TEAM discovery™
Developing effective Teams takes time...
Team DISCovery™ was developed to address the key reasons why most team building programs don’t achieve any real results in the long term, even if they appear to have worked in the short term.
Changing behavior takes time. You cannot expect people to change their behavior and continue with those changes from a 2 or 3 day training experience.
The focus of team building must be on improving results, not just improving relationships.
The starting point for any team must be to be clear about why they exist as a team, what they have to achieve, and what each team member has to do so that the team can achieve the desired outcomes. This basic starting point is often not achieved because of ineffective communication… about why the team exists (their purpose), their goals, and what each team member needs to do to accomplish this.
Team DISCovery™ not only achieves a high level of clarity and agreement about the team’s purpose and goals, it provides insight into the factors that inhibit effective communication about these critical issues.
The initial focus is on the impact that differences in behavioral style have on communication, decision-making and goal-orientation and building trust. Through use of Whole Person Dynamics™ and the DISC model, team members gain a better understanding of the impact their behavior is having on other team members, and what needs to be done to increase Trust and improve communication.
Through this understanding team members also gain a better appreciation of the contribution that team members who have a different style from themselves are making to the team. An effective team needs the strengths of different styles, and the team will not function effectively unless all team members are contributing their strengths, and other team members respect and value what they are contributing.
Trust is another key factor in determining a team’s success. Trust provides the foundation for helping the team to achieve its goals. Only by focusing on communicating more openly and directly about the Four Behaviors that Build Trust™ can the team can move forward to becoming more productive. .