Team Building Tools

Assessing Team Communication

This tool is very useful for leaders who want to develop high performing teams. The tool measures twelve different aspects of communication through a survey of 52 questions, which enables leaders to identify the areas of strength, and the areas that need improvement in team communication.

Five Habits of High Performing Teams

What characterizes a highly effective team? This is a quick look at what high performing teams really do.

Focus and Trust in High Performing Teams

This tool emphasizes the importance of focus and trust in creating high performing teams. The tool describes four types of teams. Using this tool, leaders can assess their teams and quickly see ways to transform them into high performing teams.

The Emotional Intelligence of Teams

This tool enables leaders to increase the level of emotional intelligence on their teams. It shows ways to increase awareness of emotions at both the individual and team level. It also suggests strategies to help regulate emotions. This is invaluable for leaders who want to create teams where there is a healthy balance of emotional and analytical intelligence.

The Team Checklist

This tool contains a checklist to use in establishing a successful team. It includes the team's purpose, norms of behavior, measures of success, team roles and responsibilities, and operating rules.

Trust/Need Matrix

As a leader, you need to know what people want from you. This handy tool divides people into four types, based on their level of need and level of trust. It enables you to understand the needs of your direct reports and determine the management style that will work best with them.

Five Elements of Effective Teams

This tool helps leaders understand the five elements of successful teams and establish these elements in their own teams. It includes an agenda to use in establishing a team "charter". This tool is useful for new, as well as established teams that are searching for renewed sense of purpose.