Team Development
Our approach team development is highly experiential. Our methodology with teams is to present information, ideas and data and to then immediately give team members an opportunity to experience the concepts in action through activities, dialogue and practice. We have found this approach to team development to be engaging, as well highly impactful, for all involved. Our process will engage your team in the critical conversations required to move you to your next level of success.
OUTCOMES AND BENEFITS
- Stronger professional and personal relationships
- Structured process to identify individual leadership behaviors that will contribute to greater team effectiveness (focus on what each of us can work on to improve)
- Team building and general leadership development
- Receiving and giving feedback to encourage change while minimizing defensiveness
- Discussions and exercises in inter-team dynamics
- Assessment of team strengths and areas for development
- Appreciation for individual differences within the team, and how to best leverage them
CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Opening up communication
- Building and fostering trust between team members
- Effectively managing conflict
- Encouraging robust team discussion and decision making
- Increasing collaboration and sharing of best practices
TEAM DEVELOPMENT SURVEY (TDS)
- Provides feedback to the team on a variety of elements that impact their effectiveness
- Addresses issues such as interpersonal interaction within the group, innovation, organizational support, and mission clarity
- Provides objective information about the team’s strengths and weaknesses
- During the debrief discussion of the results, teams will create a framework for improving morale, productivity and communication
- Standardized scores compare team and individual results to those of a normative sample of 194 teams and nearly 2000 team members, providing a valuable benchmark for the team
