Clear focused strategy, with aligned leadership and engaged staff, is at the heart of business success. I facilitate strategic conversations and provide high-impact feedback to strengthen executive performance and improve bottom-line results.
Strategic Facilitation & Executive Feedback
Strategic Facilitation
Helping groups have high-impact conversations that generate clarity, enhance focus and strengthen engagement.
Executive Feedback
For a genuine assessment of how you’re doing, you’re going to have to make the first move and ask for it.
About CYGNUS
Find out how your organization can benefit from working with Scott Borland and the CYGNUS team.
FROM THE BLOG
Playing It Safe is Risky Business
Taking the ‘safe’ route when crafting strategy can create unforeseen and undesirable outcomes. While it may seem intuitive to take advantage of emerging opportunities while avoiding risks, it may ‘cost’ much more to a company’s vitality and health. ... Read more »
Feedback – Easier to Give than Get
Giving and receiving feedback is vital to successful leadership performance. In many cases, senior leaders provide significantly more feedback than they actually receive. To ensure a better balance between the ‘give’ and ‘get’, here are 6 key steps to take...... Read more »
Executive Presence: Elusive but Essential
Without executive presence, aspiring mid-level leaders will find their route to bigger roles severely limited. Several key qualities define this elusive attribute - but the good news is that they can be developed.... Read more »
Navigating the Matrix – Who’s the Boss?
Leveraging the benefits of matrix design for your work group can provide big payoffs, but the challenges are many. As team leader, there are some essentials you need to put in place to ensure success. ... Read more »
Two Questions For Big Results
Have you ever wanted to get more from your team meetings? Searched for ideas to be more creative and engage staff more meaningfully in group sessions? Two of the most powerful, and often under-utilized questions, can make a big difference to your effectiveness and team performance.... Read more »
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
Top performers are always welcome - except when they disrupt team cohesion and effectiveness. Create a strong foundation to ensure alignment right from the ‘get go’. ... Read more »
