

Creating High-Functioning Senior Teams
About This Fireside Chat:
Senior leadership teams are full of capable, experienced people.
That is usually not the problem.
What tends to get in the way is alignment.
Priorities are not always clear. People approach decisions differently. Work moves forward, but not always in the same direction. Over time, that slows things down and makes it harder to create real impact across a division.
In this fireside chat, Raphaella Prange, Vice President for Student Affairs at Maryville University, joins Brandon Mitchell, Co-Founder and CEO of WriteSea, for a grounded conversation on what it actually takes to build a high-functioning senior team.
This is not about theory or ideal frameworks. It is about how leadership teams operate in practice, how they create clarity, and how they stay aligned as expectations continue to grow.
In This Session, We’ll Explore:
• Why alignment is often the real challenge at the senior level
• What strong leadership teams do consistently that others do not
• How to create clearer roles, priorities, and decision-making structures
• Practical ways to improve collaboration across senior teams
• How aligned teams are able to move faster and deliver stronger outcomes
Register to join the conversation.