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 Do It
Common Team Challenges
Books
Team Engagement
Interpersonal
Certification
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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.
Read Steve Ritter’s Feature on Forbes.com
“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.”
Health Raisers Podcast April 2026
Steve Ritter is back on a new episode of Health Raisers! In last month’s episode, Steve and I talked about healthy teams; this time, with Living in Sync: How We Engage with the World, we’re exploring the power of self-reflection and how understanding ourselves and our personal environment can deepen the quality of our relationships.
Health Raisers Podcast March 2026
This episode is a re-release from my previous podcast, The YOGI MD Podcast. My guest is Steve Ritter, CEO of Team Clock Institute, Author, Leadership Coach, and Workplace Culture Consultant. We explore his book, The 4 Stages of a Team: How Teams Thrive… and What to Do When They Don’t.
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.
60 Seconds on the Team Clock
The Journey to Competence
As the ‘Boomer’ generation transitions to some form of retirement, the younger age groups would be wise to take note. Decisions are being made about when to turn the ‘old’ corner. It’s not just age that dictates when to hop off the proverbial treadmill and go fishing. Often, it’s the choice to either stop or continue growing.
Are You Catching My Drift?
If you’re not listening, it’s not a dialogue. Truly active listening is hard to sustain. Unless your partner is compelling and aligned with your perspective, it’s easy to drift. Wherever you drift – judgement, critique, personal priorities, or simply planning what you are going to say next – the exchange has ceased to be a dialogue. You are trapped in your own head, and your partner is talking to the wind.
The Magic of Hindsight
Imagine we could reverse the flow of time. Not through a science fiction portal where every action alters the future – but simply the advantage of learning from mistakes. It’s a common refrain when life doesn’t turn out the way you expect: “If I had only known then what I know now, I would have made different choices.” The truth is you only get to know what you knew then. Based on what you knew then, you would have made exactly the same decisions.