The Story

Your organization’s success depends on your ability to get people working together. LaForce Teamwork Services is about helping you do that.

The story begins in the mid-90′s. I was working as an internal quality consultant for a company that ran into trouble with its biggest customer. After thinking about things a bit, a couple of forward-looking leaders identified the main issue. The company was suffering from powerful functional silos that just weren’t willing to cooperate. We decided to try a radical experiment to bring all the key players together into one team, with one clear purpose: Taking exceptionally good care of this large customer.

The experiment was a success. Collaboration went up and with it productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability. I was hooked and decided to take what I contributed to and learned from the experiment and help other organizations apply the concepts.

So in 1996 I struck out on my own and started this business. It’s always been about doing whatever I can to help build stronger workplace teams. Some of my clients know me as the guy they can call on when they need to bring people together for a meeting around a difficult subject, and they want me to help keep them on track while maintaining the peace. Others know me as a problem-solver who can come into a group of people who aren’t working well together, figure out what the problem is, and offer solutions that will put the team back on course. Many clients know me as a trainer and speaker who is able to inspire people with my enthusiasm and playful style. Regardless of the clients, there are four main reasons they like us.

Across this website you’ll see the words “us” and “we.” To be clear, for most projects you’ll be dealing with me. I work with you to define the project and usually am the person who does the work. LaForce Teamwork Services is a one-employee company, and it’s me. And yet, I draw on the expertise and advice of many who help me along the way. In working with members of your organization and in tapping the people in my network, the me becomes we. The work is always a collaborative effort.

Thank you for taking the time to check out this site. I’m ready to help. The process begins by you expressing your interest. Send me a note, and together we’ll figure out where to go from there.

All the best,

Tom LaForce
Founder
LaForce Teamwork Services