Team Coaching · The Diamond Standard
Every New Leader
Changes the Team.
The teams that work best together drive outsized returns. Your leadership team, run as one system.
Two questions your leadership team has never answered together: who this team is, and how it operates.
Every addition is a new data point and a shift in how the team works. Most teams never stop to reset.
65%of PE firms replace the portfolio company CEO during the hold. Every change resets the team.AlixPartners, 11th Annual PE Leadership Survey (2026)
How The Diamond Standard works
AssessA Hogan assessment for every team member.
MapThe team’s strengths and weaknesses, side by side.
Work live casesReal decisions, on purpose, to surface the dysfunctions.
DecideKey priorities, where work and decisions sit, one owner per outcome.
Follow through1:1s between leaders, each with their Leadership Interaction Blueprint.
Who this team isHow this team operates →
Why me: four seats, one coach.
OperatorI’ve run the P&L.PepsiCo $350MM P&L · adidas · Chick-fil-A franchisee
Operating PartnerI’ve sat on the investor side.Partners Group · Mubadala · $450B AUM
Board DirectorI’ve sat across the table.5x PE-backed board director · ICF certified coach
StrategistI’ve built the plan.Foot Locker $8B corporate officer · Bain · Kearney
What the team leaves with
- One set of priorities the whole room can name.
- Decision rights: one owner per outcome.
- A guide to each other: every leader’s Leadership Interaction Blueprint.
- Faster, cleaner decisions: the arguing happens in the room, not the hallway.
- AI in the team’s toolkit: where it helps the team decide, and where it doesn’t.
Includes off-sites: one session, one priority the whole room can name.
What it looks like when it works
- Two days: every voice heard, every owner clear.
- From hallways to honesty: priorities cascaded as one team.
- From silos to shared business: one leader gave up bandwidth to fund another’s priority.
“She created a breakthrough team workshop that established deep trust.”
Gil V., COO, $12B PE-backed pharma