Case Studies

Summary

A buoyant team needs to improve its communication, engagement, and execution so that it can hold each other accountable. 

Client

Genser Energy

Goal

Elevate team dynamics and leadership effectiveness on the distributed Organizational Development (OD) Team. Recognizing the importance of fostering a cohesive and empowered team culture, the aim was to cultivate a sense of belonging, ownership, and accountability among team members. We sought to address existing communication challenges …

Summary

Healthcare Facility Human Resources team looking to build and execute their  5-year organizational Culture Plan.  As a Stanford Seed Consultant, I work remotely as a business consultant focused on leadership, team engagement, change management, and organization development with Seed Transformation Network companies to develop customized and creative business solutions.

Client

Nyaho Medical Centre

Elizabeth Arhin, Human Resource Director, reported:

"I had the pleasure of connecting with Akua…

Summary

Buoyant firefighting team that needs to improve internal communication and their meeting rhythms. 

Client

Africa Business Heroes (Alibaba)

Goal

ABH is a small distributed team that runs a massive yearly competition that involves hundreds of entrepreneurs, judges, and mentors.  ABH wanted to provide its employees with training to improve internal communication and facilitation skills to run the continent-wide competition even more effectively.  With a small team, every member counts.…

Summary

Entrepreneurship Fellows are currently in the transformative stage, trying to build co-founding teams with strangers within a month.

Client

Jasiri (Allan & Gill Gray Philanthropies Program)

Goal

Jasiri brings potential founders (called fellows) from different workstreams, backgrounds, cultures, and personalities together. The fellows need to accelerate their ability to honestly and vulnerably connect to find compatible co-founders to launch a business within a short time frame. A …

Summary

Transformative leaders who are struggling with overwhelm and firefighting.

Client

ALU School of Business 

Goal

ALU wanted to create a learning experience for their new class of 58 students to support them with dealing with the pandemic, the responsibilities of taking an online MBA, taking care of their families, AND working full-time. ALU hoped that if the students felt supported while they were in school, they could build better school-life-work integration so they could focus on t…

Summary

Khloe is a Transformative Leader dealing with internal and external reluctance. She was selected to build a new important department, but not everyone supported her. She needs to learn how to get all her stakeholders on her side while recruiting, hiring, and training a new team.

Imagine what it would feel like to 'fail' at your first leadership attempt. You are given an opportunity to build a new team for a new part of the business, and your first hire wasn't a good fit. It feels like you…

Summary

George is a Transformative Leader who is reluctant. To help his startup reach the next level, he needs to step up, make some tough personnel decisions, and continue learning about his adopted region.

What would you do if you had this amazing product that could transform a region, but you did not have the team or context to make it work?

Meet George, a founder of a technology startup. He moved to West Africa and hired employees he felt weren't always working as hard as he was. His beliefs of…

Summary

Gia is a Buoyant Leader experiencing firefighting and overwhelm. To move forward, they need to learn more about their new stakeholders so they can properly manage them and make the most of their growing team by prioritizing for them. 

Imagine having a larger scope, more responsibility, direct access to the executive team, and a better title but none of the authority or power.

Meet Gia, a newly promoted VP within a global company that has decided to put more emphasis on creating a diverse, …