Crux Move Consulting

Culture change for leadership teams and whole organizations

Crux Move Consulting works with clients on organizational change, using leadership and team development methods that it says have been tried and tested. It aims to help leaders create and maintain work environments with healthy, dynamic relationships that deliver results, whether the goal is a stronger leadership team or a change across the entire organization.

Why the name uses a climbing term

The company takes its name from the crux of a climb, the most difficult and rewarding move on a route. It uses that image to argue that getting people to work together and aligned with business goals is the pivotal step in any organization, and that the relationships and alignment involved shape everything else.

Relationship-focused training rather than generic team building

The firm says it builds the particular relationships a team needs to succeed. It supplies developmental materials that prompt the conversations, shared understandings and agreements that lead to breakthroughs. Its work is tailored and long term, and it describes its role as creating a safe space in which teams can explore difficult issues.

Assessments and tools used in the training

The consultants use a range of assessment instruments and training processes. These include Everything DiSC, a team-cohesion model built on five behaviors, conflict-mode profiling, emotional intelligence tools and 360-degree feedback for both teams and individuals. The company says this variety lets it design training that fits each client's unique needs.

Services from needs assessment to train-the-trainer

Services include needs assessments and organizational discovery, consultation and facilitation at key meetings, coaching for executives and team leaders, onboarding for new team members, and the development or enhancement of existing curricula. The company also runs train-the-trainer programs so that a client can build its own internal trainers.

Outcomes the work aims for

For culture change, the company aims to create a healthy culture modeled by senior leaders, greater employee engagement and a common language across functional boundaries. For individuals, the aim is greater self-awareness and better collaboration with key colleagues. For teams, it aims to build the trust and the foundations for communication and conflict resolution that real business conversations need. It starts each engagement by learning a client's specific training needs before designing its approach.