The primary reasons teams break are:

• Conflicting Goals
• Unclear Expectations
• Failure to Communicate
• Lack of Trust

We recommend an "assess, prescribe, implement and reinforce" strategy, with ongoing evaluation at every step of the process, to repair broken teams and develop healthy ones. The vehicles for this strategy can include:

T.E.A.M.S.™ is a team assessment program that allows anonymous data collection by paper or floppy disk.  Employees in many environments do not have computer access as is the case in many manufacturing or laboratory facilities.  Survey administrators, using T.E.A.M.S.™, locally administer and manually enter data collected from team assessments.  Detailed reports provide comparative feedback about specific team strengths and weaknesses using force-field and gap analysis.  

Team Vitality™ is a series of 12 "Single Point" lessons that you can administer and instruct internally. Designed to be taught in a variety of ways by leaders and by training professionals in about one-hour sessions, Team Vitality™ comes with a leader’s guide and an "Implementation Manual". All sessions begin with interesting and engaging exercises that ensure the training is relevant. Most training sessions include practical and entertaining video examples. In addition, Team Vitality™ includes a TEAMWORK assessment, a 32-question assessment that is self-administered and scored. This assessment allows teams to understand their strengths and opportunities for improvement, and then focus on what their team specifically needs to work on to improve both their work and their team.

Benefits of Team Vitality™

• How to assess team vitality
• How to meet stakeholder expectations
• How to reduce barriers to customer satisfaction
• How to improve processes
• How to embrace change
• How to make and use ground rules
• How to improve accountability
• How to act in empowered ways
• How to take appropriate initiative
• How to be creative together
• How to make decisions together
• How to fix awful meetings

TeamTrust© is a 2-day facilitated classroom experience designed to work most effectively with intact teams.  Team members work together to learn about their unique differences, strengths and contributions to the team environment.  TeamTrust© is very interactive, video-supported and non-threatening team development process.  This program is excellent for team retreats.

The Path of Dialogue™ has been called "the most effective interpersonal skills-building program in America!" by participants who have experienced this outstanding process.  The content helps participants learn the skills necessary to dialogue effectively through multiple concepts including "work on me first, us second," establish mutual purpose, create an atmosphere of mutual respect, and collaborate through mutual meaning.  Click on The Path of Dialogue™ to learn more.

CorporatePerspectives’ Certified Facilitators can be contracted to consult with your organization and/or facilitate a "TeamTrust©" or "The Path of Dialogue™" retreat to help put your team back on track. Or, you are welcome to contact us to learn about how you or someone in your organization can become a Certified Facilitator.