Case Study 1: Strategic Partner
Challenge
Hospitality organization needed to quickly optimize operations and transform company culture to meet aggressive bank commitments and assertive future growth objectives
Solution
People assessments and training to strengthen trust across senior leadership
Customized mentoring programs to build a pipeline of future leaders
Executive coaching for COO to create and execute key strategies and expand responsibilities and impact
Results
Top 8% (out of 7,000 stores) for 4 years
Grew 20 acquired restaurants from 42% to 50% Gross Profit in 15 months
Lowered cost of capital by 1,000 basis points through operational efficiencies
Shaved $3M in interest payments by company recapitalization
Created confluence of water as COO and CEO absorbed CFO’s responsibilities amidst running $40M low margin business
Case Study 2: High Potential Turnaround
Challenge
CEO and Partners at an Investment Firm ($2B) had lost confidence and trust in a High Potential (HP) Principal in the area of decisiveness. Firing HP is considered.
Solution
360 Assessment administered with executive coaching
Results
HP received standing ovation at Board Meeting 4 months into coaching engagement for reducing portfolio company’s* time to ship from 30 days to 3 days. HP has learned to make faster, better decisions and execute of them through teams and is now on high risk/reward projects consistently.