The Low Maintenance Team Experience

PSST: CEOs LOOKING TO LEAD MORE AND MANAGE LESS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

Ready for your low maintenance team to run the day-to-day while you focus on the next big thing?

SAY NO MORE - I'M IN!

You want to be able to focus on the vision you have for the business but you:

Get interrupted for what feels like every decision to either make the call or validate their idea.
Have to drop everything if something unexpected happens and solve the problem.
Live in firefighting mode trying to track who is where with what tasks before a ball drops.
Are exhausted from encouraging each person to believe in themselves like you believe in them.
Feel like the talking stick - every discussion requires your presence and it's a cacophony of Slack pings.

Even though you dreamt of the day you'd have a team, the reality is now you’re just stuck managing them.

What if instead, you lead a team that:

Needs minimal supervision so that you get to focus on the big picture.
Takes initiative and solves problems so that the business is adaptable to opportunities and surprise challenges.
Is self-motivated so that you get to be a proactive coach supporting them.
Takes ownership of the work so that your time is freed up and they grow with the autonomy.
Communicates and collaborates like a group of old friends so that everything gets done and everyone feels good doing it.

And you were finally able to focus on the next big thing.

INTRODUCING

THE LOW MAINTENANCE TEAM EXPERIENCE

In the Low Maintenance Team Framework, there are two separate but equally important parts: the leader who creates the right environment and the team who steps up to the opportunity.

So this experience consists of two separate but equally important sessions - a team development session and the leadership session.

Here’s how it works:

THE TEAM DEVELOPMENT SESSION

A 2-hour session with the full team (CEO Optional) that allows the team to get to know themselves and their teammates at a much deeper level. The session covers:

GETTING TO KNOW THEIR SUPERPOWERS

Using DISC, we'll dive into their personal superpowers, challenges, and best-fit projects to help them understand how they each contribute to the team in their own unique way.

TEAM COMMUNICATION STYLES

Most conflict comes from how something is said and received and learning each others natural way of communication helps everyone adapt and understand the intention more easily.

COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES

By openly talking about the superpowers and challenges, the team is now better able to see where they can step up and can ask for help more easily from others with the necessary superpower.

THE LEADERSHIP SESSION

A 3-hour session with the CEO and leadership team to dive deep into the elements needed to develop a low maintenance team environment. The session covers:

LEADERSHIP STYLE

Understanding leadership style versus leadership preference within the team is crucial to creating the right environment for the team to thrive and where adjusting the approach may get better results.

HOT SPOTS

A review of potential hotspots where team members or leadership may be at risk of burnout or where conflict may be more prone to flare up so that proactive measures can be put in place.

FUTURE PLANNING

Overview of the current team profile, how to hire for upcoming roles using the Low Maintenance Team Framework, and review of planned projects for the best-fit team members.

Investment: from $5000

I WANT ALL OF THIS

You and I should talk if...

You're an established service-based online entrepreneur including coaches, course creators and done for/with you offerings
You already have a team of at least 3 people (incl long term contractors and employees)

WHAT'S INCLUDED

2 hour team development session
3 hour leadership session
2 personality assessments per team member
Detailed team map 2 business days after the leadership session
7 days unlimited Slack support for the leadership team
1 hour of Slack office hours for the team

Investment: from $5000

LET'S TALK RIGHT NOW

I'm Diane and I created the Low Maintenance Team Experience to support entrepreneurs who have scaled their business and grown their team to match.

Over a decade in fast-paced investment banking roles, I got to grow into leading bigger and bigger teams with higher and higher stakes all while learning what to do (and what not to do) from my own managers and mentors.

But most small business CEOs don't have the luxury of time to step up their leadership.

The Low Maintenace Team Framework was born from my corporate experience and some of the mistakes I made to help you strategically and practically break down what leadership actually looks like for you.

FAQs

WHY DO YOU USE DISC PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT?

DISC focuses on behavior and communication. It also provides additional data on what might happen to the team under stress, possible burnout, and development areas. This is great for leadership and mentoring but requires more time and investment to understand it thoroughly.

The goal is to give the team a simple language to use with each other and to give leadership an in-depth reference guide to the team.

CAN’T I DO THIS MYSELF BY JUST GETTING THE TEAM TO TAKE THE TESTS?

Often when the team simply takes a personality assessment:

The profile names might not appeal to everyone so they ignore the results
They try to answer the questions in the way they think they “should” so as not to “get fired”
They won't read the report because it feels overwhelming
Reports simply get stored never to be referenced again

You’d find a Buzzfeed quiz on which fruit you are about as useful to manage your team.

When the team comes together for a session, they learn a new language to use with each other and can see your interest is in them not just in how to make the business better, faster, and more profitable.

IS THERE ANY PREP WORK?

DO YOU OFFER REFUNDS?

STILL GOT QUESTIONS?

I'M READY TO GET STARTED

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS

Grab a convenient spot in my calendar for a fit call or drop me a DM to chat if you prefer
If it's a good fit, we agree a date for the team session first and the leadership session follows
You'll complete a brief intake form to help me understand team structure and any areas of focus.
You'll receive a video and swipe copy to use with the team to explain how to take the assessments and why they are happening to put them at ease.

Investment: from $5000

LET'S TALK