Team Design
Team Design is the process of examining and refining every aspect of the day to day work of a team. By applying the theory and practice of Organizational Design and Development interventions at the team level, Team Design helps you to identify opportunities to unlock innovation and produce work more effectively.
The importance of effective design
For over 100 years researchers have been exploring the effects of well designed work. Through this research, a strong relationship has been found between effective design and positive outcomes for the individual and team. Positive outcomes like:
- Reduction of negative stress for employees
- Increased employee agency and control
- Improved job satisfaction and engagement
- Increases in performance at an individual level
- Increases in financial performance at an organizational level
- Reduced negative work behaviors such as absenteeism and accidents
- Increased levels of innovation within teams
Our Team Design model
Our approach to Team Design utilizes our 5 characteristic team model. By examining these characteristics in your team, and helping to design transformative future states we can help to unlock more from your team. Our five characteristics of Team Design are:
- Activities: what are the critical activities and what are the priorities?
- Relationships: who is doing what work and how does it connect?
- Systems: what processes, systems and policies do we have in place?
- Incentives: are we aligned around our goals and the rewards for achieving them?
- Capabilities: do we have the right capabilities in our team to execute?
Enhancing Team Design capabilities
Whether you are establishing a new team, looking to unlock performance from a team that is struggling, or just striving to meet the ever changing priorities of this world of work, Team Design can help.
We work to increase our clients' capabilities in Team Design in many ways, including:
- Leadership Training to foster Team Design across an organization
- Consulting & Intervention Design for specific teams and leaders
- Coaching and ongoing support for leaders
Every client engagement begins with a discovery session to fully understand the context of your team and agree on the best mix of our services to support your team's objectives.