This post explores how BJD Performance Group supports businesses during mergers, acquisitions, and high-pressure transitions. With a focus on neuroscience and hard-skill team alignment, their process reshapes leadership dynamics and messaging, enabling measurable outcomes and internal clarity.
How do you support companies during high-pressure changes?
The focus is on alignment, not just “team building.” BJD Performance Group helps keep goals, people, and communication patterns intact during change. They assess each executive’s top 25 skills to understand communication dynamics, identify gaps, and predict friction points.
What is the difference between team building and team alignment?
Team building is often dismissed by executives as soft skill fluff. Team alignment, on the other hand, is built on measurable assessments and hard skills. It’s about how influence and communication actually flow in the organization — and how to align people accordingly.
Can you share a case study example?
A multi-location veterinary office facing a merger used the assessments to uncover why their messaging felt cold. Their team was neurologically wired to ask “what’s in it for me?” while their clients wanted warmth and trust. By tweaking internal leadership messaging and empowering emotionally intuitive team members, they improved branding, hired new talent, and grew revenue in four months.
What role does neuroscience play?
From motivation to influence to internal conflict, the team uses data to diagnose neurological wiring. This allows leaders to make informed decisions on team structure, communication, and development — with precision, not guesswork.
“Once they saw the data, they said, ‘Oh, that’s it.’ We just needed to see it. Shifting perspective is everything — you just have to know how to unlock it.”
— Amanda Fisher
Frequently Asked Questions
What is team alignment?
Team alignment is a neuroscience-backed approach to organizing influence, communication, and leadership dynamics in an organization.
How is team alignment different from team building?
Team building is often seen as soft skill work. Team alignment uses data and assessments to target real, measurable business outcomes.
What results can I expect?
Clients have improved messaging, hired new talent, resolved internal conflicts, and increased revenue — often within months.
Amanda Fisher
About the Author
Amanda Fisher is the founder and CEO of BJD Performance Group, where she helps organizations align teams, develop leaders, and drive measurable growth using neuroscience-backed, data-driven strategies. With a background in talent development and executive consulting, Amanda specializes in translating assessment data into actionable, people-first solutions—especially during high-pressure transitions like mergers or cultural overhauls. Her approach blends emotional intelligence, communication analysis, and motivation science to build alignment, clarity, and real ROI across industries.
