For tech and science leaders
You’re an expert who has accomplished impressive things. But little has prepared you for the challenges and stresses of leadership.
Influencing. Building trust. Eliciting hidden information and points of view. Taking a stand without alienating others. Navigating conflict and complexity. What leader doesn’t struggle with one or more of these day-to-day demands of the role?
ClarityWorks is about helping leaders develop advanced people skills so they can move their team and organization forward and deliver results that matter.
What are you working on?
Starting a new role
Joining a new company or taking on a new role? Build momentum early on, create trusted relationships and make a positive impression. Gain insights into the new situation and work around blind spots.
Preparing for a bigger role
Clarify what specific leadership capabilities are needed for a new position (e.g. leadership presence, communication, influence, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence). Get help with developing the skills you need.
Finding more ease
Make leadership less stressful and more fulfilling. Our work may focus on personal development (resilience, self-awareness, sense of purpose, etc.), interpersonal relationships or both.
Leadership in Life Science and Tech
You are in a fast paced business with a great deal of volatility, uncertainty and complexity. Change is a constant; the direction, products, leadership, processes and team make-up are always in flux. This is inherently challenging and uncomfortable for the best of us.
Strong analytic capacities, precision and persistence got you here. To lead and collaborate well, you'll need to balance these talents with non-linear skills that may not come as naturally and may not have been modeled before.
To achieve your goals, make a greater impact and enjoy your work as a leader, you'll need adaptability, awareness and resilience. You'll also need to be able to open rather than contract in the face of challenges.
What are you struggling with?
“I’m overwhelmed and don’t know how to dig myself out!”
“I’m frustrated working with a certain person. I can’t get them on board.”
“I’m struggling to work with peers from other parts of the organization who don’t think or work like me.”
“I need to make a bigger impression and impact on those at my level and above.”
“I’m stressed out and unhappy.”
“People don’t realize all that I’m doing and how important it is.”
Targeted support to help meet your development goals
Build self-awareness, personal presence and adaptability
We all have blind spots and patterns of reactivity that get in the way of our ability to lead and feel fulfilled.
Learn how to recognize what sets you off and choose your responses rather than shutting down or escalating conflict.
Cultivate an openness and ease that helps you work through obstacles, share your talents more broadly and enjoy life more fully.
Becoming more aware of your mind-body connection will help you reduce stress. It will also help you to improve your performance by leading more authentically and building trust with others.
Relevant areas of expertise: embodied leadership, evidence-based neuroscience, mindfulness, adult development
Engage and mobilize others to deliver results
Leading others isn’t simply a matter of setting agendas and telling others what to do. It requires that you intentionally listen, respond appropriately and build trust.
And to do this, you need to be able to connect with the other person’s cares and concerns. It requires a whole new way of communicating.
Strengthening your awareness of others and ability to make and manage commitments will deepen your understanding of stakeholders, peers and direct reports—what they want and how they work best—and create the trust needed for accountability and more successful coordination.
Relevant areas of expertise: action-oriented communication, Commitment-based Management
Leadership skills that coaching helps to develop
Leadership Presence
Inspire confidence in others, tap into your authentic voice.
Emotional Intelligence
Choose how to respond appropriately rather than act out of habit (e.g. shutting down, lashing out).
Influence
Make a bigger impression and impact with peers and above. Learn how to work with people from other disciplines who think and work differently.
Communication
Build trust, accountability and clarity. Manage expectations, satisfy stakeholders.
Conflict Management
Face conflict and problems directly in a way that invites collaboration.
Strategic Thinking
Learn the why, what and how of strategic thinking so you can make a bigger impact. Expand your perspective of what’s possible.
Resilience
Navigate uncertainty, volatility, complexity and ambiguity.
Stress Management
Learn how to find ease and calm in difficult moments.
Personal Fulfillment
Clarify your own vision and align to it.