When hiring a consultant or coach, an organization is rightly concerned about the ROI (return on investment). The following case studies showcase a range of business concerns that were addressed successfully and quickly. Most organizations typically see meaningful results within the first quarter.

Culture Clash
A Fortune 100 company planned to merge two testing labs which should have been accomplished within 6 months. Eleven months later, neither lab was willing to make the necessary changes and an impasse was reached. Meanwhile the duplication of functions and maintaining both locations was costing the company tremendous amounts of money, not to mention the human resources that were not being maximized. Within 2 months Lidia was able to resolve the conflicts and the labs not only accomplished the physical move, but created a new culture where collaboration was the norm.  read more…

The Power of Informal Culture
Safety concerns and increased workman’s comp claims inspired the owner of a construction company to seek a consultation. Lidia was brought in to facilitate team building and through focused dialog with the employees she discovered that the informal culture contained the reason for the escalating safety issues. This made the solution to the problem obvious. read more…

Breakdowns Due to Differing Leadership Styles
Two Fortune 100 VP’s were frustrated that their Director teams were not collaborating well together. Lidia facilitated discussion with the teams, and it became clear that the divergent leadership styles of the VP’s were causing a huge dilemma. Each VP was sending very different messages to their Director teams who were charged with working on joint solutions. read more…

Internal and external conflicts
A major corporation was developing a first to market, leading edge technology service. Employees on the project were working superhuman hours which often included weekends, holidays and vacations. The corporate push was relentless and a Director on the project was experiencing a great deal of stress over having to press his people so hard in order to meet the commitments made by the company to Wall Street. In addition there were conflicts among different divisions of the organization. read more…