The Shift®Accelerator
Transform your people experience so your mission can thrive.
The only experience that brings the work of leadership coaching, team development, and talent systems design together into one connected journey that leads to sustained change.
What keeps your culture work from sticking
Most organizations want to transform their culture and they’ve tried.
An all-staff training here. A coaching program for managers there. A new talent system that launches but never quite takes hold.
The problem isn’t effort; it’s that the work happens in pieces, so the change never holds.
That’s why we built The Shift® Accelerator: to bring leadership, team practices, and talent systems into one experience that transforms how your organization works every day.
The transformation that touches every level
The Accelerator strengthens every level of your organization — from CEO to staff — so the way you lead, collaborate, and perform starts to shift together.
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People Systems/HR
Design systems that make values visible.
Performance, onboarding, and talent development structures are rebuilt to turn values into daily practice — making trust scalable, not situational.
Staff
Know what matters and feel part of it.
Shared language and simple rituals help every employee understand priorities, contribute meaningfully, and see fairness in how decisions are made.
CEO
Lead with space and clarity.
The Accelerator strengthens every level of your organization — from CEO to staff — so the way you lead, collaborate, and perform starts to shift together.
Executive Team
Lead as one.
Shared sessions and decision rhythms align how leaders communicate, act, and hold accountability — so strategy moves through the team, not just around it.
Managers
Coach, develop, and drive performance.
Managers learn to coach, strategize, hold clear expectations, and build trust and belonging that strengthens results instead of straining their teams.
How the Shift® Accelerator Works
The Shift® Accelerator builds that connection through four stages designed to strengthen leadership, expand team capacity, and make culture operational, so the change you start doesn’t depend on constant effort to sustain it.
Phase I: Strengthen Leadership
Create shared clarity at the top so progress doesn’t stall in meetings or decision loops.
CEO Coaching
Senior Leadership Alignment Sessions
Culture, Priority, and Accountability Mapping
Phase II: Build Team Capacity
Help managers and staff lead, communicate, and follow through in ways that make accountability clear and fair.
People Leader Training Labs
Leader Small-Group Coaching
All-Staff Training Sessions
Learning Toolkits + Implementation Support
Phase III: Redesign Systems
Rebuild your people systems so culture and performance reinforce each other every day.
Onboarding Redesign
Growth Pathways + Role Clarity
Performance Systems
Meeting Structures
Phase IV: Sustain Change
Make progress stick — even when attention shifts.
Pulse Checks + Progress Dashboards
Review + Reflection Practices
Sustainment Coaching
Inside the Accelerator Teams Discover:
85%
Stronger leadership alignment
30%
Higher retention (Year over Year)
85%
Increase in team engagement
90%
Improved strategy execution
Organizations Making the Shift®
“Tayden’s guidance created a measurable shift in our culture, policies, and practices – aligned with who we say we are.”
The Accelerator gave us a framework to grow without losing our values. It’s had a lasting impact on our team, culture, and results.”
Your Tayden Partner Team
Every Accelerator client works with the same senior team from start to finish — so the people guiding your strategy are the same ones helping you bring it to life.
Lead Strategic Partner
Your primary thought partner throughout the Accelerator — guiding strategy, coaching your CEO and senior leaders, and keeping culture and performance work connected across every level.
Facilitators
Seasoned practitioners who lead labs and team sessions — translating the work into habits your people can actually use day to day.
Experience Lead
Your behind-the-scenes partner — managing logistics, materials, and communication so your team can stay focused on the work that matters.
We take on a limited number of Accelerator clients each year to give each organization the focus and partnership it deserves.
Partnership Investment
Every Accelerator engagement is built around your organization’s size, stage, and readiness.
Together we design the right rhythm of leadership sessions, implementation sprints, coaching, and culture reviews so the work sticks and scales.
Questions Leaders Ask Before Joining the Accelerator
What is the Accelerator, exactly?
It’s a partnership that connects leadership, culture, and systems into one working structure. Instead of a workshop or consulting sprint, it’s a guided process that builds the habits, tools, and decisions your team uses every week — until they hold on their own.
What do you actually focus on inside the Accelerator?
Every Accelerator strengthens the five essentials of a healthy, high-performing culture — the systems and habits that make culture stick long after we’re gone:
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Clarity & Communication: Everyone knows what matters most and how their work connects.
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Trust & Safety: Teams can speak up and problem-solve together.
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Feedback & Growth: Coaching and reflection become daily practices.
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Recognition & Accountability: Wins are visible, expectations are clear.
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Leadership Consistency: Leaders model the culture they want to see.
These essentials are built and reinforced across every phase of the Accelerator — through leadership coaching, team development, and people systems design.
How does it work - and how much time does it take?
Each organization starts with a short assessment phase, followed by four structured phases across the year.
Most of the work happens within your existing meetings and systems. We design it to strengthen what’s already in motion, not add more to your plate.
Who is it for?
The Accelerator is designed for mission-driven organizations — mission driven for-profits, nonprofits, foundations, and associations – where success depends on people working in sync.
It engages every level: the CEO, executive team, managers, and staff. Everyone learns how their part connects to the whole.
What’s included?
Everything most organizations try to fix separately: executive coaching, manager development, team facilitation, and people-system redesign.
It’s all built into one plan, one calendar, and one shared language — so change happens together, not in pieces.
What makes it different from a smaller engagement?
Smaller projects improve one area – leadership, management, or systems – but the gains rarely last when the others stay the same.
The Accelerator unites them, creating momentum that holds when we step back.
What results can we expect?
Leaders share responsibility instead of carrying it alone.
Managers coach with consistency.
Staff understand what matters most.
Systems make trust and accountability visible.
Within 90 days, clients see stronger alignment, steadier leadership, and measurable retention gains.
What happens after year one?
The first year builds structure. The second year builds independence.
By year two, your leadership team runs the same rhythms we built together – planning, reviews, and feedback loops that don’t rely on us to hold.
We stay close through quarterly check-ins, executive coaching, and system reviews to help you refine what’s working as you grow.
Most clients use year two to deepen leadership development, strengthen team consistency, or expand people systems to new departments – without starting over.
The foundation you built keeps scaling with you.