Projects

How Workday Retains Their Top 10% Talent

Core Need Solved: Cloud-HR giant sought to hold on to scarce high-potential talent during intense market competition.
What We Delivered: "Accelerate" program bundling strategic projects, executive mentoring, and a curated internal network, delivered virtually across geos.
Proof of Impact: Exit-risk for participants dropped; >90 % of alumni still at Workday one year later.

How Faire Prepares ICs For Future Leadership Roles

Core Need Solved: Hyper-growth marketplace needed a repeatable pipeline to turn star individual contributors (ICs) into ready-now leaders.
What We Delivered: Six-month cohort journey mixing assessments, micro-learning, peer circles, and live workshops anchored in real Faire projects.
Proof of Impact: Graduates placed on succession short-lists; managers reported higher confidence delegating stretch work.

How Workday Unlocked Innovation at the Frontlines

Key Takeaway: Engaging high performers in collaborative, real-world challenges not only generates fresh solutions for critical business issues but also strengthens retention by giving top talent the connection and impact they crave.
Background: Workday has built a global reputation for identifying standout sales talent. However, the existing high-potential program, Activate, consisted of four webinars.

How Faire transformed reactive ICs into curious problem-solvers

Background: Despite Faire’s impressive success connecting independent brands with local shops, their Individual Contributors were trapped in reactive work patterns.
What We Did: We interviewed dozens of employees and synthesized diverse perspectives on the problems ICs were facing to identify the root cause.

Curious Lion and PagerDuty – Greenshield

Client Project: Existing manager training fragmented, no culture of peer coaching.
The Problem: PagerDuty recognized the importance of the managerial role and its critical contribution to team success. Their existing manager training initiatives were fragmented and lacked cohesion. There was no strong culture of peer coaching or mentoring between senior leaders and junior talent.

Curious Lion and IMG Academy+ – Mastering Focus for Performance

Client Project: Mastering Focus for Performance (On-Demand)
Date: October 2023
The Background: IMG Academy+ provides expert mental performance coaching to student-athletes at their Bradenton campus.
The Business Case: In 2022, Curious Lion, in collaboration with IMG Academy+ subject matter experts, developed...

Curious Lion and Pinterest – Pinterest Interview Training

Client Project: Pinterest Interview Training
Date: July 2023
The Problem: To deliver high-level interview training to Pinterest’s global teams in a manner that aligned all the departments across the organization.

Curious Lion and Alight – Professional Development Program

Client Project: Digital transformation as the result of a merger created a skills gap.
The Background: Alight Delivery Executives (DEs) are accountable for supporting ongoing service delivery for Alight’s largest and most complex clients.

Faire Case Study

Client Project: Expansion team formed for new sales vertical struggling with empathy and problem-solving.
The Problem: Faire works with Brands and Retailers. A key strategic objective for their business in 2023 was to grow their Retailer business.

Curious Lion and Pinterest – New Manager Onboarding

Client Project: New manager cohort not on the same page with old habits from previous companies.
The Background: The program focused on providing new managers with a clear understanding of their roles, responsibilities, company culture, and expectations during their first 30, 60, and 90 days at Pinterest.