momentum for teams™
Launching and developing teams that work together to deliver breakthrough results in times of changes.
Why Focus on Teams:
The significance and importance of teams and teaming are on the rise. While over 90% of employees view teams as critical, only a minority view their own team as effective.
Why Momentum for Teams™ suite of products:
Momentum for Teams™ is a reliable and time-tested formula for team development based on proven evidence-based practices, research and scientific assessments.
the process
A unique approach to assembling and developing teams that rapidly create the conditions for team effectiveness. Based on world-class research and evidence-based practices, this approach unleashes the potential in teams.
01 Assess
Evaluate individual leadership styles and diagnose the conditions for team effectiveness.
02 Develop
Build the necessary skills such as agility, accepting challenges, embracing team conflict and delivering feedback with tact.
03 Design
Establish the conditions that puts the team on a positive trajectory and differentiate high performance teams from low and mediocre preforming teams.
04 Launch
Create a team charter with a compelling purpose and establish Objectives and Key Results (OKR’s) to measure what matters.
05 Execute
Monitor, track progress, and support team practices and habits that promote direction, alignment, and commitment.
06 Evaluate
Celebrate the victories, and candidly observe what can be improved.
Ready for Better alignment,
more clarity, better communication?
“Momentum for Teams unique approach made it much easier for our North America leadership team to communicate and align on the important drivers. The process provides a central focus for team development.”
team assessments
Assess the conditions of team effectiveness using a variety of psychometric and scientific assessments such as the Team Diagnostic Survey (TDS) , and Team Emotional Intelligence Survey (TEIS) The TDS is the #1 team assessment developed by Harvard University scholars Drs. Richard Hackman and Ruth Wageman. The assessment helps predict up to 80% of a team’s effectiveness.
team Development workshops
Learn 9 critical skills that differentiate high performing teams from good and mediocre teams.
Develop Agility
Extract lessons from challenging experiences and apply them to future opportunities. Thrive in challenging situations. Be open to learning and resist the temptation to become defensive in the face of adversity.
Enhance Emotional Intelligence
Develop the ability to know your emotions, strengths, and weaknesses and your impact on others. Manage relationships to move people in the right direction. Redirect your emotions and impulses for better effectiveness.
Lead High Performing Teams
Inspire teams to achieve goals and objectives. Develop a shared mindset. Communicate effectively with your team members. Foster trust and psychological safety. Leverage team members unique background and perspectives to achieve goals.
Adapt to Others
Seamlessly adapt your style to fit the specific needs of others. Act differently depending on the circumstances. Read situational cues and adjust in the moment.
Step Up to Team Conflict
Recognize the value of conflict competence leadership. Uncover your conflict attitudes and your hot buttons. Identify strategies to constructively manage workplace conflict.
Make Your Feedback Matter
Better understand the need for providing feedback. Be introduced to a model of giving effective feedback. Practice delivering feedback. Avoid common mistakes in delivering feedback.
Drive Results
Set ambitious goals for your teams and organization. Discover the OKR methodology and what companies like Google use to execute at scale. Watch this short video: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/john-doerr-on-okrs-and-measuring-what-matters. Maintain the right momentum to drive results. Focus on and measure what matters.
Lead Under Constraints
Learn the main drivers of resourcefulness. Carefully interpret the organizational context as a basis for assessing the action that can be taken. Master the practice of resource building. Seek to impact positively on and change the context within which you operate in over time.
Change How Your Team Impacts Organizational Changes
Explore a variety of methodologies to manage organizational change. Learn how to communicate effectively to different stakeholders. Understand how to create greater alignment between your organization’s strategy and its daily actions.
Is Your Team Ready to improve performance?
Team Coaching
Our success over many years stems from our belief that leaders evolve by doing and then reflecting and refining. Team Coaching simply accelerates that cycle and deepens learning. We specialize in helping leaders achieve their full potential in cross-border, cross-cultural assignments. We take an evidence-based approach that links coaching goals directly to business outcomes.
Our six-month team and individual coaching engagements help leaders become more effective, grounded, and authentic in their professional and personal lives. Often, this leads to an inspired sense of purpose and a commitment to ongoing change. We also offer executive coaching for leaders transitioning into new or larger roles to help them establish early wins, build stakeholder relationships, and close any skills gaps.
“Rather than dispensing general, one-size-fits-all advice to his clients, they focus on issues that are particularly pertinent to their clients.”
What We've Achieved
Improved decision quality for team of directors
Improved the ability to manage team conflict for a C-level executive team
Enhanced the ability of team to think strategically at larger Fortune 500 organization
Elevated resourcefulness of executive team of a university
Improve business acumen of board of directors for large insurance company
Enhance listening skills for C-level team
Develop team’s ability to coach direct reports
Improve team’s ability to lead change for a financial service organization