to handle conflict