Linzy Schaller, PresidentDedicated to the development of top leaders and leadership teams, Osprey Leadership’s team has years of experience studying the science behind effective business, medical and sports teams. Leigh’s own research on high-performing teams with Harvard and Stanford Medical Schools allowsthe firm to apply the science of team motivation and performance, accompanied with the art of coaching, facilitation and educating to provoke insight that produces individual growth and team development enabling organizational success.
Linzy Schaller, President of Osprey leadership since 2018, has been focused on expanding global reach and continuing to build a team of experienced coaches, consultants and facilitators. Linzy developed relationship building skills and cultural flexibility via years of engagements conducting business globally as well as coaching and facilitating individuals and teams in more than 45 counties. Additionally, Linzy excelled as a professional volleyball Coach and player in the US, Europe and South America. Her unique background serves her well navigating the chaos, ambiguity and demands of the talented individuals, teams and organizations she serves.
In an interview with Manage HR’s editorial team, Linzy discusses Osprey’s services at length and the way they leverage their in-depth industry knowledge and expertise to ensure leadership and team development.
Could you give us a brief overview of your company?
We are a woman-owned company dedicated to the development of top leaders and leadership teams. For over 15 years now, we have assessed talent and teams and organizations to diagnose the opportunities and provide support to increase effectiveness. We recognize that for any real, sustainable leadership development or a significant transformation to happen, it has to start at the top of the house.
We develop and coach executives and teams to support the creation of a performance-based culture that allows for the team, and ultimately the organization, to maximize results and sustain success for future challenges sure to come.Osprey Leadership provides an end to end solution for clients building organizational capability and creating transformational change. Our experts link assessment outcomes and development roadmaps that enable leaders at all levels to achieve their full potential and ensure companies realize a performance return from their developmental investment. Our experiences focus on enhancing organizational leadership effectiveness and are built using a client intimacy approach that blends a deep understanding of the client’s strategic intent with a proven developmental framework.
Executive talent and team development will only deliver ROI if it is based upon the strategy of the organization. Our team understands this – having spent much of their careers working in senior roles in global organizations.We tailor developmental tools to achieve effective sustainability, innovation, and business impact. Unlike traditional providers, our work with clients starts from the organization’s mission. We quickly get “under the skin” of the organization. Only then can we determine how talent leadership and development can help.Our team has held corporate roles in global organizations – including: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Learning Officer, Director of Global talent, EVP-HR and SVP Learning Academy, to name a few. We understand the levers available to an Executive team and how to use them.
What are the challenges companies face around leadership development, and how does your company effectively address them?
Often when companies talk about transformation, they tend to focus on the business, the KPIs, the way the work gets done. They often neglect to address the fact that people are the ones doing the work. They need to understand that human capital is their best asset, and it’s the people who have to transform and that require the behaviors, the mindsets, and the attitudes to change. We believe that companies have to start there, and then the work that gets done is an output.
We understand that navigating these unprecedented times requires Leaders to develop new and demonstrate different skills and behaviors than historically required. This year we have focused on the unique challenges leaders are facing today. Threats to the business, customers and their people, necessitates fundamental shifts in thinking, and offers clear opportunities for leaders. Only those who demonstrate managerial courage and the ability to access their authenticity, honesty, and humility will provide the necessary human connection that matters most. When faced with tremendous change and uncertainty, leadership awareness is essential to focus and connect to the most critical deliverables and meaningful work.
Could you elaborate on your company’s key offerings to support organizations in their transformation journey effectively?
Our work is directly linked to business outcomes, accelerating the development of leaders at all levels to deliver on strategic intent, create and sustain commitment and ensure execution on business performance and results. Our experts link assessment outcomes and development activities directly to business imperatives. We create talent development roadmaps that enable leaders at all levels to achieve their full potential and ensure companies realize a performance return from their development investment.
Our work is directly linked to business outcomes, accelerating the development of leaders at all levels to deliver on strategic intent, create and sustain commitment and ensure execution on business performance and results
Clients seek our counsel to develop new and deeper leadership and team capabilities in a variety of situations through integrated coaching, executive education, assessment and talent development:
• Embarking on a new strategy and/or transformation
• Leadership development
• Creating a new team for a specific project, change initiative or implementation
• Developing talent pipeline and bench strength
• Improving the deployment, engagement and retention of leaders
• Succession planning
What does the future hold for Osprey Leadership?
Osprey Leadership is uniquely positioned to partner with clients to design and deliver learning solutions that deliver business impact and are linked to the organization’s strategy, purpose, and objectives. Prior to the pandemic, we had already been coaching and facilitating virtually for years, which was definitely an advantage for us in 2020. By immersing clients in a world class learning environment and engaging with coaches and educators who shape the future of business, we challenge assumptions, disrupt usual ways of doing business, and introduce new ways of thinking that transform leaders, teams, and organizations. Our ability to deliver high quality experiences both in person and virtually served us well in 2020 and we look forward to working with clients to meet needs.
We are able to support clients as they pivot from crisis and reaction to highly focused and inclusive behaviors. People leaders have many avenues to stabilize and optimize performance – and take their teams from survive to thrive. We have years of hands-on experience supporting organizations, especially those facing new challenges and forced adjustments. We lead these teams to discover their definition of thrive.
We stand at the intersection of psychology and business. Our consultants are PhD psychologists and/or MBAs who also have experience leading organizations and are located globally. With access to experienced educators from London business School, Stanford, Harvard, NYU, IMD, INSEAD, Wharton, and other top business schools we are able to bring together world-class experts to meet our clients’ needs. We are hopeful that our ability topartner with clients to address issues at hand and help organizations prepare for the unknowns the future inevitably holds will afford us continued success as a firm.
