Bottom Line
How we helped Pivot Bio
The leadership team left with a clearer path forward and a stronger foundation for working together, enabling more aligned, efficient execution in a high-growth environment.
Client:
Scope:
Remote Leadership Retreat | Strengthening Alignment, Trust & Execution in a High-Growth Team
Key Insights
Fast growth amplifies what's already fractured
Pivot Bio's team wasn't struggling because of rapid scaling. The growth simply made pre-existing misalignment, unspoken tensions, and communication gaps impossible to ignore.
High-performing teams still need a mirror
Capability and ambition were never the issue. What the team needed was structured space to surface assumptions, see their own dynamics clearly, and reset how they worked together.
Strategy
Featured Case Study | Pivot Bio
Growing fast. Aligned enough, until they weren't.
Challenge
Pivot Bio's Leadership Team was navigating rapid growth while managing multiple high-priority initiatives across the business. The team was highly capable and diverse — spanning science, academia, and business — but faced challenges operating as a fully aligned leadership group.
Key challenges included competing priorities without clear alignment, inconsistent communication and collaboration across functions, difficulty navigating disagreement while maintaining momentum, and underlying tensions and unspoken assumptions quietly impacting team effectiveness. Rapid growth added another layer of complexity, creating the need for greater consistency in brand, communication, and execution across the organization.
Goals
What We Set Out to Solve
01
North star set
Align the leadership team on priorities and strategic direction
02
Clearer together
Improve communication, collaboration, and decision-making
03
Trust deepened
Build trust and strengthen team cohesion
04
Name the friction
Surface and address underlying tensions impacting performance
05
Scale with clarity
Support the organization’s growth with more consistent and aligned execution
SOLUTION
Team Activation Workshop
Cofinity designed and facilitated a Leadership Team Retreat and development experience focused on strengthening alignment, trust, and execution. In parallel, Cofinity supported broader organizational needs by helping guide alignment across brand, communication, and external partnerships, ensuring consistency as the company scaled.
Clarity Facilitated
Facilitated sessions to align on priorities and improve decision-making clarity
Solve in Real Time
Interactive, real-time problem-solving on current business challenges
Friction Surfaced
Experiential exercises to surface team dynamics, assumptions, and points of friction
Know How You Lead
Hands-on activities to help leaders better understand how they operate individually and as a team
Dialogue that Builds
Structured dialogue to build trust, empathy, and mutual respect across the leadership group
Aligned at Scale
Broader organizational alignment across brand, communication, and partnerships
Deep dive
Outcomes
The leadership team left with a clearer path forward and a stronger foundation for working together, enabling more aligned, efficient execution in a high-growth environment.
Impact
Decision-Making Clarity
Stronger alignment across multiple initiatives and business priorities
Huddle & Plan Before Execution
Increased trust, cohesion, and openness within the leadership team
Understanding Teammates
More productive and constructive disagreement, leading to better decisions
FEWER ESCALATIONS
Improved communication and collaboration across functions
TEAM DYNAMICS
Greater awareness of team dynamics and how they impact execution
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