Our Career Transition services team moved operations to 100% virtual delivery within 24 hours. We have the technological and operational capabilities and experience to deliver high quality services while working remotely. We continue to deliver all of our individual and group meetings, workshops, and training via video chat and webinar platforms.

To maintain our high level of service, we converted all job search and resilience workshops to a webinar platform and developed multiple specialized “Job Searching during COVID-19” webinars.

Recognizing that participants might be facing longer than usual job searches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we extended all programs with an additional 60-day access to our career portal at no additional cost. This includes all live webinars, on demand webinars, and research tools.

Our Leadership Development practice has also quickly adapted to the current environment with virtual chemistry meetings, coaching sessions via secure video conference, and even virtual executive team development sessions. We have expanded our webinar offerings to include topics that are now critical such as “Managing Remotely,” “Effective Virtual Meetings,” and “Resilience and Wellbeing.”

If you are a Keystone Partners client…thank you. If you are thinking about becoming a client, let’s continue to build a trusting relationship.

How is it that one team exceeds all reasonable expectations while another fails to live up to its potential? Could the contributing factors that lead to the success of a sports team translate to success with your team at work?

The same principles that apply to sports teams, apply to teams at work and senior management teams. Maximum success by a team only occurs when 100% trust and commitment is felt and displayed within the team. Without the full commitment of your teammates, and the trust that the commitment is there, the performance standard is already lowered.

With our clients we often leverage the model described in Patrick Lencioni’s New York Times best-seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. This well-accepted model highlights the importance of trust, willingness to engage in productive conflict, commitment, accountability, and focus on results.

Trust, commitment, team chemistry, and a willingness to hold each other accountable is precisely what enabled the 1980 USA Hockey Team the opportunity to finally beat the Soviets. As Head Coach Herb Brooks famously told his Assistant Coach Craig Patrick, “I’m not looking for the best players, Craig, I’m looking for the right players.” Not superstars but team players; players willing to sacrifice, check their egos at the door, and train like no other team in USA history.

How can a high performing team make a difference in the workplace?

Keystone Partners recently worked with a private equity backed commercial water treatment company in fast decline. A fractured senior management team meant bankruptcy was on the horizon. We completed a comprehensive assessment of the team, made recommendations, and provided ongoing coaching support that led to a more cohesive leadership team with a significant five-year growth trajectory. The company sold for a significant multiple which far exceeded their investment expectations.

What can be done to improve the productivity and success of the teams within your organization?

Keystone Partners utilizes several best in class assessments for measuring individual and team motivations, patterns, potential biases, and sources of misalignment. When combined with expert facilitation these tools help teams better understand how to work together more effectively, unlock untapped potential for productivity, and generate impressive results from a more engaged workforce.