Use Cases

Strong Growth and Team Development

For many companies, knowing how to develop, lead, scale, and grow a team and a company may be new territory. Building your team’s leadership skills, emotional intelligence, and cohesiveness can sustain a company for the long term. From maximizing performance and inspiring innovation to retaining employees and growing capabilities, honing leadership skills and transforming these behaviors into habits benefits individuals, improves team collaboration, and translates into real organizational results.

The Forward Project process for start-up leaders:

Initial consultation to scope needs
360° leadership, CliftonStrengths, and emotional intelligence assessments to identify strengths and areas for reinforcement and growth
Tailored workshop(s) to build tools and traits
One-on-one executive coaching
Personalized follow-up to assess progress

Elevating Yourself

No matter where you are in your professional life, there is always room to improve your leadership skills, deepen emotional intelligence, and open up new opportunities. Ongoing self-improvement is key to leading teams that thrive. By clarifying your leadership philosophy, vision, and strengths, you can better align your team, achieve results more efficiently, and drive innovation. The Forward Project works with company owners and individual leaders to define your development plan and reinforce your most impactful leadership behaviors.

The Forward Project offers personalized options for leaders seeking to sharpen their skills:

Mindset training through the Midas Mind® system to shore up your inner leadership foundation
360° leadership and emotional intelligence assessments to identify strengths and areas for growth
One-on-one executive coaching to enhance leadership and emotional intelligence

Invest In Your Teams

When venture capitalists, accelerators, and private equity firms invest in businesses, having the right team in place is essential. More than just the viability of an idea, the success of your investment is dependent on the people you have leading the charge. Leadership development and team building are vital ways to maximize the potential of your investment and make a clear statement that your people will be supported and coached to be their best. Investing in stronger leadership is proven to deliver better business results, greater innovation, higher retention, and increased growth rates. And by empowering teams to work together more effectively and innovate more collaboratively, you keep everyone powerfully focused on delivering on the business plan.

The Forward Project can support your portfolio companies with customized training:

Initial consultation to scope needs
360° leadership, strengths finding, and emotional intelligence assessments to identify areas to build upon and enhance
Tailored programs to build tools, traits, and accountability
One-on-one and group coaching
Personalized follow-up throughout the process

Leading In Unprecedented Times

With the pandemic and shift to hybrid working models, companies have been forced to evolve how they work together and keep people connected. Whether your business model has pivoted, your vision has shifted, or your teams are now fully remote, operational challenges continue to deepen. Now is the time to improve your leadership foundation, enhance emotional intelligence, and build stronger team engagement. By ensuring leadership and team-building skills thrive throughout your organization, you can increase employee satisfaction, enable more effective collaboration, and build stronger bonds and loyalty. Working together more virtually is challenging. But with The Forward Project, your leaders and teams can practice and refine new behaviors to keep everyone moving towards your business goals.

Our virtual leadership support includes:

Initial consultation to scope needs
360° leadership, strengths finding, and emotional intelligence assessments to identify areas to build upon and enhance
Tailored programs to build skills, traits, and accountability
One-on-one and group coaching
Personalized follow-up throughout the process
Shared best practices and strategies for maximizing team virtual engagement
One-on-one executive coaching to enhance leadership and emotional intelligence