LeeP Accountants is an owner-managed business with four employees. The team is still relatively new, having been formed in 2018 with employees joining at different stages as the business has grown. A fifth member is currently out on maternity leave. Staffing changes can have a big impact the dynamics of the team, especially a small one. I used Motivational Maps with the Leep Accountants team, starting with the Polly, the owner, before extending to the other team members. Motivational Maps helps us to understand what motivates each person and their satisfaction against each of their drivers. I then pulled the individuals’ data into a Team Report. Team Reports clearly demonstrates the team dynamics as well as any areas in need of attention. A few interesting points were highlighted which we were able to discuss within the team forum. Some different options were discussed and solutions have been agreed. I look forward to working with this team again in the future, as their team expands and grows.

Inspire Change is a training organisation working exclusively with the healthcare community. Their wider organisation is made up of a number of associate trainers, while a small central team keeps everything running smoothly in the background. This is led by Jenny Walker (MD) and Martin Clark (Founder and CEO). I started by mapping out Jenny and Martin using the Motivational Maps tool. They were impressed by the insight it offered them and decided to invite us in to map out the rest of the central team. I spent a day with the team, going through their individual reports with them on a 1:1 basis, before bringing the team together to review the team report. This prompted an interesting team discussion with some insightful aspects revealed as a result. Some follow up actions were agreed that will hopefully make a big different to the satisfaction of the individuals as well as the overall team satisfaction and effectiveness. I look forward to revisiting the team later in the year to understand how the identified changes have played out.

Melanie has been working with our team for the past 12 months, both for one to one coaching at career or life transition points and our office wide wellbeing workshops. She has made a discernible impact on the team, raising the level of self-understanding and resilience. She is able to translate her practical experiences in finance into both pragmatic advice but also importantly is able to have true empathy of their roles and challenges. She has provided some valuable insight. On a professional note working with her has been pleasure, she being both very efficient and responsive and responding to feedback.