Carol Sachowski, Managing Director of Coaching and Lynn Bennett, PresidentThis begins with awareness of self, the team and the organization. By helping them define, measure, align and integrate values into business, Leadership Intelligence connects behavior with the outcomes organizations are trying to achieve.
“When people are anchored in their values and beliefs, behavior becomes clearer, creating alignment that improves how teams make decisions and move faster,” says Lynn Bennett, president.
Enhancing Organization-Wide Performance through Values
At Leadership Intelligence, the staff is certified in globally accepted assessments. Using the Barrett Values Assessment, it helps leaders and teams identify what is important and highlight what moves them forward or holds them back.
Insights from the assessments are explored through discovery calls and debriefs, helping leaders observe how their decisions and interactions unfold in real time. This lets clients recognize when they are reacting versus responding, reassess intent and align their actions with their values, especially when perspectives may be misread.
Its view of values extends beyond the individual. Leadership Intelligence recognizes that values are multidimensional and are often paired with those of the organization. This alignment takes a life of its own, revealing what’s happening across people development, processes and the purpose of the business. In doing so, it helps leaders identify aspects that need more conversation and attention.
Navigating Psychological Safety through Values
Leadership Intelligence addresses psychological safety by looking at what sits beneath, letting clients explore their underpinning values and authentic self. This helps them recognize aspects of conversations that engage and derail them.
At the executive level, it recognizes that psychological safety rests on multiple factors, including clear articulation of expectations and reinforcement of how teams are expected to work together. It encourages a shared discussion of perspectives on what constitutes a safe environment.
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When people are anchored in their values and beliefs, behavior becomes clearer, creating alignment that improves how teams make decisions and move faster.
Through takeaways, leaders can make informed trade-offs between competing priorities without losing alignment. They can keep their authenticity intact while holding together multiple values and effectively communicating decisions. Instead of reacting with frustration, they can clarify what matters to them and why, fostering more aligned outcomes.
In one instance, a global organization struggled to execute a major strategic shift despite clear plans and capabilities. Leaders were inconsistent, and teams hesitated, slowing progress. Leadership Intelligence addressed this through values-based coaching. While individuals prioritized innovation, collaboration and accountability, the collective operated through control and siloed decision-making.
The intervention identified personal values, aligned behaviors, cultural shifts and conversations needed to support the strategy. As leaders acted on values, the organization responded. Teams took initiative, cross-functional collaboration improved, and people felt safer speaking up. Within six months, the organization made measurable improvements in initiative, collaboration and execution.
Translating Values into Strategic Execution
Leadership Intelligence positions values as a strategic asset for executives, shaping how decisions are made, priorities are set, and relationships are managed. Grounding leaders in their values, it enables more consistent decision-making and clearer alignment across teams, even in complex or high-pressure situations.
“Values give leaders a common language to build bridges where there may be differences of opinion or competing priorities,” says Carol Sachowski, managing director of coaching.
This shared language helps teams move beyond individual perspectives and align around a collective path forward. Using structured data points, Leadership Intelligence supports organizations in identifying what is driving behavior across the system, allowing them to address friction more directly and maintain focus on outcomes that matter to clients, stakeholders and the business.
