Thriving Teams
Trying to achieve your growth targets with an ineffective team is like trying to run a marathon in flop flops.
You might make some progress but you won’t make the distance and boy it’s going to hurt!
A recent Bain & Company study of 1,250 companies found that organisations with highly effective executive teams achieve three times higher than the average revenue growth, profitability, and total shareholder returns
Listen – you know a Thriving Team is critical to your success. But you also know it’s damn hard to build a team that can go the distance.
The sum isn’t greater than the parts – you just can’t figure out why you aren’t getting the best out of their collective talent and experience
Turf wars – they tread on each other’s toes and you keep having to remind them of their scope and boundaries
Step up feels like a slog – you’ve given your team exciting challenges – new projects, new strategies, new tech. But they aren’t owning them yet and there’s a yawning chasm between what you expect and what you get
It’s all on you – you know you’re doing too much but you feel you can’t offload anything. When it comes to the crunch, you’re always left holding the baby
You don’t get to the important stuff – you want time to be more visionary, more strategic and focus on future ambitions but you’re stuck in the weeds
So, delivering your goals feels like trying to fold a fitted sheet in a windstorm — chaotic, frustrating, and leaves you questioning all your life choices!
Your team:
- say they’re overwhelmed but, if you’re honest, you’re not really sure what they’re spending their precious time on
- don’t feel cared for or appreciated (yet to them they’re awesome all the time!)
- push back on new tech (it’s exhausting)
- don’t all work to the same agenda as each other or you
- waste time with unhelpful chatter and in-fighting
- are switched off (even the star players)
This all means you worry about:
- holding onto your key players
- team wellbeing with stress and sickness
- well, about everything, all the time…
…and you’ve got so much on your plate you don’t have time for a bathroom break, let alone landing your to-do list!
Companies with effective teamwork, communication, and collaboration are 4.5 x more likely to retain top-tier employees
“Nicola established a way of working that built trust with the team. She possessed the knowledge and know-how needed to support, discuss, persuade and overcome potential issues that would take the team on the journey.”
Chief Commercial Officer – Global Leisure Company
So, if you want your team to thrive, something needs to change
The Thriving Teams programme is a bespoke blend of consultancy, masterclasses, team coaching and board or exec engagement. Every programme is unique to your organisation, but the core framework is outlined below.
Here’s my prescription for your Thriving Team:
Diagnosis – I use a range of tools to help you get to the heart of the problem. With candid conversations to understand
• What’s really going on
• What people are worried about
• What’s working and what isn’t
“Nicola quickly grasped the nuances and challenges we faced. She deftly marshalled a broad leadership group of varied personalities to a position of agreement - I only wish she could be with us every day to execute the plan!”
James Lewis, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Knight Frank
How will it benefit me and my team?
✓ A team that are humming – and when they look great, you do too
✓ Save time and money – wasted effort and duplication are kicked to the curb
✓ Big impact priorities get the right focus
✓ Hit your targets so consistently it starts to get boring
✓ Squeeze every last drop of talent and potential from your team
✓ Engagement scores that are an embarrassment of riches vs your peers
✓ A team with cat-like reflexes to respond to every opportunity
✓ A team to truly share the load – so it’s not all on you
Is it time for your team to thrive?
