Helping turn acorns into mighty oaks since 2006
Like an acorn becoming a live oak, leadership growth starts with strong roots and intentional nurturing. Sales and functional leaders thrive the same way, grounded in solid foundations and equipped to create clarity, stability and momentum that help people perform at their best.
When leaders grow with purpose, organizations become stronger, more resilient and positioned for long term results. That is where The Crisfield Group has been helping companies identify, develop and support their leaders for twenty years.
Thirty minutes, no pitch. If we are not the right fit we will say so.
The problem
Many companies have already identified their high potentials. But how can you be confident that you have designated the right people, those destined for long-term success? And how are you developing your existing leaders?
Confidently answering these questions requires time, internal capability, and the bandwidth to build and sustain the programs to develop existing and emerging leaders. So the work gets postponed. A first line manager is promoted without ever being taught to lead. A clinical director takes a commercial role with no commercial experience. A sales force using a selling process that is outdated or inappropriate in the current era of virtual communication.
None of that shows up in a quarter. All of it shows up in three years.
What we do
Every engagement is personally supervised by a Crisfield Group principal. We don’t send senior people to win the business and then hand the work to junior associates.
Talent strategy, competency models, job descriptions and Emerging Leader programs that identify, assess, track and develop the people who will run the business next.
Curricula built on what your people actually need, not on a methodology we are trying to sell you.
An honest, hands-on approach focused on practical capability building, live feedback, and tailored solutions designed to build consistency and elevate executive presence, judgment and decision-making.
Proof
Every engagement below ran for as long as the result took.
of participating managers promoted within 24 months
Nine-month development program with monthly action learning, a multi-day simulation retreat and a full assessment centre. Measured across all cohorts, run in the US and Europe.
field managers through one talent program
Built across three business divisions and headquarters for a global pharmaceutical company, following a needs analysis presented to senior leadership. Still running today.
Clients
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Who leads the work
Founder and Managing Partner. Thirty years in corporate education and human capital development before and since founding the firm in 2006.
Engagements draw on a network of independent senior practitioners built over three decades, across coaching, instructional design, facilitation and organizational development. You get the specialist the work needs.
More about the firmIn their words
"His skill and enthusiasm for the task at hand are equaled only by his extensive networks and subject matter experts, allowing him to quickly develop and deploy the appropriate training solution. When Steve says he can deliver on a program you can count on it being what you need, delivered professionally and on time."
"He is widely recognized as a leader in the pharmaceutical industry for his experience as a trainer, coach and mentor to many companies and their executives. In my opinion his strengths are his strategic thinking, vision, and humility."
Maya Angelou
That is the whole business. The people who will run your organization in five years are already working for you. The question is whether anyone is developing them.
Or email steve@crisfieldgroup.com directly.
