Adaptive skill-building during a turnaround
Training · Strategy · Facilitation · Group Coaching
the opportunity
Beginning a journey of reinvention
A large apparel company had a new CEO at the helm, ready to change everything up. The previous CEO had operated under a command and control leadership style, whereas the new CEO wanted to empower the leadership team to design and adapt to the future together.
But this was a new skillset, and amidst lots of transformations all at once, the leadership team was getting stuck.
our approach
Define a shared future, then build the skills to forge ahead
Situation Grounding
Understand the current situation within the business and the executive team itself
Weeks 1-3
Leadership Retreat
Clarify and align on one shared ambition, explore adaptive challenges within it, then develop necessary leadership skills
Week 4 (Retreat)
Leadership Coaching
Build on the retreat foundations with specific adaptive leadership skill-development
Weeks 5-8
CEO Feedback
Address observations and recommendations with CEO and CPO, along with next steps to progress together
Week 9
In conversation
How we helped a newly formed team of leaders get clear on their desired future, then build the adaptive leadership skills to pursue it.
The RESULT
One shared vision, one aligned team
Executives aligned on one shared vision, with a commitment to continue working together to create an environment where adaptive challenges are both welcome and addressable.
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"I've partnered with a lot of strategy teams, and Mess Hill stands apart. What struck me most was their read on the room. They named the tension the leaders had been circling for months, then created the conditions for the leaders to work through it themselves rather than solve it for them. That's the harder path, and it's why the alignment actually held.
Sarah and Ashleigh are empathetic, insightful, and know how to break through with executives who don't break through easily.”
Head of Enterprise Transformation Strategy, Partner Agency
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