We Help Organizations Flourish

We help organizations flourish through coaching and training for optimum performance. Specifically, we believe in Humanity-Centered LeadershipSM and advocate the modeling of humility, compassion, grace and hope in
large scale organizations and tight, mission-driven teams.

Looking to Develop Your Team?

Strengthening
Your Team

Better understand individual strengths
Maximize individual contributions to the team
Attract and retain the right team players

Balancing
a Diverse Team

Manage the nuances and motivational drivers of individuals with varying levels of team engagement
- Executive Team &
  Board of Directors
- Management & Staff
- Employees & Contractors
- Staff & Volunteers

Fostering a Healthy Team Environment

Overcome team dysfunction
Create team unity with the help of constructive conflict
Apply best practices for employee engagement

How We Help Organizations Flourish

Assessments

Work Climate
Team Culture
Individual Talents/Skills
Performance

Employing a range of observation methods, qualitative discussion sessions, or personality/behavior profile assessment tools (e.g., MBTI®, DiSC®, CliftonStrengths®, or VIA Character Strengths), we’ll establish a baseline of understanding of your team and build from there.

Leadership/Team Training

Workshops/Modules
Management Retreats
Conference Seminars
Staff Development Series

Leveraging tried and true frameworks developed and advocated by bestselling author and leadership expert, Patrick Lencioni, we design a learning/training program that will improve team efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen team unity, and help you become an organization that flourishes.

Executive Coaching

One-on-One Sessions
Mission & Vision Statements
Action Plan Development
Speech Writing

Exercising the discipline of listening for understanding, we work with you to identify the leadership and organizational needs present. We then apply our expertise in mentoring/coaching, performance development and communications to bring confidence and steadiness to your leadership.

Recommended Reading

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

by Patrick Lencioni
New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.
Dare to Lead

by Brené Brown
Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy, and now she teaches us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.
The Ideal Team Player

by Patrick Lencioni
Lencioni presents a practical framework and actionable tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players. Whether you’re a leader trying to create a culture around teamwork, a staffing professional looking to hire real team players, or a team player wanting to improve yourself, this book will prove to be as useful as it is compelling.
Putting Hope to Work
by Harry Hutson & Barbara Perry
Hutson & Perry draw upon their many years of research and management consulting to present a pragmatic approach to identifying, supporting, and sustaining hope and channeling it towards productive ends to create more vibrant, creative, collaborative - and successful - workplaces. The authors offer a multi-dimensional approach to leadership that is both inspiring and practical, tapping into a universal desire to produce work that is as meaningful as it is profitable.

Troy's approach to projects is collaborative. His approach to conflict is compassionate and direct. His ability to get results is absolute. Team members trust him, leadership respects him and clients benefit from his experience and expertise. Whether addressing business challenges or celebrating successes, my team and I felt a true partnership working with Troy, as he is one of the best communicators and collaborators. I highly recommend The Berryfield Group if integrity, collaboration and results are important to you.

Jan Bryzeal, VP of Human Resources

Principal

Troy Geesaman

Troy is passionate about helping teams operate at their maximum potential. With more than 30 years of corporate, marketing agency, and military leadership experience, he coaches, challenges, and encourages executives and managers to work through and solve organizational challenges that hinder growth and productivity. He has a "superpower" in understanding and interpreting human behavior - which leads to insight-driven, strategic work accomplished by engaging and empowering the voices and talents in teams to deliver the best work. His colleagues marvel at his ability to draw out everyone's input – especially those often marginalized – and entice all participants into becoming eager contributors to the team's success.

His career started in the field of managerial accounting and then progressed across multiple disciplines in corporate organizations (McCormick, Cadbury Schweppes, USG), including finance, sales communications, field marketing, brand management, and innovation. Then crossing over to the agency side of marketing, Troy advised, mentored, and developed strategic marketing and innovation plans with leaders across CPG food, beverages, spirits, banking, pharmaceutical, industrial products and convenience retail sectors.

Through the years, Troy has managed teams of all sizes - from 2-3 individuals to large, cross-functional departments. He has also been a team trainer for insight development, chief facilitator for team dynamics assessment and training, innovation team moderator, lead ethnographic researcher, and adjunct university professor.

Specific Skill Set and Strengths:

Collaborative, action-oriented leadership style
Champion of team culture, staff evolution and advancement
Deep, anthropologic listener creating environments for vulnerability and learning
Insight-driven decision maker
Respected, effective communicator

Troy earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Gettysburg College and a M.S. in Marketing at Johns Hopkins University. He is an Adjunct Professor and Business Leadership Center Instructor for the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, and former Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Liberty University. His personal credo is to always be curious, think critically, communicate well, and live compassionately.

Contact Us

214-315-6794