Solicit and value diverse perspectives, ask the right questions, listen attentively, link ideas, and framework as learning: leaders must be able to steward their employees’ growth. Our programs heighten self-awareness by helping leaders suspend judgment, take the perspectives of others, include and value all voices, and mitigate bias. Leaders pivot from being right-answer-focused to sustaining a culture of authentic engagement, strategic thinking, and creativity. Read the study case Taking Leaders to the Next Level here.

Psychological safety, bias mitigation, multiple perspectives, full engagement: research shows these attributes are critical to team (and individual) success, but it's often easier said than done. We'll get your teams there with sticky, applicable tools and a shared language for inquiry and exploration. We can include an analysis of a team’s communication and dynamics in real time, offering context-specific behaviors and techniques for improvement. Read the case study Cultivating Learning and Inclusion on a Team here.

Innovation requires critical thinking and rigorous, open discussion. The skills and mindsets we teach—observation and empathy, deep listening, comfort with ambiguity, thinking before landing and gaining all perspectives—are crucial to executing creativity. Our approach instills the behaviors and cognitive capacities fundamental to innovative teams. We support and advance human-centered design, UX, agile, LeanKit, and more.

In 2019, the W.H.O. identified workplace burnout as an occupational phenomenon. We cultivate reflective environments that promote trust, respect, a shared understanding of professional values, and inter- and intra-personal connection. These sessions also model techniques for renewal, self-care, and healthy communication.