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Organizational Development

We empower fast-growing scaleups and innovation-driven incumbents to navigate the challenges of rapid growth and sustainable transformation. Harnessing the energy of high-stakes situations, we guide leadership teams and their organizations toward sustainable success while fostering meaningful work and relationships. As we make teams more effective and organizations more successful, we love supporting meaningful endeavors with a positive impact, but do not accept clients that harm our planet or society.

Consulting Services

We offer specialized consulting services. Science-based and people-centric.

Growth & Transformation

  • Managing rapid organizational growth.
  • Transforming organizations in high-stakes situations.
  • Accompanying exits, mergers, and acquisitions.
  • Harnessing AI and shaping the Future of Work.

Team Effectiveness

  • Aligning leadership teams for performance.
  • Overcoming conflict and building trusting relationships.
  • Improving decision-making.
  • Communicating effectively.

Strategy & Purpose

  • Future-proofing for AI and the Future of Work.
  • Crafting meaningful purpose and vision.
  • Aligning strategy with organizational design.
  • Cultivating a growth culture that values people.

Leadership

  • Developing leadership and communication skills.
  • Clarifying individual purpose and meaning.
  • Identifying natural leadership style.
  • Enhancing well-being and motivation.

Team Expertise

We are a carefully selected, diverse team, united by a shared curiosity and passion for solving complex problems, whether they involve human dynamics, technical challenges, or both. Our experts have advised a broad spectrum of clients, from deep-tech scaleup founders to Fortune 500 executives. Many of us are long-standing friends, research colleagues at Oxford, or both. To meet your specific needs, we assemble a bespoke team from our international network. Discover our work at Oxford on AI-driven strategic decision-making, or learn more about object a.

Executive Bootcamps

Immersive and memorable two-day events, exclusively designed for a single organization. No previous knowledge required – beginners welcome. Your organization can choose from a range of highly recommended first-class locations or nominate your own. After the Bootcamp, our team of experts helps you apply the concepts learned, with many clients transitioning to our Kickstart programs for rapid implementation.

Transformation & Change Management

  • What are the change management essentials?
  • Case studies: How can resistance be effectively managed?
  • How to ensure the sustainability of change initiatives?

Leadership = Personality 

  • Why is personality the foundation of all leadership?
  • How to develop a mature leadership personality and executive team?
  • How to discover your natural leadership style?

Facilitation & Decision Making

  • How to run a meeting effectively?
  • How to manage difficult group dynamics?
  • What are the best practices for decision making?

Resilience & Stress Management

  • What are the latest neuroscience-based methods to manage stress?
  • How to recover from stress?
  • How to increase well-being and motivation?

Business Negotiation

  • What are the key strategies for successful business negotiation?
  • How to prepare for high-stakes negotiations?
  • What techniques can be used to build trust and rapport?

Artificial Intelligence

  • What is AI and how can it be practically applied?
  • How to identify key AI opportunities in your organization?
  • How to get started with AI in your organization?

Key Leadership Skills 1

  • Leadership as a secondary profession: How to balance roles?
  • What are the communication essentials as a leader?
  • How to deliver constructive feedback?

Key Leadership Skills 2

  • How to transition from Manager to Leader/Coach?
  • How to engage employees for high performance?
  • How to manage time and delegate?

The Leader as a Coach

  • What are the essential coaching skills?
  • How to overcome coaching challenges?
  • Case studies: How to master difficult situations?

Performance & Recognition

  • How to set clear and achievable performance goals?
  • What are effective methods for recognizing and rewarding team members?
  • How to create a culture of continuous feedback and improvement?

Kickstart Programs

Each Kickstart Program offers a meticulously curated framework that includes a sequence of in-depth workshops designed to address your specific organizational challenges. Alongside these programs, our dedicated team stands ready to assist, providing personalized guidance to help you apply the skills and knowledge gained to create tangible impacts for your organization.

Leadership Development

  • How to refine and expand leaderships skills?
  • Rapid organizational growth: How to prepare leaders to tackle the challenges?
  • How to foster team cohesion and a shared vision?

Artificial Intelligence

  • What is AI and how can it be practically applied?
  • How to identify key AI opportunities in your organization?
  • How to get started with AI in your organization?

Organizational Design

  • How to align strategy with organizational design?
  • What are the key principles of effective organizational design?
  • How to evaluate and adapt organizational structure over time?

Purpose & Strategy

  • How to develop a meaningful purpose and captivating vision?
  • What are the best practices for strategy development?
  • How to develop a growth culture that values people?

Team Effectiveness

  • How to better align leadership teams to improve performance?
  • How to improve decision-making?
  • How to communicate effectively and build trusting relationships?

Executive Weeks

Tailored for your specific senior managment team, the Executive Week is a powerful and transformative five-day event designed to drive significant change and deliver tangible outcomes. Held at a first-class external location equipped with high-end work environment amenities, our program respects the value of executives’ time. It thoughtfully balances participation in carefully curated sessions with the flexibility to attend to regular work responsibilities and team meetings. This carefully arranged balance ensures seamless integration of new learnings into daily routines.

Team Effectiveness

  • How to better align leadership teams to improve performance?
  • How to improve decision-making?
  • How to communicate effectively and build trusting relationships?

Applied Resilience

  • How to apply the latest neuroscience-based methods to manage stress?
  • How to recover from stress in a routine environment?
  • How to increase well-being and motivation in an executive team?

Leadership = Personality

  • Why is personality the foundation of all leadership?
  • How to develop a mature leadership personality and executive team?
  • How to discover your natural leadership style?

100% Customized 

Share your specific needs and objectives, and we will craft a 100% tailor-made Executive Week aligned precisely with your organization’s goals.