TOOLBASED TEAM ASSESSMENT
AND TEAM DESIGN

For the success and growth of the enterprise, a strong and complete management team is indispensable. But a team consists of a number of unique individuals, each one of them with an own character and personality, with potential strengths and also a number of possible pitfalls. Often with a powerful ego, vim and vigour.

However, it is in the interest of the organisation, and the individuals themselves, that this group forms a well functioning team, effectively interacting, clearly speaking with one voice, and shaping the right conditions for the organisation to carry out it's objectives.

For a leader it is a good thing to own a strong ego, but a leader's ego may also pose a risk for deteriorating the team's functioning. A stampeding leader's ego may even have dramatic consequences for an organisation.

LDpe has developed a toolbased methodology with which, step-by-step, the individual and team qualities can be identified and mapped. We give attention to the 'completeness' of the team and the interaction between team members, but also to the omissions in the role pattern and the strengths and weaknesses of their strategic reasoning and innovative thinking pattern.

With these insights the team may aspire to improve its functioning and realise further growth. But before that type of steps are initiated, a survey will have to take place on possible barriers, obstacles and risks.
Besides it is very necessary that all involved have the willingness and readiness to continue with such next steps.

LEVEL 1       MAPPING THE CURRENT SITUATION
                        Personalities, individual qualities and development perspective of team members
                        Organisation, structure and culture, actual problems and challenges
                                   
LEVEL 2       CONSTRAINTS AND PRECONDITIONS FOR SUCCES
                        Obstacles, barriers, risks for disfunctioning of the team
                        Relation between the leader, the team and the underlying teams
                       
LEVEL 3       TEAM COOPERATION
                        Completeness, Roles and Team Interactions
                       
LEVEL 4       TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
                        Perceptions versus Intentions
                        Collaborative Leadership
                        Solving Complex Problems
                        Initiating Innovation
 
LEVEL 5       TEAM DESIGN
                        Team Design
                        Strategic Reasoning
                        Innovative Thinking Styles
 
LEVEL 6       A LIVING ORGANISATION
                        Continuous Collegial Feedback
                        Dynamic Organisation Development with integrated succession management
                        Innovation with Natural Working Teams