Team Effectiveness Assessments
What are they?
A questionnaire-based assessment that provides team members and stakeholders with a confidential means of sharing their lived experience of the team and improvement suggestions..
It turns conjecture into evidence-based confidence around the foundations on which to invest in relevant development activities.
Who are they for?
Great for team leaders who want to lift collective team effectiveness, and who know that others’ views are vital if the team is to develop and deliver the success the business deserves.
Why do them?
Leaders can often overestimate the effectiveness of their teams (overconfidence bias) and don’t appreciate the need for collective development. Yet teamwork is often cited as a top organisational value.
A team effectiveness assessment gives the team’s stakeholders (team members, delivery partners, customers, governance bodies etc.) a safe and confidential voice, and creates an evidence-base for investing in developmental activities that is better than the biased judgement of the team leader.
What sort of things should be included?
🔹 They should be confidential, practical, situated in your organisation’s context, reflect the purpose of the exercise, and be based on the attributes associated with high functioning teams. There are plenty of models of high PERFORMING teams out there so be choosy, especially as this may be an unnecessary and costly ambition! In 2008, there were more than 130 different models of team effectiveness available (Salas et al, 2008)!
🔸 Depending on team size, context, and requirement, the questionnaire could be a set of bespoke questions in Word that seek narrative-based responses (an often underrated and powerful inquiry-based approach) or an automated, online, scored tool that allows benchmarking and comparison of teams across a large organisation.
🔹 Interviews as required.
🔸 Collation, review, and sharing of responses on a non-attributed basis.
🔹 Discussion of themes and development options with the team leader.
What next?
A team effectiveness assessment offers a snap shot of a very messy, unfolding space!
Don’t sit on it.
Get moving with the development activities it suggests! See our case studies for examples.
Guide price
A Team Effectiveness Assessment starts from £ 1,250 + VAT for a team of 8.
Want to know more?
Get in touch with Dave Stewart, dave@freshairleadership.com, +44 7776 153428.
