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Teambuilding: Empowering Leaders to Transform Your Business

Dan Newman

It’s Time To For YOU to Take Back Control of Your Growth

As a CEO, it can feel like you are singlehandedly weathering a whirlwind of tasks, deadlines, and unexpected fires. Despite some success, do you wrestle with sleepless nights, wondering if the growth you envision is truly attainable? Do miscommunications and friction feel like the norm rather than the exception?

You. Are. Not. Alone.

Outsmart Challenges, Together

It's easy to get caught up in tactical problem-solving, but often the most impactful changes require stepping back and addressing the root causes hindering your business. Effective teambuilding helps you identify and solve those core issues, empowering you to unlock new growth potential without adding more to your already busy schedule.  A study by Gallup found that highly engaged teams boast 41% lower absenteeism and 17% higher productivity. Imagine a workplace where employees are motivated, proactive problem-solvers who feel genuinely supported in contributing to overall success. That's the power of investing in your team.

Transform Your Leadership. Transform Your Business.

The difference between frustration and smooth operations often lies in how you, as a leader, communicate your vision and create the framework for success. When we’ve partnered with CEOs to provide effective teambuilding experiences, we often simply pinpoint areas where a few small leadership shifts can make a huge impact on their team, efficiency, and bottom line.

With one client, her leadership team meetings felt like she was running the whole show and getting her team to contribute was like drilling root canals. She was frustrated that they didn’t contribute to a shared agenda in advance, they didn’t share information willingly, and she found herself micromanaging them to get the answers she needed.

The deeper problem she was grappling with, however, was existential, “How do I transform this team culture from being dependent on me to relying on each other?” She knew that if her organization was going to scale, she needed her management team to take agency and ownership.

The simple change? Instead of starting the meeting with her updates, we suggested she share her updates last. That’s it. Change the order of sharing.

What that simple shift did was to change the culture in this one meeting from “We listen to the boss” to “We all share.” Team members started to contribute to the shared agenda because they didn’t want to be seen as a slacker. The first person to share in this reworked meeting increasingly came in prepared with talking points and questions. Rotating the first person to share in each meeting then allowed each team member to kick off the meeting with their own flair. It became a mini competition to start their weekly meeting with panache.

TL;DR - A team improved their ownership and accountability by shuffling the sharing order, and in doing so, started to personalize and deepen their relationships and engagement.

Who said it’s wrong to be high-impact and wicked fun?

Collaboration + Teambuilding = Far Better Collaboration

We understand you don't have time for fluffy exercises or concepts without concrete results. Teambuilding may feel like a 'nice-to-have,' but with the right approach, it's a catalyst for solving the core issues holding back your growth. 

In one engagement, we worked with a management team that was cordial to each other but rarely dug into difficult issues. What this caused was a fear of saying what was on everyone’s mind…but nobody felt safe in speaking their truth, so major issues went unmentioned. If asked, team members said they were fine, but in reality, they were stuck.

Through 1-1 conversations between the leaders and Learn to Scale, team members were able to say the things that were going unsaid. It was safe to vent to the consultant! After hearing the same problems time and time again, Learn to Scale was able to design a thoughtful teambuilding experience that unveiled the unspeakable: unspoken conflict.

Since it was Learn to Scale sharing the bad news as a neutral third party, everyone was able to sigh a big sigh of relief, “I’m so glad I’m not the only one that felt this way!” This sharing did lead the team into some difficult- but necessary!- conversations, but after ironing out the problems in the open, the team felt far more confident, communicative, and productive.

This team just needed a safe place to share their thoughts. This is the power of teambuilding.

Why Team Experts Elevate Your Results (Beyond a DIY Workshop)

We know you're capable and resourceful, but sometimes an outside perspective is critical to seeing the full picture. Here's what a skilled teambuilding facilitator offers:

  • Customization: Your team isn't like everyone else's, and your challenges are unique. Activities built around your specific company culture get to the heart of things faster.

  • Uncovering Root Causes: A good facilitator helps you see the patterns behind the problems, leading to lasting solutions instead of superficial fixes.

  • Results Measurement: We go beyond smiles and track the true impact on communication, collaboration, and those all-important success metrics you care about.

Ready to take your business to the next level? Get in touch for a customized exploration of how to accelerate your growth as a leader and business owner.

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