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EXECUTE LIKE PROS

Rapidly improve the execution capabilities of your org.

should you choose to accept it...

We help you rapidly improve the design of your work systems.

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Now we see how our work connects to the rest of the organization!
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We've built agile business units in the following companies

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How it works

We help your teams hit the "sweet spot" of agility.

We equip your teams with core capabilities to measurably improve performance.

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The ENGAGEMENT Journey

Execute Like Pros in 5 Steps

Our agile coaches guide your teams to improve the focus, speed, and quality of their work.

1

Start with where you are now: Your teams take a quick diagnostic to identify what's working and what's not.

2

Experience a new way of working: Your teams play an enlightening business simulation to shift their perspectives on what's possible.

3

Create an action plan: Your teams design an action plan to improve how they deliver.

4

Execute on the plan: We coach your teams to implement the plan over the course of 3 months.

5

Share progress and repeat: At the end of the 3 months, your teams measure and celebrate their story with the rest of the org! Your teams then design and drive the next stage of improvements for continuous progress towards results.

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rESULTS

Work that actually flows

3 Outcomes for Your Organization:

1

Improved value for your team's stakeholders

We train your teams in powerful visual management techniques to improve the flow of value to their stakeholders

2

Measurable improvements in reducing delays and roadblocks

We train your people to identify and minimize the 5 most common ways that teams sabotage their progress

3

Improved meeting effectiveness and team learning

We train your teams in agile project planning, daily huddles, and retrospectives so that they use their time together in the most effective way possible

What it does for your org

Streamlined Execution

Your teams move from frantic “firefighting mode” to streamlined execution mode

Faster Completion

Your teams move faster by focusing on the critical few prioritized projects at a time

Your Most Important Goals Accomplished

Your teams make sustained progress on their most important goals

Agile CHAMPION TRAINING

Equip your people to coach themselves

Why?

You need internal leaders to sustain improvements and and drive continued change in your organization.

How?

We have a "Train-the-Trainer" program to help your internal leaders continuously improve team performance.
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INTEGRATION

We work with your existing systems.

Depending on the needs of your organization, we’ll draw from a variety of work system design tools (Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban, etc) and technologies (Asana, Microsoft Teams, Monday, Airtable, Jira, etc) to build on your existing project management stack.

How We Help You Improve Your Work System

3 options for Your Organization —

What does this
option include?

Workshop series open to all employees over the course of 6 weeks

Who is this for?

Organizations looking to provide basic exposure to work system design for employees at all levels

Benefits

1. Ease of accessibility

2. Low administrative effort

3. Broad-scale exposure

Outcomes

Early stage development of a shared language for agility

What does this
option include?

Learning journey specifically for executives and managers over the course of 2 months

Who is this for?

Organizations looking to build internal management capabilities for leading agile teams

Benefits

1. Rich social learning with peers

2. Structured opportunities for applying concepts to real work work

3. Measurable distributed leadership behavior adoption

Outcomes

Shared leadership language, frameworks, and behaviors for managers

What does this
option include?

Consultative journey specifically for business units, cross-functional teams, and functional teams over the course of 3 months

Who is this for?

Organizations looking to improve the measurable outcomes of business units and teams

Benefits

1. Rich social learning with peers

2. The design and implementation of team-based behavior experiments

3. Measurable distributed teambehavior adoption

Outcomes

Measured and sustained organizational development improvements
Workshop Series
Leadership Training
Transformation Sprint

What does this option include?

Workshop series open to all employees over the course of 6 weeks

Who is this for?

Organizations looking to provide basic exposure to work system design for employees at all levels
Organizations looking to build internal management capabilities for leading agile teams

Benefits

Outcomes

1. Ease of accessibility

2. Low administrative effort

3. Broad-scale exposure
1. Rich social learning with peers

2. Structured opportunities for applying concepts to real work work

3. Measurable distributed leadership behavior adoption

Learning journey specifically for executives and managers over the course of 2 months
Consultative journey specifically for business units, cross-functional teams, and functional teams over the course of 3 months
Organizations looking to improve the measurable outcomes of business units and teams
1. Rich social learning with peers

2. The design and implementation of team-based behavior experiments

3. Measurable distributed teambehavior adoption
Early stage development of a shared language for agility
Shared leadership language, frameworks, and behaviors for managers
Measured and sustained organizational development improvements

Stephanie Cimon

AVP of National Accounts for Ulta (NYX/L’Oreal)
LOCATION
El Segundo, CA
INDUSTRY
Beauty

Helping NYX Move Faster During the Pandemic

“This work has been tremendously helpful. During COVID, our team realized we couldn’t do everything. What we learned helped us prioritize our energy on the things that matter most. I could not be more thankful.”

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Show Off Your Progress

Teams that demonstrate progress in the Execute Like Pros sprint qualify for a Certified “Agile Champion” badge with your company’s logo to post on LinkedIn.

Book your complimentary consultation to learn more about the Execute Like Pros sprint.

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