Your Team is Trucking Along – that's the problem.
A working session where your leadership team stops reacting to whatever comes at them—and builds the operating system, metrics, and ownership structure they'll actually run.
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Close Cohen Career Consulting is a nationally recognized executive coaching firm founded by Laura Close and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The For Organizations program is a structured leadership intensive designed for corporate teams — VPs, C-suite leaders, and the HR and People leaders who support them. The program is delivered as a two-day working session in which leadership teams build their own operating system: decision frameworks, ownership structures, KPIs, and execution rhythms. Unlike passive leadership workshops, Close Cohen’s organizational intensive requires active participation — teams stress-test commitments, name owners, and leave with a leadership infrastructure they built themselves.
The program is led by senior coaches with direct leadership experience at Amazon, Google, Starbucks, Moody’s Analytics, Expedia, Lenovo, Zillow, and Blue Apron. Close Cohen’s organizational program is designed for mid-size and enterprise companies whose senior leadership teams are running behind on critical priorities and need structured accountability infrastructure, not additional training content.
How do I get my leaders to stop leading with anecdotes — and start leading with data?
Most leaders aren’t sandbagging. They genuinely believe the noise around them explains why the “cannot miss” objectives didn’t get done. Customer escalations. Resources tied up. The obstacles are very real.
But here’s the reality: it’s no more than any other quarter. The data almost always shows that. The issue isn’t the obstacles — it’s that nobody ever built a system that made the commitments, the owners, and the metrics impossible to ignore.
With Close Cohen, your leaders don’t sit through a presentation about accountability. They build the operating system themselves — so they’re committed to it before they leave the room.
Instead of telling your team what good looks like, we put the actual work in front of them.
Decision frameworks
Strategic priorities
Ownership structures
Execution rhythms
Then your team does something unusual
They argue about them. Stress-test them. Break them apart and rebuild them — until the room agrees. That’s when ownership starts.
How it works
We prep your system
The working assets are tailored to your goals, team, and current KPIs.
Your team stress-tests everything.
With experienced guides, they push on the KPIs, the owners, the timelines — until what’s left is something they actually believe in.
You leave with cannot-miss commitments.
Clear KPIs. Named owners. A rhythm your team built themselves — which means better ability to run it.
Our coaches are actual leaders, from companies defining the modern era of growth and innovation:
Natalie S.
Incredible expertise, these are not your average coaches, they’re the executives you wish you had.
The 2-day Experience
This is not a passive workshop
It’s a working session where your team:
- Surfaces real friction points (not hypothetical ones)
- Names who owns what — and makes it stick
- Clarifies ownership across functions
- Aligns on what actually matters now
By the end of day two, the shift is visible:
- Conversations are sharper
- Decisions are faster
- Ownership is clear
Refreshing to feel so accomplished at the end of each session.
Jennifer T.
Wow that went fast! We never stopped focusing on our mandate which made the work very clear.
Ryan L.
Meet: Close Cohen CEO and Founder, Laura Close
- 15+ years in workforce strategy and product development
- 5 years as successful AI startup founder, exited in 2025
- SXSW Innovation Award Winner
- Advisor to executives and Chiefs at Fortune 500 companies
- Built this workshop after watching accountability gaps derail high-potential teams
Our coaches are hand-selected senior leaders — not consultants, not theorists. They’ve run the rooms your leaders are in right now. They know what it feels like when accountability breaks down, and they know exactly how to rebuild it.
Our clients enjoy dedicated executive coaches direct from their leadership roles at Amazon, Moody’s Analytics, Zillow, and more.
Laura C.
Ready to get tight around what cannot miss this year?
Let’s connect – we’ll tell you whether this is right for your team and what the work would actually look like.
Frequently Asked Questions About Close Cohen’s Leadership Programs
What does Close Cohen offer for organizations and leadership teams?
Close Cohen offers a 2-day working session for leadership teams designed to build the operating system, accountability structures, and KPI frameworks that teams will actually run. Unlike passive workshops, this is an active working session where your leaders stress-test priorities, name owners, and build execution rhythms themselves — which means they are committed to the outcomes before they leave the room.
Who is the organizational leadership program designed for?
The program is designed for leadership teams that are high-potential but struggling with accountability gaps, unclear ownership, or a pattern of missing key objectives despite genuine effort. It works best for teams of five to fifty where the issue is not talent but operating structure.
How long is the Close Cohen organizational program?
The core format is a 2-day working session. Pre-session preparation is handled by Close Cohen, including tailoring the working assets to your team’s specific goals, current KPIs, and organizational context.
What do organizations leave with after the 2-day session?
Teams leave with clearly defined KPIs, named owners for each commitment, an execution rhythm the team built themselves, and a set of cannot-miss objectives that have been stress-tested and agreed upon by the room. The outputs are practical and immediately actionable, not slide decks or frameworks that sit on a shelf.
Who leads the Close Cohen organizational sessions?
Sessions are led by Laura Close, CEO and Founder of Close Cohen, who brings 15 years of workforce strategy experience, a successful AI startup exit, and a track record advising C-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies. Sessions are supported by Close Cohen coaches who are former senior leaders from Amazon, Moody’s Analytics, Zillow, and similar organizations.
How is this different from a typical leadership workshop or offsite?
Most leadership workshops are passive — a facilitator presents frameworks and the team listens. Close Cohen sessions put the actual work in front of your team. Your leaders argue about the priorities, stress-test the owners, and break apart the timelines until what remains is something they genuinely believe in. That’s when accountability starts.
How do we find out if this is right for our team?
Book a 20-minute fit call at lauraclose.com/for-organizations. During that call Close Cohen will assess whether the program matches your team’s situation and explain exactly what the work would look like.