This was the best executive education experience I have had in my career at Microsoft. I was able to immediately apply the practices from the session to the challenges facing my organization and make significant progress as we transition to a new way of working.
Developing consensus, a sense of shared vision and direction; a cohesiveness of purpose; a sense of commonality and shared values is always a challenge. It is against this backdrop that the CLA team excels in fostering cohesion and a sense of shared enterprise – a tour de force for any professional services organization dedicated to improving its management culture.
CLA’s direct and powerful approach to bringing about effective and meaningful change made all the difference in our efforts to forge a coalition to establish the best public schools in Delaware. Those involved included warring interests, reluctant participants and skeptics of every stripe. But after CLA confronted and provoked us, inspired and cajoled us we focused on our common goal rather than our differences.
CLA’s multi-year engagement with KLC has helped lay a foundation in Kansas that enables KLC to reach more people in more corners of the state and more sectors of society with the best and most current thinking about civic leadership.
The group work we did together in plenary was excellent. But especially impactful was the Peer Case Consulting, which gave us the opportunity to work together in a smaller group on complex problems and build connective relationships cross-functionally. We’ve seen evidence of this work translate to real-world business results.
You need to find someone to act like a mirror for you, helping you see what is happening and how to adjust. At every critical point of my career, CLA has done that for me. They have been vital to my success.
The thoughtful advice and coaching I have received at CLA has been invaluable in my role as I navigate delicate, complex leadership matters. The CLA team brings clarity to challenging situations and helps me move forward with confidence and purpose.
CLA is very good at looking someone in the eye and giving honest feedback. I would not hire any other team.
The training was simple, understandable, and engaging. The CLA facilitators talked about the real world and not just theory. The session gave me the energy to make the needed behavior change. Facilitating the Success of Others (FSO) always comes to my mind now. It has become my priority starting each new day.
CLA is known for an ability to deliver insight into relationships that drive performance, followed by coaching on how to use the insight to improve execution. What CLA gets involved with, gets better.
In considering our most important leadership questions, CLA has been an important thought-partner. Our work together supports nuanced decision making, compounds organizational growth, and elevates intentional opportunity management.
CLA’s strength is getting people to focus on the end goal – showing and teaching people the importance of communication and understanding each other’s idiosyncrasies and really communicating the end result. 2/3 of this is getting people to grow up, to focus and learn to work together and respect each other.
