Team Building & Executive Alignment

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Team Building

At Brainard Strategy real team building - the kind that creates lasting behavioral changes that work - requires commitment, training, and practice. Our approach is designed to promote interaction and provide insight into the way in which we as individuals think, communicate, solve problems, and manage conflict. By gaining a better understanding of ourselves and the other members of our team, we can enhance our ability to interact and increase the effectiveness of our communication. The result is increased commitment, positive behavior, improved working relationships, and superior team performance.

Executive Alignment

Executive alignment involves facilitating an understanding and appreciation of team member roles and responsibilities and how these fit into the overall functioning of the organization. When individuals are strategically aligned, their skills and expertise are fully utilized for synergistic results. Brainard Strategy helps clients create alignment across functions, teams, and/or individuals to maximize performance.

Team Building

Judy Bentley VP Human Resource, Edwards Life Science Irvine, California

“We were having a difficult time with bringing together our executive sales team. There were obvious effects of the lack of synergy around teaming, although the team was resistant towards chance. Brainard Strategy created and facilitated an offsite that precisely hit the team’s needs! By the end of the team building, the team had removed many barriers and created common goals. My employees are now working as a team for the first time.”

Sarah Gunhouse VP of US Sales, Biosite Diagnostics Inc San Diego, California

“We realized that while we were having great business success, in order to continue at our current rate of growth we needed to assist our Regional Sales Directors in the development of certain skill sets. We sought to strengthen their own leadership and management awareness, and then offer them the ability to build their own teams in a much more effective manner.  Brainard Strategy took our team through 360 degree assessment and DISC assessment. These were valuable tools for both our sales management team, as well as our sales representatives, as they helped us to better understand ourselves and lead our teams. Going forward we were able to link those assessments to our own sales training to help us to better lead and manage, as well as to enhance our effectiveness with our customers.”

Executive Team Alignment

Robert Nascenzi CEO, Claritas Software San Diego, California

"Our business was mature and our brand strong, but over the course of years we had been through a couple of several mergers and my executive team was a mix of past competitors. They were not focused on our core strategies, our own teamwork had broken down, and they were increasingly under pressure form outside sources. Alignment among our executive team was critical. Michael Brainard was key in determining the most effective method to diagnosis the team and in helping our executives achieve greater alignment across functions. His process centered approach, business acumen, facilitation skills, and pragmatism helped us over the course of 6 months to work as a team and gain focus around our Mission, Vision, Values, and core strategies."