Culture doesn’t collapse loudly.
It drains you slowly.
Every disengaged employee costs you 18% of their salary in lost productivity.
Every quiet resignation leaves a bigger hole.
And every day you delay cultural triage, you lose momentum you may never regain.
You're walking into the building (or Zoom window or boardroom) and everyone is pretending it's fine.
The leadership seat is technically filled.
The fire’s mostly out.
The emails have calmed down.
But something underneath is still off.
People are guarded.
Managers are burned out but hiding it.
You’re trying to move forward… but the team is still stuck in survival mode.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
And you're not imagining it.
You're standing in the messy middle of what comes after a crisis but before real clarity.
The Problem Beneath the Problem
Let’s be honest.
When the storm hits—when the exec walks out, the audit drops, or the headlines land—you do what any good leader does: you stabilize.
You hold the line.
You reassure.
You shift the org into “let’s keep going” mode.
But here’s the secret nobody tells you:
The real damage doesn’t happen during the crisis.
It happens in the aftermath — when no one feels safe enough to say what’s really going on.
And it’s not just a hunch. It’s measurable:
Employee engagement drops up to 30% after executive transitions, especially when staff feel left in the dark.
Every disengaged employee costs 18% of their salary in lost productivity, and disengagement spreads.
Voluntary turnover jumps 20–30% above baseline after a crisis, as employees reassess their options.
Replacing the average employee costs between 50% and 200% of their annual salary, even more after a crisis.
I'm sure you've felt this tension in the room...
The manager who says “we’re good” but has already updated their résumé in private.
The director who runs the all-hands like a champ… and cries in their car after.
The board that’s asking for the clarity you don’t fully have yet.
It’s not dysfunction.
It’s trauma.
And if you try to rebuild without naming it, you will recreate the conditions that led to the crisis in the first place.
You don’t need another retreat. You need cultural triage.
Why You Can't See It (and That's Okay)
You’re not the problem.
You’re just too close to it.
Your team isn’t going to give you the full picture.
They’re trying to survive, too.
You don’t need another engagement survey or a 200-slide deck from a firm that doesn’t even know your people’s names.
You need a short, sharp, trusted scan of your internal reality, delivered with care AND with teeth.
And that’s what the Rapid Clarity & Culture Check-In offers.
The Rapid Check-In isn’t a “culture audit.” It’s cultural triage.
In just 30 days, we’ll help you:
🧭 Spot the Invisible Fractures
Not just morale, but the real misalignments between what your org says it values and what it actually rewards.
🗣️ Hear What Your Team Won’t Say Out Loud
Through short, high-trust conversations with key voices, we bring what’s brewing just under the surface to light.
🔧 Make Quick, Visible Wins
Restore a sense of movement, agency, and safety. Show the team: we’re not stuck anymore.
📊 Give You a Stability Dashboard
Simple visuals and metrics you can track and show your board, your team, or just keep for your own clarity.
Here’s how it works:
Week 1: Targeted leader and staff conversations
Week 2: Artifact and metric review
Week 3: Synthesis of findings + early wins
Week 4: Final presentation + stability plan
🛑 No surveys
🛑 No 12-month commitment
🛑 No judgment
Just insightful, emotionally intelligent support in your most critical time.
Are you feeling the tension between “I should be further along...” and “I don’t even know where to start...”? Book a free call now. We’ll meet you where you are.
Is This For You?
This isn’t for organizations that are “fine.”
This is for leaders who:
Just stepped into a damaged or post-scandal environment
Are trying to regain trust after layoffs, leaks, or infighting
Inherited a culture they didn’t build—and now have to lead
Know something is off, but can’t quite name it
If...
thinking about your organization is keeping you up at night, and
you're wondering if you're actually making things better or just delaying the inevitable
...this is for you.
In 30 days, you'll walk away with:
A clearer map of your current cultural risks
2–3 targeted early wins that your team can feel immediately
A visual dashboard that reframes how you talk about progress
A leadership lens shift: from “firefighter” to cultural strategist
You’ll breathe easier.
Your team will start showing up again.
Your board will notice the shift.
You’ll know the bleeding has stopped... and the healing has begun.
Led by Dr. Mary Barnes, an expert in organizational behavior and transformations. Time and again, she has earned her nickname "The Super Nanny for Organizations."
Why Evolve Your Performance?
We don't just diagnose. We help you evolve.
We're not just outsiders dropping in to judge how broken you are.
We're people who sit in the fire with leaders just like you, and help them find their footing again.
We specialize in navigating:
Cultural recovery after chaos
Staff morale and productivity post-turnover
Trust repair during high-stakes transitions
We're not here to judge you.
We're here to get to the raw truth so you can learn (and lead) from it.
What Our Clients Are Saying
“Before you came, we hardly ever used the Conference rooms; we just didn’t collaborate that much. Now we have a hard time finding a free one because we’re always in there collaborating. We’re also following through on defining roles, which has helped build stronger teams. We’ve had other contractors come in and try to help. They didn’t get to the heart of the matter like you did. We didn’t see as much of a change after they left, like we did after you left. I’m really looking forward to having you come back next year to help us keep getting better.”
- John P., Regional Director
“Mary helped our executive team navigate our differences like an expert translator — she cut through the noise, showed us what we were really saying to each other, and stopped us from taking things so personally. She’s like the Super Nanny, but for organizations. Honestly, she deserves her own Netflix show.”
- Jay N., CTO
This isn't a sales funnel.
It's a lifeline for leaders who know they can't keep white-knuckling it.
Book 30 minutes directly with Dr. Mary Barnes.
No high-pressure sales. No deck.
Just a real conversation about where you are, what's keeping you up at night, and how we can help.
If you'd rather email, you can reach Mary directly at [email protected].
You don't have to fix everything all at once.
You just have to see it clearly. And then take one step at a time from there.