“Working with Long Run Leadership we cut through some significant tension on our team. We learned how to work together and appreciate each other’s differences instead of being frustrated by them. We now get more done as an organization and teamwork seems effortless.”

Jen Muir
CEO, JK Muir

Client Profile: <20 employee engineering firm

A small, woman-owned business was experiencing employee turnover amidst significant growth, which created a variety of challenges for the CEO, such as: How do I create a sustainable business? Does the team care about this business? How can I equip this team to be effective and prepare for additional employees to join the team? How do we have a healthy team dynamic amidst the pandemic?

We began the work in the “Clarify” phase by deploying a team assessment built on the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team model, as well as a personality assessment. Additionally, each team member was interviewed to learn what was working or not working within the organization. The assessment pointed out several opportunities: Building trust amongst the team members, learning to engage in productive conflict and create an environment rich in accountability, and clarifying roles & responsibilities.

We designed and facilitated a series of 2-hour virtual meetings to make consistent progress towards these goals by exploring each of these issues and resolving them. In two months, we had enhanced the trust on the team by 17%, the team’s ability to have productive conflict by 5%, the team’s commitment to decisions and goals by 4%, and accountability by 12%. The leader of the team reported that the team was able to save significant time by having more candid conversations with clearer outcomes and resolutions.