A Better Way To Upgrade Your Teams' Decision Making
- Be more comfortable & effective in uncertainty & ambiguity
- Break through traditional hierarchy & the status quo
- Increase empowerment, truth, trust & transparency
The #1 Complaint
by Leaders Today
Their teams struggle to make independent decisions. This gets worse when surrounded by uncertainty and in today’s world, uncertainty is the new norm.
Mid-Level/VP
1. Stuck, freezing, waiting for instruction
- “In your head”
2. Silence
- No one speaking up
- No one helping each other
3. Conflict Avoidance (peers, direct reports)
- Struggling with accountability
- Playing too “nice”
4. Trending towards burnout
- Pressure from both the top and the bottom, no space to talk about it
- Not adapting, lack of productivity
Senior-Level/C-Suite/Board
1. Hesitancy in Decision-Making
- Waiting for more data (analysis paralysis)
- Increasing rates of change but moving slower
2. Team Dysfunction (peer level)
- Lack of peer collaboration (no solution trading)
- Silos of excellence
3. Ego
- Defensiveness of the status quo/what worked before
- Not wanting to look vulnerable, avoiding embarrassment or threat
4. ‘Better You’ before ‘Better Me’
- Not focusing on self before others
Consistent & Intense Training
Consistent Training
- 1 hour per week (no homework)
- Group of 8-10 employees
- Via video conference with a coach
- 6 progressive modules around leadership development and decision-making training
- Experiential and rooted in participants real work vs lecture-based
Intense Training
Train at your place or ours. Includes experiential workshops like Cross-Domain Coaching (CDC)– Become more aware of habits, thought patterns and behaviors via exercises outside core expertise. The exercises also fold in physical challenges to help individuals learn how they perform under pressure and adapt to ambiguous environments.
- We will bring a team of coaches to the location of your choosing (save on travel costs)
- Ideal for training large groups (usually up to 100 people) and used as a kickoff for consistent Modules 1-3 (Self and Situational Awareness)
- Designed for Mid-Level/VP Employees
- Kicks off Module 1 Consistent Training: Self & Situational Awareness
- Identify behaviors that prevent truth in teams (silence, ego, defensiveness…)
- Robust experiential 3-day curriculum designed from 20+ years of iteration.
- Hosted in our Olympic-level training facility- 40,000 sqft in the heart of Chelsea. Designed entirely around high performance, the space is optimized for deep thinking and ideation in small teams.
- Finish with a champagne toast and a gut-healthy meal by Michelin-Starred Chef Dani ChavezBello
- Designed for Senior-Level/C-Suite and Board Level
- Kicks off Module 5 Consistent Training: Elite Teaming
- Optimization of weekly team habits, mental syncing, collaboration vs. negociation…
Client Impact Snapshots
Increased Feedback Quality
The percent of high-quality feedback per session went from a low of 2% to 92% based on an AI, large language model (LLM).
Client Sector: Retail
“Embarking on this journey of self-reflection was initially difficult, especially for someone who tends to maintain a positive outlook. Exploring the flip side pushed me outside my comfort zone, leading to moments of introspection… I noticed a significant shift in my mindset… I found great value in the feedback we exchanged within our group. Gaining different perspectives has been immensely helpful. Sometimes, we become so focused on our own world that we overlook alternative viewpoints. This feedback loop has been an enlightening experience.”
Increased Peer Sharpening
Peer Sharpening (the amount of developmental feedback) grew by 3x over the training.
Client Sector: Education
“I learned not all feedback has to be confrontational, but you shouldn’t sugar coat it either. I tend to always be positive but if it’s not taken as real feedback, it won’t be very helpful. What challenged my thinking the most was the impact of giving and receiving feedback. Some of negative feedback I have received in my life has created the biggest change and for some reason I hold back from giving negative feedback to others. There has to be a balance, but I’ve learned that any feedback is better than no feedback.”
Higher Team Expectations
Team Expectations grew by an average of 35%.
Every participating team went from a score predictive of low performance into the optimal performance zone.
Client Sector: Military
“I’m more confident calling out poor performance as now realize I’m not helping the person or the team when I don’t do this … because of this course I have higher expectations of performance for my team and don’t accept ‘this the civil service way’.”
“The program is “paying dividends” in people being more comfortable talking openly about development vs waiting for the annual review to say anything … the 1-hr per week on self-development is enough to create change.”
Human Performance Metrics
Measuring
Apps & Technology
LAGGING METRICS: done 2x/year. Score your decision-making skill
+ prescribes highest ROI training.
Decision Readiness Score (DRS)™ The score ranges from 1 to 100. A team without training typically scores 25-35 (pre-training).
Developmental GPS: Developmental GPS (DevGPS) provides a rapid assessment of five key decision-making skills.
▪ Q1: Future Outlook.
▪ Q2: Measuring Progress.
▪ Q3: Discipline in the Hard Stuff
▪ Q4: Speed & Boldness
▪ Q5: Truth (“No Lying Hiding Faking”)
LEADING METRICS: examples of leading indicators of decision-making (tools that measure in real time)
Feedback Quality Metric - Uses a large language model (LLM) to evaluate each piece of feedback. The ability to give rapid, high-quality feedback is a trainable skill. Measured per person per team.
Feedback Seeking - Do they encourage peers to critically refine ideas, or do they only solicit affirmations?
Emotional Awareness -Emotions precede decisions. Do they work to be aware of their emotional state & share it with at least one other person?
Feedback App: Trains radical candor within teams (feedback receiving and giving)
On My Mind (OMM) App: Trains exposure of emotions, as emotions drive decision-making but are often ignored or hidden
Leadership Development &
Decision-Making Training (LDDMT)
Decision making is a trainable and infinitely upgradable skill. LDDMT focuses on the hardest form of decision-making: navigating uncertainty and risk-taking. The program, built on 20+ years of refinement, aims to help you unlearn outdated behaviours and promote open communication in teams.
The pressing need now in every organization is for every employee to become highly skilled at decision-making. Those who do this well and continue to constantly train will be most valued in their jobs and poised for organizational success.
ENTERPRISE
Train employees at any level at scale utilizing both consistent and intense programs.
Intense Training:
- On-sites: 2-Days, Client Location
- Off-Site: 3-Days, NextJump, NYC
Consistent Weekly Training
Enterprise Analytics
- Individual, Team, Enterprise
TEAMS
Train as a group of 10, either form your own groups or private group training which includes enterprise analytics.
Per Group of 10:
- 1-Hour/week, 13-weeks
- $7,500
- $9,500 (include analytics)
Individuals
Train with other self-driven participants from different organizations matched with a coach. Groups are formed on a rolling basis and in consideration of the experience level.
1 Seat
- 1-hour week/ 13 weeks
- $750
Designed by a Deliberately Developmental Organization (DDO)
Our Coaching Programs are powered by Next Jump, one of the three companies globally recognized by Harvard as a “Deliberately Developmental Organization” or “DDO,” or company that puts learning at the heart of their corporate culture and strategy.
Next Jump has been at the forefront of leadership in practice for over 25 years, training and collaborating with thought leaders across industry including Military, Education, Sports, Medicine, Non-Profit and F1000.
