CREATING A STRENGTH-BASED, HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM

Objective

Help teams identify the individual strengths of each team member, blend these to develop the combined strengths of the entire team, and ultimately align these to accomplish key organizational goals.

Outcome:
improved individual and team productivity

Specific end results:
create a strengths-based, solution-focused team culture
remove communication blocks and dysfunctions that inhibit teamwork
identify ways to reinforce and maintain high performance

Model

Awareness – Understanding – Action

Step 1: Awareness — People don’t change what they don’t acknowledge

Strategy:

• Seminar — create vision of both team and individual potential (half day)
• Individual coaching — review individual personality strength assessments
• Team coaching — administer and interpret team functioning assessment

Step 2: Understanding — Until people know WHY they aren’t interested in HOW

Strategy:

• Individual coaching – assess the impact of strengths and negative patterns
• Sub-group coaching – clarify sub-group relationships, challenges, and assets
• Team coaching – identify group success inhibitors and enhancers

Step 3: Action — Nothing changes until action happens

Strategy:

• Individual coaching – monitor overuse of strengths and impact on others
• Team coaching – facilitate each of the 12 modules and conduct follow-up
• Leadership coaching – help leaders to implement this model with their teams

Schedule a Team Coaching Session with Dr. Handley or call (800) 861-4769 for more information.