We help CEOs and tech executives turn silos and confusion into clear priorities, aligned decisions, and collective results

Leadership team offsites  |  C-suite advisory  |  Executive coaching

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Patrick Lencioni’s frameworks for executive teams, since 2015

Michael Sullivan presenting Cohesion, Clarity and Cadence to a room of leaders

Our experience

The record

11years of this work
90leadership teams
150executive offsites
1,700leaders worked with

Our clients

31CEO clients
25clients over $1B revenue
82%repeat client work
14engagements with one Fortune 50 client

AI made people faster, not companies

What leaders report about AI at work

80%say AI made them more productive
37%see any profit from it
6%get 5% or more of their profit from it

McKinsey 2026

Each level down, fewer know

Who can name their organization’s top priorities

56%of the C-suite
44%of directors and VPs
27%of middle managers

McKinsey 2026

Managers engage where companies are run well

Managers engaged at work

79%in the best-run organizations
22%of managers worldwide
20%of all employees worldwide

Gallup 2026

Two requirements for success

Smart

No longer differentiates

  • Strategy
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Technology
  • Operations
  • Sales

Healthy

Last remaining advantage

  • Minimal politics
  • Minimal confusion
  • High morale
  • High productivity
  • Low turnover

After Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage

Top five times clients reach out to us

  1. 1

    Infighting between two senior leaders cut quarterly results, and now their teams won’t work together either.

    $6Mper month
  2. 2

    Your leadership team has turned over 20% in six months, and the people who are left are waiting to see who goes next.

    $420Kper leader
  3. 3

    Your AI initiative spans several divisions, and the board wants to see ROI this quarter.

    $5-20Mper AI build
  4. 4

    Your best technical leader just lost two senior engineers, and you need him to become a people leader before you lose another one.

    $130Kper engineer
  5. 5

    You have re-orged twice in the last eighteen months, and nothing’s working.

    $22Mper year

What it costs

The approach behind our results

At the center is one weekly meeting, the tactical. Built on Patrick Lencioni’s models, which we have taught and installed since 2015.

1

Politics → trust

Cohesion

Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team

From Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

  1. Results
  2. Accountability
  3. Commitment
  4. Conflict
  5. Trust
2

Confusion → direction

Clarity

Answering the six critical questions

From Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage

  1. Why do we exist?
  2. How do we behave?
  3. What do we do?
  4. How will we succeed?
  5. What’s important now?
  6. Who must do what?
3

Death by meeting → decisions

Cadence

Transforming meetings into rapid execution

From Patrick Lencioni, Death by Meeting

  1. Lightning round
  2. Clarity review
  3. Scoreboard review
  4. Real-time agenda
  5. Strategic topics
  6. Decisions
  7. Cascading messages

we run it→we coach you→you run it

Your whole organization, measured

The difference between a satisfaction poll and direct visibility

One assessment, six reports

DivisionDepartmentManagement levelPeople managerTenureWork arrangement

Our offerings

StartSet baseline
Q1Unify leadership
Q2Create clarity
Q3Cascade to leaders
Q4Roll out org-wide

Flagship

12-Month Engagement

8 offsite days, 90 minutes a week

Strategy executed

A two-day offsite each quarter. Six clarity answers. Meetings led, then self-sustaining. Executives deliver clarity to all staff.

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Division
Department
Management level
People manager
Tenure
Work arrangement

Rapid response

30-Day Diagnostic

Baseline assessed

Organization and leadership assessment with debrief

Five domains, six heat maps, 90-day commitments.

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  1. Results
  2. Accountability
  3. Commitment
  4. Conflict
  5. Trust

Rapid response

90-Day Sprint

Leadership unified

Executive offsite: trust, conflict, roles, and the six-month objective

We lead weekly tacticals, not just teach them.

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Six answers, one level down

Continuing

Next-Level Leadership Teams

One quarter per team

Alignment multiplied

Direct reports run this with their own teams: offsite, tacticals, six answers, one level down.

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  1. 1Developing the leadership team
  2. 2Managing direct reports
  3. 3Having difficult conversations
  4. 4Team meetings
  5. 5Employee communication

Continuing

Executive Coaching & C-Suite Advisory

Monthly for 6+ months

Confidential advisory

Five responsibilities a leader cannot abdicate: developing the leadership team, managing direct reports, having difficult conversations, team meetings, employee communication.

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12-Month Engagement

8 offsite days, 90 minutes a week

  1. Start

    Set baseline

    Pre-work. Five behaviors scored. Organization scored.

  2. Q1

    Unify leadership

    Five Dysfunctions. Trust established. We lead tacticals.

  3. Q2

    Create clarity

    Six critical questions. Open debate. Backlog prioritized, owners assigned.

  4. Q3

    Cascade to leaders

    Key leaders briefed. Disagree and commit. Team runs tacticals.

  5. Q4

    Roll out org-wide

    All-employee roll-out. Collective results first. Six answers repeated org-wide.

Managing risks, delivering results

What usually goes wrongHow we prevent it
Canned program

Consultants focus on their framework rather than your bottom line

We co-create to 100% with you, building every team exercise on your real business issues

Offsite fades

Two good days, then old habits return. No one uses the playbook

We run your tactical meetings until your team does. Playbook on every desk, used in every meeting

It stops at the top

Your leadership team aligns, yet nothing below them changes

Your executives deliver the six answers to their own organizations

Someone else delivers

A senior partner sells it, but a junior associate delivers it

The person who sells it leads and delivers every session

We cannot measure it

Everyone says it went well, but nothing proves it did

We score each level at the start and at the end. You see what changed, and how much

What clients say

“Michael delivered a meaningful and measurable impact on how we communicate, set priorities, and collaborate across departments and diverse personalities. As a result of his coaching, we have seen clear improvements in cross-department communication, goal execution, and overall team cohesion.”
Scott EaganPresident and CEO, nvision Glass
“Michael Sullivan is a passionate and trusted advisor. Over the years, he has led multiple workshops at FOX that delivered tremendous value across the enterprise. From my perspective as a senior technology executive, Michael’s impact on our leadership culture was clear: he is, most of all, an exceptional teacher.”
Garrett BossCIO, Laserfiche, formerly EVP, FOX
“Michael has an extraordinary understanding of what it takes for executive teams to work effectively and the role each individual, given their unique character, can play. From personal concerns to organizational dynamics, his coaching method provides clarity and direction to senior executives lonely at the top.”
Mrunali Majmudarthen Chief Practice Officer, Fractal Analytics

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Who you work with

Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan

CEO and Founder, Sullivan Practice

Delray Beach, Florida
Serving executive teams nationally
Fluent in English, Italian, Spanish

Certifications, licensure

  • Certified Working Genius facilitator
  • Certified Myers-Briggs practitioner
  • Trained Co-Active professional coach
  • EMDR-trained, performance enhancement
  • MA Counseling, Philosophy, Theology
Rebecca Sullivan

Rebecca Sullivan

Client Success Lead

Your point of contact, first call to final follow-up. Rebecca keeps every engagement on schedule and in scope, so you always know what comes next.

Executive forum

Every other month, we host a 45-minute executive forum.

Next: Thursday, November 12, 2pm Eastern, with Garrett Boss, CIO of Laserfiche, formerly EVP at FOX.

Nov 12Jan 14Mar 11May 13

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Executive forum invitation with Garrett Boss and Michael Sullivan

Where we go from here

First, we both decide if we fit. Then we learn what is going on in your team. We build the plan with you until it is 100% what you need.

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