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Healthy teams, transformational outcomes
Team health solves your business's pressing issues
Burnout, poor retention, low productivity, and low or slow development are all symptoms of low team health. By teaching managers and their teams how to show up well with each other, and providing your teams with the purpose, resources, and coaching they need, you'll solve for individual issues.
Let's work together
We're culture architects who help individuals, teams, and organizations to center development and health as drivers of effectiveness, not byproducts.
Coaching individuals
You know what needs to get done, but you're unsatisfied with how things are getting done. We'll partner to clarify your how so that you find more fulfillment, balance, and success.
Supporting teams
You're a collection of high-performing individuals, not a high-performing collective. We'll help you to assess, prioritize, and improve your team's health and effectiveness.
Refining your culture
Your organization's culture sets the foundation for your organization's outcomes. Unfortunately, most organizations are built for performance and not for culture. We'll help you design an organization built for culture and performance, setting you up for success today and tomorrow.
About
My name is Rayshawn Whitford
I've spent my career working on difficult problems that have a social impact. I can’t think of a more universal problem than unresolved conflict in the workplace. It has a massive impact on our collective satisfaction and individual self-worth. I bring experience as both an operator and a strategist.
Most recently, I oversaw Twitter's work around healthy teams focusing on psychological safety, high performance, and giving and receiving feedback.
Before that I led teams at The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisory firm that spun out of Bain & Company in the early 2000s, where I worked with nonprofit leadership teams and philanthropists.
Our Clients Say
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“As a woman in the tech industry who is mid-career, introverted, and sensitive, Rayshawn has helped me to find my voice, believe that I'm worthy of being a leader, advocate for myself and what I need, and rediscover joy. My best friend even told me that I sound different: more relaxed, settled, and confident."
Sarah Frazier, Sr. Program Manager
Sarah Frazier, NY
“As a woman in the tech industry who is mid-career, introverted, and sensitive, Rayshawn has helped me to find my voice, believe that I'm worthy of being a leader, advocate for myself and what I need, and rediscover joy. My best friend even told me that I sound different: more relaxed, settled, and confident."
Dianalyn Innocencio, CA
“Rayshawn listens and gives your thoughts and feelings the time and attention necessary for you to understand what's getting in the way of your growth. He brings warmth and empathy to each session. He is flexible, intuitive, and responsive, and provides great guidance and motivation.”
Elizabeth Fox, CA
“Rayshawn has been crucial in my personal growth and development. He has coached me on building influence, dealing with unexpected changes, and taking the next steps in my career. During our time together, I got promoted!”