Clarity in Difficult Leadership Situations
Your trusted advisor when the stakes are high.
Eeva Jaakonsalo
Executive Coach
Strategy Facilitator
Over 25 years’ experience in strategy work, leadership and facilitation
Board & CEO Questions
External perspective is usually most valuable when the situation is demanding, decisions are difficult, or there is uncertainty about how well the leadership team is really working.
Do we have absolute clarity about our strategy and purpose?
Do we have a leadership team that truly works as a team?
Does the leadership team make effective decisions that move the business forward?
Is the CEO supported and challenged in the right way?
Is there enough trust, accountability and constructive challenge within the leadership team?
Can the leadership team lead the company through the next phase?
Are difficult issues discussed openly or avoided?
Recognize These Situations?
You as a leader have no one to openly discuss your concerns with.
You are carrying too many decisions alone.
A major strategic or business decision must be made.
The leadership team is not working as a real team.
Difficult issues are not confronted in the team.
Decisions are slow, unclear or keep returning.
There are trust issues or tensions within the leadership team.
The company is facing a major change, restructuring or layoffs.
A new CEO or leadership team has started.
The board is concerned about leadership team effectiveness.
These are moments that define the future of your company. If these situations resonate, let’s talk.
How I Can Help
Leadership Team
Facilitation
Clear discussions, decision-making and leadership team effectiveness
Does your leadership team have a clear and shared understanding of strategy, the ability to handle disagreements constructively, and the willingness to act as a united leadership team?
Facilitation, leadership team sessions and tailored processes that help leadership teams make decisions, improve collaboration and move forward in demanding situations.
Typical topics include for example:
Strategy and priorities
Decision-making and accountability
Leadership team dynamics and trust
Change, restructuring or new leadership team
Difficult issues that need to be addressed
“Thank you again for the leadership team workshop. We’ve continued talking about it, and everyone found it valuable. The shared language alone has made a real difference.”
Executive Vice President, Industrial Company
Executive
Coaching
One-to-one support processes for senior leaders
Leadership can be demanding and sometimes lonely, especially when difficult decisions must be made or the organisation is going through change.
Confidential discussions and ongoing support for CEOs and senior leaders in leadership challenges, difficult decisions, leadership team issues and organisational situations that require careful thinking and clear decisions.
Typical topics include for example:
Difficult leadership or personnel decisions
Leadership team challenges
Organisational change and restructuring
Prioritisation and decision-making
Leadership role and responsibilities
“This coaching was a real eye-opener. It changed the way I look at my behavioral patterns, my thoughts and my emotions.”
Senior Specialist, Financial Services
Speaking &
Workshops
Key Note Speeches and Tailored Workshops
Keynote speeches and talks on leadership, leadership teams, decision-making and organisational dynamics, based on practical experience and real leadership situations.
Typical themes include for example:
Leadership in demanding situations
Leadership team effectiveness
Difficult conversations and decisions
Organisational change and leadership
Self-awareness and leadership
“Thank you for an outstanding session. It gave me a great deal of energy and many insights. It has genuinely changed the way I think.”
Senior Manager, Public Sector Organization
About Me
For more than 25 years I have worked with leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations in demanding leadership situations.
My work is based on long experience in leadership, strategy, operations and working with leadership teams in different organisations and situations.
I combine business understanding, organisational insight and leadership psychology. In practice, my work is often quite simple: listening, asking the right questions, structuring discussions, making difficult issues discussable and helping leadership teams move forward.
Many of the most important leadership conversations do not happen in large workshops or formal meetings, but in smaller discussions where difficult issues can be addressed openly and constructively.
My work is always confidential, practical and focused on the real situation of the organisation.
Clarity Begins in the Mind.
