Build a discerning team that solves bigger
challenges and delivers stronger results.
Hands-on sessions that build discernment across the organisation for wiser decisions and excellent execution.
Growth or turnaround,
it comes down to three capabilities
Whichever you are facing, three questions keep coming up:
How do we turn individual strengths into collective performance?
How do we develop our people while still delivering results?
And how do we build enough trust to name the real issues and turn tension into innovation?
These are interdependent capabilities. Aligned teams execute better and faster. Discerning coaches multiply talents. Honest debate makes better decisions.
Three workshops, built around where your team is
Performance by Design
Individual strengths to collective performance
The problem is rarely a lack of talent. It is what happens when strong individuals pull in different directions and cross-functional work breaks down. The cost shows up as missed revenue targets, delayed initiatives, and high turnover of strong talents.
Teams map their strengths against the real priorities, find the friction slowing execution, and agree the accountability and working model.
Teams leave with a fact-based understanding of what each person brings, and a common language that makes execution faster.
90% satisfaction and 24% confidence lift
Ideal model starts with the leadership team, and extend to their teams, then scale across functions.
The Discerning Coach
Developing people while delivering results
Most managers feel the squeeze of three expectations: hit the numbers, grow their people, and lead through ambiguity.
Many are strong performers but not trained to coach and navigate polarities. The costs include manager burnout, disengaged teams, and high turnover.
Managers learn to recognise their own patterns, and calibrate wisely - knowing when to ask or advise, challenge or support, step in or step back.
Managers leave able to hear what is not said, and respond wisely.
Fewer escalations.
Team members grow, work better, and deliver stronger results.
Trained hundreds of managers at Google
Google Mastery Faculty with 99% CSAT
Ideal for organisations building a coaching culture, with quarterly cohorts and a peer support network.
Courageous Leadership
Turning tension into innovation
Many teams fall into one of two traps. False harmony, where politeness masks the real problems. Or sharp conflict, where challenge turns personal. Both undermine innovation and performance.
Most leaders are not getting the full picture. People usually filter deeper issues.
So the work starts with the leader, modelling the clarity and courage they are asking for. They also develop the capacity to hear what is not being said.
The team then builds honest feedback both to their managers and team members.
The organisation is pursuing the biggest opportunities, and solving the right problem.
Teams develop the courage to start the difficult conversation, and engage in healthy debate that improves decisions.
Leaders understand both issues and opportunities before it is too late.
96% satisfaction and 38% confidence lift
Helped organisations rebuild trust with honest dialogue after challenging restructures
Ideal when playing it safe and avoiding hard conversations is getting in the way of solving the real problem.
How it is delivered
Each engagement is shaped with you on a planning call, in person or virtual.
The design ranges from a half-day session to a series of three, with intervals between for integration, and a check-in after a month to close the gap.
The ideal model starts with the leadership team, extends to their teams, then scales across functions, so discernment becomes an organisational capability.
Lance has a remarkable ability to build authentic connection and trust. Through powerful storytelling and practical frameworks, he inspired my teams and helped lay the foundation for high performance, built on trust and respect. Any organisation would be fortunate to have Lance help shape their culture.
Lucy Werner · Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Marriott International
Lance has a unique strength as a business leader and facilitator. He is trusted by my team for facilitating different programmes including feedback, negotiation, and competitive selling. He also helped our leadership team develop our vision and mission.
Michael Yue · Managing Director, Google Hong Kong
Lance created and scaled Disney's Brand Stewardship Training for our growing international cast members. He inspired us to uphold the trust consumers place in Disney while bringing together brand strategy, consumer insight, and powerful storytelling, building a culture where everyone became a brand steward.
Charlie Cain · Senior Vice President, Global Brand Management, The Walt Disney Company
Full workshop descriptions, formats, and the measurement approach are available on request. Send an enquiry with your objectives, and I will come back to you personally.
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