From Self-Awareness to a High-Performing Team, Promoting Leadership Diversity

The Client

Our client is a global consulting and IT services company which has been acquired by one of the largest global IT companies recently. Known for providing a high level of accountability to their people and also by their entrepreneurship and employee-centric culture, they have been growing double-digit for a long time now.

The Challenge

The CEO has felt the need to reinforce the concept of high-performing teams, working across the board from the executive team to the first line managers, a total of 75 leaders. Working collaboratively as a firm and creating an environment of psychologic safety to leverage on the diversity of leadership profiles, were their main goals.

The Solution

Increase self awareness by understanding the individual preferences of each leader, using a psychometric tool (PROPHET Profiling) and an individual feedback session;
Foster the discovery of diversity of profiles through an immersive group session focusing on sharing and understanding each leaders’ preferences;

An excellent initiative! An enthusiastic feedback from everyone involved. A clear vision that everyone can be the professional “persona” they are and a clear view that knowing these personas is crucial to the overall group's success. Also, a surprisingly positive way to connect people in times of lockdown.

CEO, IT Consulting Firm

The Result

Promote an environment of psychological safety where leaders can share their preferences and diversity is leveraged throughout the organization;
Understand how to improve strategy execution by matching leaders to the most appropriate phase of the business cycle, according to their individual preferences;
Identify dominant and missing leadership profiles and create a sense of shared responsibility about how to work as a high-performing team;
PROPHET leadership profiles are established as the corporate language of leadership.

About the Author

João Guedes Vaz

Managing Partner, Leadership Consulting, Portugal
Member, Board of Directors, Boyden
Global Practice Leader, Leadership Consulting

João Guedes Vaz is a highly regarded leadership and business transformation specialist focused on strategic change in fast-paced, highly competitive environments. With over twenty years as an executive in multi-cultural and multinational organisations, João has worked with some of the largest companies in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa across of a variety of sectors. Joao leads Portugal’s leadership consulting services and partners across the firm working with clients in developing high performing teams.