For Teams & Boards

Understand your group's dynamics — and work better together.

I’ve led multiple teams, and served and consulted with many boards. Out of that experience, I help existing teams and boards clarify roles and decision-making processes, strengthen trust and communication, and work together more effectively.

Sound Familiar?

For Teams

  • Lack of clarity on roles and decision-making processes
  • Communication and feedback that keeps getting missed or misunderstood
  • Strained relationships between key people
  • Declining trust and morale
  • Disconnected goals across departments
  • Burnout and overload affecting the team
  • Leaders who want to be more intentional about how the team works—not just what it produces

For Boards

  • Complex transitions and difficult decisions with a lot at stake
  • Tension between board members, staff, or senior leaders
  • Unclear roles, authority, or expectations
  • Leaders who want meetings to be more focused, productive, and thoughtful
  • Leaders who want healthier norms for how the board works together

How I Work With Teams & Boards

Team or board, our work starts the same way: understanding the people, the relationships, and the system you’re part of.

1 · Discovery

I listen to the leader/s and the group, to understand what's really going on.

2 · Design

We co-create and customize sessions, a retreat or offsite, or an ongoing process around your group's needs.

3 · Develop

We partner in facilitating the real conversations, with tools your group can keep using.

Team Retreats & Offsites

Strengthen trust. Build alignment. Energize your team.

Our retreats and team building events help leaders and groups step back from the daily grind to reset, reconnect, and re-engage with clarity. Our events are never cookie-cutter. We work with you to design an experience that meets your team where they are.

Leadership Offsites

Strategic sessions to clarify direction and align leadership.

Team Retreats

Facilitated experiences to build trust, strengthen communication, and recharge energy.

Custom Team Building Events

Interactive workshops tailored to your culture and current challenges.

Imagine leaving a retreat with not just inspiration—but a concrete 90-day action plan in hand.

Think of it as equal parts strategy and soul—serious work paired with space for meaningful connection.

Grounded in the Change Navigation PRO© Model

Unlike generic team-building exercises, our approach is rooted in the PRO Model, which addresses all three layers of organizational life:

Personal

Leaders clarify their own goals and leadership voice.

Relational

Teams practice feedback, communication, and collaboration.

Organizational

Broader alignment connects individual growth to the company’s vision.

When these three zones are in sync, teams don’t just work better—they thrive.

Why Organizations Choose Us

For over 20 years, Adrian Pei has facilitated leadership development and organizational change for nonprofits, corporations, and educational institutions. Clients value his ability to:

“Adrian helped me to design and lead our executive team retreat, wherein he provided us a rubric to understand our roles within the organization, and evidence-based tools to implement immediately in our leadership meetings. His approach is particularly helpful because it is based first and foremost on intentionality of learning the unique dynamics of the organization, and the individuals that lead it. We are seeing healthier communication, improved relationships between managers, and substantially increased effectiveness in our team meetings.”

— CEO, Renewable Energy Company
Let's connect

Tell me about your group.

Who’s in it, and what’s it navigating right now? I’ll respond with some initial observations.