Tim Mohin | Partner and Director - Boston Consulting Group

I was navigating my first CEO role, joining a new organization, in a completely different sector, and moving to a foreign country.

THE CHALLENGE

I had been in the sustainability field for more than 35 years in various leadership roles but had never led such a culturally diverse team for a very public non profit and in Europe. I needed to learn how to adapt my corporate leadership style to the new context in an effective way in order to take the organization to its next phase of growth. I also had to shift from internal leadership to external stakeholder management as this new role was 50/50 internal/external.

THE SOLUTION

The foundation of an executive coaching session is behavioural - understanding what drives people, what triggers people, how they behave in the workplace, and where they may have blind spots and want to improve - that's where Shannon excels.

She helped me to see the need to give myself time to integrate into the new organization before making any big changes.  I started with doing a three month listening tour of all of my internal and external stakeholders. 

One critical area was emotional intelligence – it’s critically important to become aware of yourself and how you’re perceived. So many of us have those blind spots that we carry with us into the workplace.

"Working with Shannon helped identify those EQ areas and develop the emotional skill set to improve and be more successful."

THE RESULT

Through coaching with Shannon I was able to effectively manage my integration into my first CEO role at GRI, to bring the organization forward - from debt to surplus and grew the staff. I learned to bring people on the journey in a deeper way. I also learned to drop the ego and open my mind. Shannon helped me to adapt my leadership style for a new context and this adaptability approach I still apply today in my consulting roles.