This document provides an overview of MVP Performance's approach to helping clients improve team performance. It discusses conducting objective assessments of team strengths and weaknesses, aligning teams on goals and behaviors, creating action plans, and measuring results. MVP focuses on working with teams side-by-side, addressing both business and cultural issues to deliver tangible performance improvements within a specified timeframe.

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2. Performance Approach
We work side-by-side with leaders and management teams under pressure to deliver specific results, when time is
of the essence, and where teamwork is essential to be effective. We practice the fundamentals, helping clients get
real about their situation and create focus on what is essential to deliver results.
• Our Scouting report takes an honest look at the individual and
team strengths, weaknesses and other dynamics that are positive
or get in the way of success. As outside experts, we can quickly and
objectively assess the situation.
• During TeamWork we align and focus the team on the actions and
behaviors necessary to improve specific performance and drive
cultural change.
• The team agrees on a GamePlan to move forward and we create a
tailored follow-through program. We coach and train individuals,
teams and the organization to develop skills and tools proven to increase engagement, communication, teamwork
and execution.
• We keep Score through customized metrics designed to be meaningful to your business.
Our work is not just about inspiring people; we help develop your performance edge and get real results.
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3. Scouting Reports
Leaders often need a quick check on their teams’ readiness or capacity to perform. Getting that insight from the
inside can prove to be difficult. MVP’s expertise and objectivity allow us to quickly assess what leaders may not be
able to see, or is purposely kept from them.
We call our assessments Scouting Reports. They are direct, honest and designed not to cast blame, but to
shape a productive path forward. We gather information through
interviews and observation, rather than checklists or surveys.
The process is based on our proven, flexible methodology and
the approach is customized for each client’s culture and
structure.
MVP Scouting Reports are a fast and efficient way to see what’s
really happening within the team, or to the team. We find that
failure to diagnose and respond quickly to a lack of alignment or
challenging human dynamics is the single largest unseen risk to
an executive or project leader. However, while team members
can usually see or feel what the leader cannot, they are unsure
of the root cause or are cautious about calling them out.
Scouting Reports are focused on identifying the barriers and opportunities to improved team engagement and
performance. Based on our observations and insights, our recommendations provide proven, practical and tactical
methods to drive the required change for performance excellence.
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4. A New Breed of Offsite Leadership Meetings
Offsite leadership meetings can deliver a spirit of camaraderie, strategic alignment and a collection of actions. Too
frequently, however, a great offsite session delivers short-lived team engagement that does little to provide the
long-term performance impact desired. An MVP Offsite Program is different. Our programs are designed to deliver
meaningful business results over the immediate and long term.
Assessment
We prepare by interviewing key stakeholders, looking for gaps and opportunities in both tangible business issues
and the intangibles of teamwork. We present a Scouting Report to your team’s leader and we design our agenda
around your business drivers, team dynamics and most urgent needs.
Alignment
When working with a team, we show up as team. MVP brings professionals who specialize in facilitation and
performance coaching to lead each offsite, integrating attention to both the previously defined business drivers and
elements of high performance teamwork. MVP’s delivery approach allows us to focus on the group’s immediate and
important needs and we help move your team with speed. With our game plan specifically designed for your goals
and challenges, we use the time for maximum impact. Your team will come away from an MVP Offsite with a specific
plan to move forward and a new working model of effective teamwork.
Action
Follow-through is essential for success and we find that leaders and teams frequently underestimate the discipline
needed to drive sustained improvement. MVP provides that structure and support. We assemble your meeting
notes, plans and commitments and distribute them with a set of clear recommendations. We stay with you to help
drive the actions you’ve identified, assess progress, and coach you to deliver on your commitments.
We have found that our three step approach of assessment, alignment, and follow-through to action is essential for
real performance improvement. We support you in all three of these areas.
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5. Organization / Complex Project Execution
There is a familiar saying that “culture eats strategy for lunch every day.” Our role is to help you build and
maintain a positive performance culture. We are called when organizations can’t afford to misfire, slow down, or
when strategic projects are at risk. We don’t replace management or project planning teams, but augment them
with specific insights, skills, resources and an unbiased, external perspective.
Successful organizations and project teams need a winning
strategy, solid tactics and process, and high levels of individual
and team performance. Our expertise is in performance. We
identify the drivers of and the risks to superior execution. We
help keep the team and stakeholders aligned throughout the
project. We coach and train your team to identify and develop
desired behaviors. This ensures you get the best and the most
out of your key performers and creates that winning culture.
Large complex projects, whether they be software
development or major construction jobs, are typically delivered
by cross-functional teams with diverse skills, expectations, risks and operating norms. There are increased demands
on straightforward communication and alignment. Our project programs are structured around a continuous
execution and feedback loop of assessment, re-alignment, follow-through and measurement. We provide the tools,
skills, communication and training to keep the project’s momentum productive and always moving forward.
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6. When We’re Called In
We are called in when leaders are either inspired to drive the next level of growth, or when change is required to
deliver expected results. We work with large and small companies across a broad spectrum of industries and within
diverse business cultures, and we find that the challenges of leadership and the fundamental dynamics of teamwork
are remarkably similar. Getting to and through these essential issues takes a commitment to focused action and
practice. That’s where we live.
Situations What we tend to find
Leaders stepping into new roles or challenges Lack of alignment on goals
Newly forming management teams Poor communication of expectations
Merged companies or business units Roles not clear
Critical, complex projects at risk Low levels of trust and engagement
Teams under high pressure to grow or recover from setback Individuals underutilized and not playing to strengths
High potential executives preparing for next role Few if any models of effective teamwork
Leaders or teams challenged to drive big change Frustration and fear of failure causing distraction
When culture gets in the way of performance Team knows whatʼs needed, but not acting on it
Low confidence of success
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7. Results
The clock is running. MVP clients work in high pressure situations and expect to deliver results within a specific
timeframe. They are dynamic trailblazers within small companies, or results-oriented leaders who drive divisions,
mergers, divestitures, significant change or complex projects within large organizations.
They trust us to help build their team, develop a feedback-rich culture, set explicit expectations, and create a
winning spirit that gets everyone doing their job at a high level.
They have the courage to hear and address difficult issues, emotions and weaknesses. They believe that building a
team takes effort and attention to both big issues and simple fundamentals. They support the follow-through
necessary to make needed change happen.
Our clients know that we will help build, align and accelerate their team. They also have a competitive spirit and
are serious about winning. We love that.
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