EMPOWERED Leadership Starts Here.
Can Performance Management and Feedback Actually Be Fun and Enjoyable?
We Believe It’s Possible!
At Leadership In Focus, we’re transforming how organizations handle performance management by tackling the toxic management traits—what we call Problem Monsters—that hold teams back. Our mission is to make feedback not just effective, but also engaging and enjoyable.
What We Do:
Identify and Confront Problem Monsters: We help you recognize and address a range of toxic management traits—such as procrastination, overthinking, and micromanagement—that impede team performance and leadership growth.
Transform Feedback Culture: By introducing a unified language for discussing and managing Problem Monsters, we make feedback sessions clearer, more consistent, and genuinely enjoyable.
Develop Custom Tools and Integration: We create tailored tools that integrate seamlessly into your performance management systems, ensuring that the concepts of Problem Monsters are consistently applied and relevant.
Build Sustainable Growth Systems: Our approach emphasizes gradual habit-building and confidence credits, making personal and professional growth a rewarding, long-term journey.
Empower Managers and Teams: We equip managers with the skills and strategies to overcome toxic traits and become effective leaders, while also helping teams articulate and tackle their challenges collaboratively.
Our Goal:
Our goal is to make performance management a dynamic, positive experience that drives real, lasting improvements.We believe that with the right approach, feedback can be both impactful and enjoyable.
Leadership In Focus: Transforming Toxic Traits into Leadership Strengths
Can Performance Management and Feedback Be Fun and Enjoyable? We Believe It’s Possible!
Many organizations struggle with toxic management traits—what we call Problem Monsters—that undermine team performance and leadership effectiveness. Traits like procrastination, overthinking, and micromanagement create significant obstacles, making performance management conversations stressful and often ineffective.
Our Solution
Identify and Confront Problem Monsters:
We help you pinpoint and address a wide range of Problem Monsters, from Avoidors and Overthinkors to Distractors and Underminers. Our framework makes it easy to see where these traits are impacting your team.
Transform Feedback Culture:
We introduce a common language for discussing Problem Monsters, making performance management and feedback both enjoyable and effective.
Create Custom Tools and Integration:
We work with you to develop and integrate tailored tools that embed the Problem Monsters framework into your performance management systems. This ensures consistency and relevance in addressing toxic traits.
Build Sustainable Growth Systems:
Our approach focuses on incremental habit-building and confidence credits to foster ongoing development. We make growth a gradual, rewarding journey rather than an overwhelming challenge.
Empower Managers and Teams:
We equip managers with the tools and strategies to overcome toxic traits and evolve into inspiring leaders. Our model also helps teams articulate and tackle challenges collaboratively.
From Pain to Potential:
Current State: Stressful feedback conversations, inconsistent application of management principles, and limited progress.
Future State: An engaging feedback culture, clear understanding and management of Problem Monsters, and a motivated, high-performing team.
Why Choose Us?
Kurtis Graham on the left, Curtis Scaplen on the right
At Leadership In Focus, making performance management personal is at the heart of everything we do. Both of us have experienced moments in our careers where we didn’t get the feedback we needed, leaving us frustrated and stuck. On the flip side, we’ve also had incredible experiences where the right guidance made all the difference. These personal experiences have shaped our mission: to make performance management less intimidating and more empowering, so you can serve your teams better.
Address Pain Points Directly: We tackle the toxic traits hindering your team's performance and leadership development.
Custom Solutions: Our tools and strategies are tailored to fit your organization’s specific needs and culture.
Sustainable Results: We focus on actionable, long-term change rather than quick fixes.
Engaging Development: We believe performance management and feedback can be both fun and effective, making growth a positive experience.