The 4 Stages of a Team is a toolkit for team survival.
The Team Clock® method has been endorsed by internationally recognized leaders in sports, consumer products, professional services, education and healthcare seeking to improve business results and the wellness of their organizations.
The 4 Stages of a Team is a toolkit for team survival.
The Team Clock® method has been endorsed by internationally recognized leaders in sports, consumer products, professional services, education and healthcare seeking to improve business results and the wellness of their organizations.
Running a successful business involves people, processes and products. This book is about the people – written to support teams of people for sustained success.
Welcome to The Center for Team Excellence
What is Team Clock®?
Team Clock® transforms teams, impacting company culture and morale. By identifying and addressing the obstacles interfering with performance, teams can spend more time focusing on their work and less time on the politics of their workplace. Team Clock gives teams the tools they need to adapt to change and repair themselves for the lifespan of the entity.
How We Help
All relationships travel through cycles of growth and change. Whether it’s two people in a partnership, a team of people with a common goal or an organization with a mission, the living entity evolves through predictable stages. At the beginning, the team makes an INVESTMENT in a future together and carefully defines its direction. As the team becomes close and discovers how to work out differences, TRUST becomes the fuel for connection. The foundation of shared values and accountability becomes a platform for INNOVATION. This exploration creates change, which requires some DISTANCING to adjust to what has been lost, refuel and adapt to the new circumstances.
"Teams are messy. Conflict is unavoidable. Dynamics flow with the circumstances, mindsets, and emotions of the members involved. Graduates of top-tier schools are exceptional individual performers, but often struggle in teams."
How We Do It
Organizational Nirvana
Which team is yours – Aging rock stars? Perpetual motion? Comfortably numb? Toxic? The Center for Team Excellence has a solution. Contact us today to get started with Team Clock® and learn how we can help your team rise to new heights.
60 Seconds on the Team Clock
You Are Your Team
Whether it is the 19 year-olds I teach at Elmhurst University or the 40-somethings I coach through their career transitions, the trajectory of careers is driven by connections. You select an academic major when you are barely an adult. You accept a first job in your early 20’s with none of the maturity needed to know whether it fits your strengths, interests, values, and personality. Good luck with that. Let’s invite some teammates into the equation and convert chance into a strategy.
Pendulums Swing Both Ways
Difference of opinion is usually the fodder for division. Us and them factions split easily. Yet, both extremes are needed to understand the whole picture. Darkness makes us appreciate light. Active phases need dormant periods for refueling. Conservative views provide a counterbalance for liberal perspectives. Embracing opposites as necessary components of the whole is far more valuable than outright rejection. Each side relies upon the other. Consider the advantage that welcoming dichotomy brings to teams.
Clients We've Worked With
