Denise Harvey is a
highly intelligent strategic thinker
with deep knowledge of her industry. She respects good management and brought in smart
and experienced leaders to carry out her innovative vision. But Denise is
somewhat of a loner who expected her team members to be totally self-motivated.
She was not inspiring the needed changes because they were working at
cross-purposes.
Our coaching focused on
-
reframing her attitude that emotions have no place in business ("adults shouldn't need
approbation"),
-
encouraging and rewarding teamwork, and
-
modifying her style of debate (she debated to refine her ideas
but others felt challenged to a mental
duel).
Denise was better able to influence
her team
when she offered more
participation
in problem solving, showed
appreciation for
their ideas and feelings, clarified when she was
exploring possibilities (vs. driving home a point of view),
and developed an agreed-upon process for
effective
teamwork.
