Developing adaptive skills during a company turnaround

Training · Strategy · Facilitation · Group Coaching

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the opportunity

A large apparel company had a new, energetic CEO at the helm. For many decades, the former CEO had operated under a command and control model, 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

Create the space to explore, then commit

Situation Grounding & Ambition Alignment

Develop a shared view of the current situation as well as a clear, shared ambition

Weeks 1-3

Landscape Review

Develop a shared understanding of the category, whitespace, target customer, and unique strengths

Weeks 4-6 (Workshop)

Strategy Exploration & Selection

Explore multiple hypotheses about how to win together, and select one to commit to pursuing

Week 6 (Workshop)

Roles, Ways of Working, & Next Steps

Refine strategy, define next steps, and commit to roles, responsibilities, and decision-making

Weeks 7-8

In conversation

How we guided a new team of leaders who wanted to build a future together

The RESULT

One strategy, one team, ready to act

A busy team of executives from two different worlds committed to pursuing one ambitious goal together—all while building trust and mutual respect in their new relationship. 

“Mess Hill is outstanding. They helped bring a diverse team, who had not worked together before, together to create a strategy for a new business venture.

The workflow and process they used was seamless, highly effective, and fun. We moved from many opinions to one, aligned strategy and identified the key first steps to execute on that strategy.

We are very satisfied with the outcome!”

VP, Technology & Innovation

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