Building a strong team depends on a shared mission, vision and values to align their personal interests, harness theircollective expertise and focus their individual efforts. TLS provides consulting targeted to all of the needs of teams through team assessment, training, team coaching, facilitation, team-building and team leader advisory services.

Team development consulting is a process that enables members of a team to work better together. As pressures for higher performance increase the stresses on the individuals within a team correspondingly increase and conflicts among team members are inevitable. Team Development Consulting helps team members navigate these predictable conflicts more effectively while developing a more efficient and highly effective team.

Team development consulting typically includes:

We start by listening.
Our organizational development consultants facilitate powerful team building sessions so that we have a clear understanding of your needs.

We seek alignment.
We work with your executive team to align the goals and strategies of the organization so you communicate with one voice.

We lead assessments.
For sustainable, high-level performance,

We set goals.
We incorporate goal setting and focused facilitation workshops to establish sustainable behavior and continued performance.

•  A scoping process to ensure all parties are in agreement with engagement goals.
• A thorough assessment of the team and its members to understand major challenges, barriers to success and the current level of effectiveness.
• Feedback of the assessment findings and a prioritization of the issues that need to be addressed. 
• An action plan to set goals, make changes, develop skills and demonstrate behaviors needed for sustainable improvement.
• A coaching process that will involve multiple sessions with the team in which its members will develop and practice effective team skills and behaviors.
• A follow-on process to monitor and measure collective and individual progress toward higher performance.
• A team charter that aligns with the organization?s strategy and defines the team?s mission, values, and goals.
• A team culture based on trust and collaboration to ground team members through inevitable changes in scope, deadlines and resources.
• A unique decision-making framework for working together effectively.
• Best practices for increased accountability.
• Improved communication and collaboration skills.
• Practical applications of emotional intelligence.
• Teach team members to assess their own communication and work styles.
• We also train them to identify the most productive ways to build cross-departmental relationships.

Team Development