“You give me hope for the future of my company, that our culture will be preserved through scaling.”
HUGH STEWART, CEO, Platform Transitions
Who We Serve
People-First leaders who have a hunch… Compassion and performance aren’t a balancing act. They’re a marriage.
6 months after a single 3 hour session with his leadership team, a TOP TURN-AROUND CEO reports immediate and sustained results:
“50% increase in mutual appreciation among my team” so that valued leaders want to stay
“30% increase in mutual understanding” so that they reach alignment swiftly
“80% improvement in my leadership team’s ability to communicate productively and constructively under pressure” so they’re nimble, responsive, and take action
1 team : 3 hours : just the beginning
When Joe Mc Swiney — CEO of SOG Knives — called, he had a newly formed executive team faced with an aggressive business development timeline. He needed them to bond quickly, collaborate effectively, and drive a communication culture. “I want us to fast-forward to highly effective and having fun,” he said. Two and a half years later, he describes the results this way.
“You kneaded out the tension in the bonds between the team. Got us to chill out and see each other more as people and comrades vs resources and opponents. [It helped me as the CEO by] making the team more mutually approachable and open to relax to allow creativity to rise and fear to subside.”
Joe says he’s never seen anything like the work we did with his team. “It was a thought provoking, assumption challenging experience that opened the windows to the real us… Your approach was a lot easier to host and got to the point faster [than traditional team building]. Totally different.”
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“This was exactly what we were looking for.”
“We bring you in because most companies die by suicide, not homicide. It’s not external forces that kill them. It’s internal. Working with you helps us keep the drama outside the ropes at 9th Gear. Building a business has so many ups and downs; keeping EVERYONE on an even keel and paddling in the same direction is a science and an art form.”
“The YES Works are incredible people! The process in which they instructed, brainstormed, listened and genuinely cared about the wants and needs of our … team is out of this world! It’s very obvious they are there with you. When I say that, I mean that they are learning and growing along with you. There is something very powerful about that vulnerability and almost makes the teachings that much more impactful. I will be honest and say we had hesitations to hiring them due to the cost. I’m THRILLED that we made the investment in our team and ourselves. It’s well worth the cost. I would recommend The YES Works to anyone in the market to make a change in their workplace for the positive!”
“I [have] a great team culture… and of course you helped me with that. You gave us a great platform to challenge my senior leaders to lead differently.”
“The Yes Works TEAMIFICATION has been invaluable for our team, agency, and organizational culture. I have never unanimously had a group of team members all LOVE a training before! The skills and practice of the skills have dramatically changed our work culture and environment. Not only does The YES Works use proven methods and science, they also use common sense and cut through the nonsense to get to the point of truly helping build cohesive and collaborative teams! We have created psychological safety in our workplace, allowing for true risk taking and innovation to take place. Not to mention fun!”
“After seeing a workshop once, I’ve hired [The Yes Works] twice and am preparing to engage them for a third program on building strong and effective teams.”
“This was our most painless and productive integration after an acquisition ever.”
MOMENTUM | AGILITY | INNOVATION | SUSTAINABILITY
Leaders like you succeed or fail on one thing — their team.
What if…
- SEARS had legendary INNOVATION?
- KODAK had legendary VISION & RISK TOLERANCE?
- WELLS FARGO had legendary STRUCTURES & VALUES?
- ENRON had legendary LEADERSHIP & INTEGRITY?
- NASA had legendary COMMUNICATION UNDER PRESSURE?
Importantly, each of these companies fell victim to self-sabotage. If they’d had stronger teaming, things would have gone better for them.
If they hadn’t been struggling against human nature, things would have gone better.
When your team employs the comprehensive Culture-Operating-System you gain when working through our proven and proprietary framework for creating legendary teams, your team delivers:
- INNOVATION
- VISION
- LIVED VALUES
- LEADERSHIP & INTEGRITY
- COMMUNICATION UNDER PRESSURE
- And… ENDURING, GROWING PROFITABILITY
What if your team flowed with those legendary qualities?
You’re here because you’re a broad-minded, forward-looking leader who cares about your team and about your company’s future.
You LOVE your team, and your vision for the future. And you are hell-bent on legendary success.
You know that when your team isn’t aligned, they don’t perform. When they don’t perform, your customers lose interest. Then you lose revenue. The future fades.
Meanwhile, folks in your workforce now value culture more highly than compensation. That means if you want to keep them, they need to feel safe being themselves. They need to trust their leaders in order to stay engaged, to bring their best, and to stick around.
Why are legendary teams and legendary cultures so hard to build? Because you’re focused on the product, the service, the future.
Likely, you don’t have a coherent, comprehensive, systematic approach to culture building to help you get there.
A healthy team culture means:
People are engaged and fulfilled, so they stay and deliver. (Check it out.)
When they stay, they perform. Revenues and profits rise.
People are aligned. Waste and costs decrease — profits rise by over 20%. (see?)
Quality improves. Customers cheer. Revenues and profits rise.
People are more aware of the big-picture. They see changes coming. So, together, you can see around corners and adjust strategy to be where the future is headed just as it arrives (look). Prophets profit. YOU ENDURE!
Enter TEAMIFICATION
Your new Culture Operating-System
for creating legendary teams.
You’ll thrive under pressure.
HERE’S WHY PEOPLE-FIRST CEO’s LOVE TEAMIFICATION from THE YES WORKS:
Can’t compete on SALARY & PRESTIGE with the big guys?
ATTRACT & RETAIN TALENT with legendary TEAM COHESION.
Worried about team dynamics, conflict, and other people problems?
DEVELOP LEADERSHIP behaviors at every level of the organization, in EVERY INDIVIDUAL.
Wondering what to do with a remote or hybrid workforce?
Improve MANAGERS’ SKILL & EFFECTIVENESS so they deliver results.
Concerned about innovative competitors coming up from behind you?
Cultivate an INNOVATION & PROBLEM SOLVING CULTURE.
Have to hold your nose to implement some of the HR “best practices” in your handbook?
MANAGE RISK & LIABILITY without eroding TRUST AND GOODWILL on your team.
“Alright already,” you’re saying. And we’ve said enough about WHY CEO’s love TEAMIFICATION.
You’re either intrigued, or you’ve already stopped reading.
The solution is communication. It’s coherence. It’s systematic.
It’s TEAMIFICATION 1, 2, 3.
1) PREPARE THE SOIL: Systems & Structures
2) PLANT THE SEEDS: The hearts and minds of your team
3) WATER THE GARDEN: Leadership skill