What We Do
I coach CEOs and executive teams. Senior executives at high-growth organizations, individually or collectively, often cause blockages that negatively impact execution, strategy, culture and ultimately, their success. I work with the leader and the team to identify and remove those blockages.
I AM DIFFERENT
Because of my experience as an operator, I recognize that each situation is different and requires its own approach. Prior to starting AKA, I was the head of sales at two of New York’s fastest growing technology businesses (Capital IQ and ZocDoc) and prior to that I was an investment banker at Bear Stearns & Co.
Focus on the professional, but include the personal
Work on soft interpersonal dynamics in the context of helping the team achieve real business success
Take an all-inclusive approach:
CEO
Executive Team
Company Culture/Strategy
Listen as: Operator, Strategist, Entrepreneur and, most importantly, Coach
WHO WE WORK WITH
Executives and executive teams of high-growth companies
LOCATED PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHEAST
50+ EMPLOYEES
GROWING AT LEAST 30%
RAISED SIGNIFICANT SERIES A OR SERIES B
LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS RECENTLY COME TOGETHER OR BEEN RECONFIGURED
why people hire us
There are organizational health blockages everywhere. Some will run their course naturally. Others require active management.
CEO
Raised money, now the founder is a CEO
Transition from product leader to CEO
CEO is self-aware and wants to get better
Board wants to manage leadership risk
CEO has a hard behavior change to make
CEO has important hires to make
Executive Team
A new team has come together
There is a new executive joining the team
Disconnect with the board
Executives working across purposes, team siloed
Not hitting their weight on execution
COMPANY
Growth has stalled
20% or more annual turnover
Increase in headcount on the horizon
Company making a pivot
Employees view job as a job
Mission and values are not resonating
HERE IS HOW WE WORK
We make it safe for honest conversations to happen. We create environments for productive debate. We work with leaders to create a place where people love to come to work.
360 feedback
Regular dedicated 1-on-1 sessions
Personal retreat
Quarterly team retreats
Integration of new executives onto a team
Execution planning
Crafting of business strategy
Crafting the core purpose and values
we HAVE CERTAIN RULES
If you don’t like me, don’t hire me.
We tell each other the truth.
Be curious.
This will be messy. Be ok with that.
Take accountability.
Commit to change.
Contact Us
alan@alankatzassociates.com
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