Executive Cohort Training

 

Did you know:

  • Business leaders estimated 7.47 hours a week of time lost to poor communication (18.7% of a workweek).

  • The cost of poor communication in lost business, time and productivity is $12,506 per employee per year ($125 million for a 10,000-person company in one year) 

  • 66% of leaders think they’re aligned with employees. 44% of employees agree.

    Like an aspiring athlete looks up to a childhood idol, you, as a senior executive, are in a privileged position, and there is no substitute for leading by example. Say It Skillfully is a highly personalized capability—when leaders model effectively using their voices in ways authentic to themselves, the entire organization gets the powerful message that each and every team member matters, and hearing all voices is how the team will perform at the highest levels.

Consider:

  • Are you hearing what you need to hear from the team? (even though you’ve been clear you want people to speak up!)

  •  Do you know what your team wants you to do more, and less of?

  •  Would you like to run less interference between team members, wishing that they’d just figure each other out?

Effective communication to align all stakeholders to a shared aim is possible, takes focus and starts at the top.

The Executive Cohort Engagement builds on the Say It Skillfully 101 video lessons with peer practice and coaching sessions with Molly, which may be one-on-one and/or group as tailored to your needs. To best relate with each other and have shared context, executives review the same video lessons as their people.

Depending on the individual strengths and opportunities, Molly will customize practice sessions to meet executives where they are. The program elements are a 90-minute virtual group kick-off, one week of self-paced learning, and 2-6 weeks of bi-weekly intensive practice sessions for a total program duration of 4-8 weeks.

Graduates will be able to apply the simple 3-part Say It Skillfully framework and utilize the ADEPT communication skills so that they communicate openly with clarity, help their teams say what needs to be said, and create the accurate shared reality to best achieve the organization’s outcomes.

Benefits of more skillful executives:

  • Credibility: Leading the organization by example in open, transparent communication

  • Teamwork: Improved collaboration among the senior-most leaders and clarity of messages to the rest of the organization for alignment and accountability

  • Growth: Stronger ability of leaders to coach up and develop team members. Companies grow when people at all levels are growing

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Molly Tschang

Founder of Abella Consulting and Say It Skillfully Inc., Molly Tschang helps senior management and their teams to Win As One.

Across 81 mergers and acquisitions, Molly has helped management navigate the human after-effects of intense change. She guides leaders to commit to each other’s success as they learn to thrive in complex internal environments. Through Say It Skillfully, Molly teaches people at all levels to communicate skillfully and authentically to be seen, heard and understood on their most important and challenging topics.

Molly is working on her first book with co-author Marshall Goldsmith, scheduled for release in early 2025!

Molly hosts the popular Say It Skillfully podcast and video series and is a TEDx speaker and member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. She serves on the boards of several privately-held companies, the Cornell Engineering College Council, and Community Solutions (2021 winner of the $100 million MacArthur Foundation “100 & Change” award for accelerating an end to homelessness). She holds a BS in chemical engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from UCLA.

In her downtime, Molly enjoys tennis, yoga and cooking with family and friends. A 2024 highlight was a week at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca!