Improving Team Results
When I work with executive teams and departmental teams, my message is simple: teams win when they learn how to put aside their individual agendas and focus together on the goals that are most important to the company. This is easier said than done. Lack of trust, a focus on individual goals vs. organizational priorities, a tendency to engage in turf battles, an unwillingness among team members to hold one another accountable – all these factors create dysfunctional teams.
Results
• The right goals are achieved faster.
• Less time, money, and effort is wasted on unproductive efforts.
• You create a team that knows how to drive both growth and profit.
The good news is that most teams – from the executive suite to the departmental level – can significantly improve their results if they are committed to replacing individual agendas with a team focus. I tailor each team improvement process to your needs and objectives, using a combination of team workshops, individual coaching, and follow-up conference calls to improve your team’s results. By participating in this program, team members will:
• Mutually agree upon and commit to the team’s goals.
• Increase the level of trust between team members.
• Engage in open and productive conversation about disagreements.
• Hold one another accountable to achieving the team’s goals.
• Set aside individual agendas in favor of the team’s goals.
• Create a primary allegiance to their team vs. their “turf.”
Here’s What Clients Have To Say
"This process helped us to clarify the roles and leverage the strengths of every person in our business including ourselves. We now have a clear organizational chart and definition of roles and responsibilities that we can communicate to our staff. This process has helped us move toward the personal and financial goals that motivated us to open our own business. Although we are a small business we can benefit from big business thinking and planning, and we have gotten that in our work with you.”
Russ and Andrea Gunnell, Franchise Owners
Fleet Feet Fayetteville, AR
‘‘We have employed Eric Herrenkohl of Herrenkohl Consulting to help the leadership team of our firm clarify our vision for our company and develop strategies to implement that vision. He has been both a meeting facilitator and coach. We have appreciated Eric’s ability to ask the questions that make us wrestle together with the 'big picture' issues so that they truly represent what we want to accomplish. Our firm has already begun to see tangible benefit from the time invested in working through these issues. It has been great to have Eric come along side and provide both an objective critique and encouragement. I could not think of someone who would be a better fit for our firm.’’
David Mastin
President
St. Louis Design Alliance
“You spoke about the need for today’s leaders to evaluate their people by looking forward ‘out the windshield’ rather than backward ‘through the rearview mirror.’ I was struck with the simplicity and logic of that concept. We implemented a forward-looking evaluation process at Castle shortly afterward and the payoff has been exponential. Each of our managers is able to tell the others what they ‘need’ in advance to achieve success. Our organizational goals are better aligned with individual and division goals. More than anything, our people support each other rather than compete. The results are real.”
Rich Ledbetter
Chief Operations Officer
Castle Contracting
“We utilized Eric Herrenkohl of Herrenkohl Consulting to create a statement of vision, strategy, and goals for our firm and align our people with these goals. After one year of work with Eric, we have a roadmap that clearly defines where our firm is heading, how we are going to reach our goals, and why those are the right goals for our firm. We feel that our improved organizational structure better supports the achievement of these goals. Our new, common sense plan has been quickly and effectively implemented as a result of Eric’s expertise. We appreciate his involvement with Mitchell+Hugeback and look forward to having an ongoing relationship with him as the firm grows.”
Larry Mitchell and Mark S. Hugeback
Principals
M+H Architects Inc.
“I had inside me the desire to put into place a new corporate culture that could support the significant growth that AAQ has generated over the years. While I knew at a gut level what I wanted, Eric is able to ask me questions and frame up issues in a way that ‘pulls the ideas out’ and helps to solidify them in a form that I can roll them out within my organization. Because he focuses on helping me to clarify, articulate, and implement my own ideas, I have found him to be a valuable collaborator.”
Dan Schmitt
President
AAQ Inc.