The Situation
A new structure and a five-year plan, and a leadership team that had never all sat down together and agreed on one direction. Restructures put people’s roles, reporting lines, and standing in play at the same time, which is exactly when a team most needs to think clearly and is least able to.
What We Did
A two-day leadership offsite, designed around the restructure rather than around a set of activities. The format did the work that the team could not do for itself: it separated the personal stakes from the business question, so the group could argue about direction instead of position.
Over the two days the team worked through the structure, the plan, and the ways of working that would carry both, and left with solutions the whole team had shaped rather than a decision handed down.
What Changed
These are the team’s own words, recorded as people left the room, before anyone had time to polish them.
- The emotion came out of the restructure. A format that broke down barriers and took the personal out of the situation, so the team could concentrate on the task.
- One direction, agreed. A unified approach the team had never all sat down and agreed on before, which they described as giving them clarity and focus.
- People before job titles. Connection as people rather than as roles, which turned into a commitment to work together.
- Scepticism converted. One member described walking in unsure what they were walking into, and walking out embracing the opportunity and the tools.
In Their Own Words
Recorded on the way out of the room at the end of the second day. No preparation, no script, and no second take.
In Their Own Words
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
Restructuring Without the Emotion
“They put a format in place that broke down barriers, took the emotional and the personal out of the situation, and let us concentrate on the task at hand.”
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
A Singular Vision, Finally Agreed
“To come away with a unified approach we had never all sat down and agreed on before gives us clarity and gives us focus.”
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
People First, Job Titles Second
“We all connected as people more so than our job titles, and that human connection turned into a commitment from everyone to work together.”
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
The Most Productive Meeting in Five
“Totally different from anything we have done before, and by far the most productive corporate meeting we have had.”
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
Solutions the Whole Team Owns
“We were able to work through and find solutions with the entire team, and it is something we will keep working on for a long time.”
Leadership Team, Fox Factory
Pushing in the Same Direction
“It was really important to connect as a group, figure out how we can work better together, and realise we are all pushing in the same direction.”
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