TEAM PERFORMANCE
Great teams aren’t built on guesswork. Assess where your team is, work on what matters, and measure what changes.
The challenge
12% of employees in Europe are engaged with their work, their team and their organisation.
Source: Gallup
Most learning and development invests in individual knowledge and skills. But performance depends on how people work together.
Many tools help people understand their personalities. They give insights, but don’t tell the team what to do next, and they don’t measure the key elements of teamwork.
Most organisations don’t measure the outcome of their development initiatives, so they can’t tell whether any of it is working.
Teams need a clear picture of how they work today, a way to decide what to improve, and a way to do it and measure what changes.
That’s what the Essentials of Team Performance© framework is built for.
The Essentials of Team Performance©
What makes a team truly perform?
After 20 years building and leading teams, and 8 years helping them get stronger, I found that existing tools never captured the full picture. So, based on my experience and my own research, I created a framework and assessment tool that shows what makes teams work, what holds them back and how to improve.
It covers 5 key areas and 15 dimensions, helping teams see their strengths, decide what to improve, and track progress over time.
It’s a wheel, not a checklist: the areas depend on each other, so strengthening one makes the others easier to improve.
5 Areas. 15 Dimensions
Purpose
Purpose · Goals · Commitment & Team First
Why the team exists and where it’s heading. Strong teams share a clear purpose, translate it into goals everyone understands, and commit to them, putting the team ahead of individual agendas.
Trust
Trust · Psychological Safety · Fun
The foundation everything else is built on. Team members trust each other, feel psychologically safe to speak up, ask questions and admit mistakes, and enjoy working together. Fun is part of it, because teams that enjoy each other’s company connect more and bounce back faster.
Accountability
Accountability · Decision Making · Roles & Responsibilities
Clear expectations, followed through. Everyone knows their role and responsibilities, decisions are made well and on time, and people can count on each other to deliver.
Growth
Innovation & Problem Solving · Adaptability · Continuous Learning & Improvement
How the team keeps getting better. Strong teams adapt as circumstances change, solve problems creatively, and keep learning and improving, rather than waiting for something to go wrong.
Collaboration
Collaboration · Open Communication · Effective Conflict Resolution
How people work through things together. Team members share their work, communicate openly, and handle disagreement constructively instead of avoiding it.
How it works?
From insight to measurable improvement
Four steps, built on the Essentials of Team Performance© framework.
Step 1
Assess
Share the Team Pulse
One link goes to every team member. Each person rates statements linked to every dimension of the wheel, from their own perspective. Answers are anonymous.
Step 2
Understand
Get the full picture
A full report at team and individual level: scores and what they mean in every area and dimension, strongest and weakest elements, who is more positive or negative, and what to focus on to improve.
Step 3
Improve
Follow a tailored journey
Sessions of one or two days, mostly outdoors, designed around your needs and budget and focused on the weakest dimensions. Each session builds on the last, so new behaviours become habits.
Step 4
Measure
See what changed
At the end of the journey we run the Team Pulse again and compare. You see where the team stands now and whether it improved thanks to the work we did together.
Who is it for?
New teams
Starting well saves months of trial and error. Build a shared purpose, clear roles and trust from the beginning, instead of discovering the gaps later.
Teams with new members
When someone joins, the team changes. Help everyone find their place and set the ways of working that make the new team stronger.
Teams facing challenges
Performance has flattened, or tension, change or pressure is getting in the way. Find out what’s really holding the team back and what to do about it.
Teams with a new leader
A new leader means new expectations and a new dynamic. Get a clear picture of where the team stands and build a strong foundation together.
What people say
I had the opportunity to have Alberto’s help on a few occasions. As a manager, it was important to give my teams the opportunity to go beyond their daily job and responsibilities and allow them to stop and reflect on what makes them fulfilled while finding their purpose. His sessions were brilliant and different because we were immersed in nature, not in a meeting room or a Zoom call.
Having Alberto help us become a better team was a fantastic experience. Thanks to his approach and the way he structured the program, we embarked on a journey of individual and collective reflection that has led us to be a team with a clear purpose, with greater clarity around each member’s contributions, and above all, with the confidence to tackle any challenge. And, although there were difficult conversations, we had a great time and still look back fondly and proudly on many of those moments and how far we’ve come. Thank you, Alberto!
Alberto is a culture cultivator. He truly gets to know people and brings them together toward a common goal – whether that’s to have fun and strengthen their bonds or to solve real problems. He’s someone you want to help BUILD your team.
