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Strengthening the Executive Team Curriculum
Step 1: Clarify the work you do
Individual learning and reflection: To prepare for the leadership team discussion, you will learn new ways to think about how you prioritize your time as an executive team. You will reflect on how you have used time in the past and nominate imperatives (i.e. critical areas) for the group’s consideration. Team submissions will be aggregated by the team’s project lead (your team’s point person) and used as the foundation for the team discussion.
Leadership team discussion: During this meeting, your team will agree on the set of imperatives you will spend meaningful time engaging on as an executive team.
Coaching session: You’ll meet with a Bridgespan coach to discuss the imperatives nominated by your team and discuss potential next steps.
Step 2: Agree on roles
Individual learning and reflection: To prepare for the leadership team discussion, you will review the roles typically played by an executive team and best practices for playing those roles. Then you will individually reflect on how you’ve made decisions and managed performance of critical work in the past. During the leadership team discussion, you’ll map out considerations for making decisions and managing performance of your imperatives.
Leadership team discussion: As a team, you will agree on what it looks like to play your role well for each imperative.