Why Talent Matters
1. Management teams are responsible for delivering all value creation levers, acting as a productivity multiplier. The right team can drive innovation, improve efficiency, and boost profitability.
2. Great teams are significantly more productive, profitable, and efficient than mediocre teams. Studies have shown that top-performing teams can outperform their less skilled counterparts by up to 50%.
3. A players attract other A players, creating a virtuous cycle. When you have a strong team in place, they naturally attract and retain other high-performers, further strengthening the organization.
Accelerates growth and development by lighting the path to new levels of performance and fulfillment. By offering personalized guidance and creating the space to contemplate deeper questions than "what's in my inbox?", executive coaching helps leaders to identify their strengths and weaknesses, develop new skills, and implement effective strategies to overcome challenges. Through this process, leaders can foster a growth mindset, build strong interpersonal relationships, and improve decision-making abilities. Ultimately, the impact of executive coaching extends beyond the individual, leading to increased team engagement, productivity, and overall organizational success.
Helps organizations fortify their leadership ranks with A players offering the right combination of capabilities and fit. By employing a comprehensive evaluation process, organizations can gain a deeper understanding of candidates' skills, experiences, and cultural fit. This information enables them to make well-informed hiring decisions, reducing the risk of costly mis-hires and ensuring the right talent is in place to drive success. Ultimately, a rigorous executive assessment process leads to the creation of high-performing teams, which fosters a culture of excellence and contributes to long-term organizational growth and prosperity.
1. We conduct structured interviews with the leadership team, creating a safe space for candid discussions by guaranteeing anonymity, establishing credibility, and making the process feel casual. We start with easy questions to build rapport, then notice subtle cues and probe gently to uncover deeper insights.
2. Our customized interview protocol focuses on the investment thesis, enabling us to recognize common patterns and archetypes, compare results across leaders and leadership dimensions, and identify strengths and developmental areas.
3. We deliver a comprehensive "100-day plan" for talent and culture, outlining the necessary steps to build the best possible team.
1. We provide 1:1 coaching for key leaders, offering a trusted advisor to confide in, steering them towards great talent decisions, preparing board updates, and helping them operate from passion and purpose. Our ongoing thought partnership and pattern recognition ensure continued growth and development.
2. Our facilitated quarterly offsites and team coaching promote strategic and tactical alignment, monitor team effectiveness, and address emerging dysfunctions. We build "connective tissue" within the team, fostering camaraderie and rapport.
If you’re debating whether to partner with Cullen, don’t – this is an easy decision and here’s why: Cullen immediately grasps the big picture of what you are trying to create, both in your leadership and in your business. From there, he gracefully navigates challenging stakeholders and facilitates transformational conversations to bring everyone closer to a clear and shared goal, and to each other. Part operator, part coach, with a keen eye for strategy and a deep reserve of empathy, Cullen will immediately and consistently add value to your business, and you won’t ever want to let him go. We surely don’t!
Cullen is an incredible strategic power weapon for me. He is a trusted advisor who brings the value of pattern recognition from working with other successful CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies across various industries who provides me with a sounding board on all matters of strategy, people, and culture. He has been instrumental in facilitating leadership and board meetings to achieve strategic alignment. He has helped bring our team closer together at off-sites. His acute eye and judgment has helped me de-risk talent decisions. Working with Cullen has helped me grow as a leader faster than I ever have in my career.
Cullen is an amazing resource and coach; his assistance was nothing short of transformative to my professional growth. In helping me transition from being an executive to becoming a senior executive, Cullen helped me identify and address my weaknesses, while further leveraging my strengths. Cullen’s experience as a senior leader, consultant and coach allows him to provide a unique perspective to help clients balance operational improvement in concert with changing strategic direction. The four items that Cullen and I worked on still hang on my wall to remind me of their importance three years after we finished working together. Cullen prepared me for the journey to become COO and the most important aspects of my professional growth have been grounded in Cullen’s recommendations. Working with Cullen was a profound professional experience that provided immeasurable value and I can recommend Cullen’s capabilities without reservation.
To find the right executive consultant, I talked to the most successful CEOs in my network--who run companies across a range of different industries and sectors--and over and over again the name they recommended to me was Cullen Steele. His impact on my business has been transformational: he has helped me cut through the noise to find the signal in every challenge I've discussed with him. He has pushed me as a leader and as a thinker--the sounding board and thought partner that every executive could use. He's charismatic, charming, and brilliant but also deeply thoughtful, meticulous, and perceptive--a unique combination that helps you step outside of your business to work on your business. From weekly one-on-ones to leading executive team offsites, Cullen has been an integral part in helping me build a more effective, profitable company.