Developing a High-Performing Executive Team

Dan Feldman presents a deliberate, multi-phase team coaching approach used at The GIANT Company to transform its executive team's performance. The process was anchored in three core principles: seeing the team as a dynamic system, understanding its underlying dynamics, and building capacity for sustainable change. Key work involved clarifying the leadership team’s unique purpose and fostering psychological safety through candid feedback exercises, which built trust and openness. Qualitative shifts, including increased trust and better cross-functional communication, were observed, reinforcing that high-performing teams result from intentional focus on purpose and shared accountability, rather than emerging accidentally.