Episode 13 - The Five-Step Playbook for Team Turnarounds with Shannon Gath

State of the CIO

Working with a struggling or underperforming team? AMAG Pharmaceuticals VP and CIO Shannon Gath may have your solution with her five-step playbook.

Gath, a Boston CIO of the Year finalist for team turnarounds, uses a strategy that transforms teams from order takers to strategic thinkers. Her playbook has worked with startups, medium and large teams allowing them to create goals and heavily focus on collaboration and personal commitment for success.

Along with discussing this strategy, Gath shares her leadership styles, the tech industry topic she’s most interested in and how IT is evolving in its business capabilities.

Key takeaways:

• The five-step playbook works with startups, medium and large teams
• By focusing on team collaboration and personal commitments to success, turnaround can transform members from order takers to strategic thinkers
• The playbook allows teams to know what type of innovation to go after as well as learn their goals
• The fives steps: listen, validate, co-create, align and operate can help other functional areas in developing their strategic plans