Introducing the Anchoring Team

An Anchoring Team is one of the nine Team Types identified by The Predictive Index. Anchoring Teams are cooperative, patient, and dependable. Organized and careful in planning work activities, they still welcome input and involvement from the whole team. Team members are highly in tune with what’s going on across the organization, and are often…

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Introducing the Cultivating Team

A Cultivating Team is one of the nine Team Types identified by The Predictive Index. Cultivating Teams are friendly and accepting. They make group decisions and respect the consensus. For the most part, Cultivating Teams avoid conflict. But when it occurs, they address it in a constructive manner and use it to strengthen relationships. There’s…

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Introducing the Bolstering Team

A Bolstering Team is one of the nine Team Types identified by The Predictive Index. Bolstering Teams are supportive of each other’s ideas, and like to brainstorm together in the name of innovation. They always cheer each other on, communicate informally, and enjoy robust discussions. They’re proactive in helping each other and sharing information. Since…

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Team Action Planning

You’ve completed your first Team Discovery Session—what’s next? How do you take what you learned in your session and begin applying it day to day? It probably comes as no surprise that significant change takes time. That’s where the Team Action Planner comes in. Below, we’ll explore how to use the planner to find actions…

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Hiring to optimize your teams: How any shift in head count can impact Team Type
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Team Discovery Quadrants

On this page we cover: Work Styles Framework By mapping people and strategy to this framework we create a common language to consider an organization’s talent in relation to its business initiatives. Quadrants in opposing positions embody competing values. Quadrants that are adjacent to one another embody some shared values. Click on each quadrant below to learn about how they…

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Establish roles and responsibilities using Team Discovery

In our 2021 CEO Benchmarking Report, we found that 96% of companies have shifted strategic direction in some way since March 2020. This can have a huge impact on how work gets done now versus previous procedures. Moving team members around, assigning new leaders, or even just rallying around a new goal can cause confusion…

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Preventing conflict using Team Discovery

In our 2021 CEO Benchmarking Report, we found that 69% of companies have restructured their teams since March 2020. This can have a huge impact on how work gets done, because every employee is unique and has their own preferred work style. Moving team members around, assigning new leaders, or even just rallying around a…

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