Diagnose
Individual assessments roll up into a Team Mode Map and Shadow Heat Map. These self-reported patterns help shape the questions for the working session.
From $7,500Diagnostics
For boards and executive teamsCrisis leadership training.
Crisis leadership training.
One consequential decision.
Align your team before the next irreversible call. Examine competing obligations, challenge default responses, and leave with a shared decision code.
Diagnostics from $7,500 · Workshops and advisory scoped to your team
The engagementDiagnose. Convene.
Diagnose. Convene.
Make it hold.
Start with the pressure your institution faces. The scope can run from a diagnostic to a working session and ongoing advisory.
Convene
A working session led by Chris, applying the Five Modes to one live decision, building a shared code the whole team can hold under pressure.
From $18,000Workshops
Embed
The Three Pillars Audit (character, competence, and connection) plus ongoing advisory, so the code survives past the offsite and into the decisions that actually test it.
CustomOngoing advisory
Inside the diagnostic and workshop
Team Mode Map
The approaches each member selects in the assessment, summarized across the team. Use the map to ask which perspectives need a stronger voice in the decision.
Shadow Heat Map
Possible liabilities for the team to examine: where a shared strength may narrow the questions people ask. Test the pattern against actual examples.
Organizational Code Workshop
A half- or full-day working session on the Five Modes, led by Chris, applied to one real decision your team is actually carrying right now.
Three Pillars Audit + Advisory
A structured audit of the three pillars under the team (character, competence, and connection), with ongoing executive advisory as the pressure and the decisions keep arriving.
Team Mode Map · Illustrative example
Illustrative pattern: stronger Holding responses and fewer Growing responses. These self-reported patterns prompt discussion; they do not predict performance or diagnose people.
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Start a conversationWhat decision is
What decision is
your team carrying?
Tell us what is at stake, who needs to be in the room, and when the decision must be made. We’ll scope a diagnostic, workshop, or advisory engagement.
- Executive teams operating under institutional stress
- Boards preparing for a consequential decision
- Leadership groups buying for a team, board, or classroom
Led by Chris Myers · CEO, B:Side Capital & B:Side Fund · Founder & Chairman, Main & Machine · Professor, ASU W. P. Carey
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Tell us about your team and what’s pressing.
Practical questionsBefore you
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get in touch.
How does a team workshop differ from a speaking intensive?
A speaking intensive combines a keynote with a facilitated session for the event audience. An organizational engagement begins with individual assessments and a Team Mode Map, then applies the findings to a decision owned by that team. The proposal makes the preparation, included phases, deliverables, and total fee explicit.
What is crisis leadership training for executive teams?
The engagement uses self-reported assessment patterns to prepare a discussion about a consequential team decision. Chris facilitates the examination of facts, obligations, dissent, and the cost of each option. The team writes a decision code and named commitments to revisit in practice
What does an engagement include, and how is it structured?
Three phases, scoped to the decision in front of the team. Diagnose produces the Team Mode Map and the Shadow Heat Map from individual assessments. Convene is a facilitated working session led by Chris, applied to one live decision rather than a hypothetical. Embed is the follow-on advisory and the Three Pillars Audit, for teams that want the code to survive contact with the calendar. Most teams start with the first two.
How much does crisis leadership training cost?
Diagnostic engagements begin at $7,500. Facilitated workshops begin at $18,000. Embedded advisory is scoped to the engagement and quoted directly. Your proposal lists the selected phases, preparation, deliverables, travel, and total fee before you book. Pricing depends on the size of the team, how many sessions the program runs, and whether the work ends at the session or continues into advisory.
Are sessions virtual or in person?
The diagnostic is completed individually before the working session. Tell us your team’s location and preferred format when you inquire. The proposal confirms delivery arrangements, preparation, and any travel before you book.
How far in advance should we book?
Plan on about four weeks. That is enough time to run the individual assessments, build the Team Mode Map from self-reported responses, and shape the session around a decision the team is genuinely facing. Shorter timelines are sometimes possible; the diagnostic is the part that cannot be compressed without weakening the session it feeds.
Who is this for?
Boards, executive teams, and leadership groups carrying a decision they cannot afford to mishandle. It is built for organizations where the decision is already on the table and the disagreement is real: community banks and lenders, credit unions, universities, and executive teams inside institutions under sustained pressure. It is not a general management course, and it works badly as one.