Annie Gelfand, MBA, CPCC, PCC Certified Executive & Life Coach Holistic Wellness Peterborough Ontario

Teams exist to produce results.

Research shows that the most successful teams have the means in place to take action and they build effective relationships to motivate and sustain action.

The Team Diagnostic Assessment™ measures the team as a system. It is a unique approach to working with teams that is unlike any in the marketplace. What sets it apart from other methodologies is that it regards the team as a "system", a living dynamic organism with characteristics that transcend those of any of the individual members. The team is seen as its own entity with its own rules, ideals, blind spots, vision, expectations and even moods. The spirit of the team infects and influences the individuals and plays a significant role in how the team works together and what it produces.

The Team Diagnostic Assessment™ is built on two fundamental axes: factors that optimize productivity and factors that promote positivity. Having the tools and materials is not enough to achieve outstanding results without a high level of positive engagement and ways to neutralize negativity.

The Team Diagnostic™ Assessment model defines seven separate productivity factors and seven positivity factors.

Anonymous On-Line Administration allows team members to go on-line to access the instrument. When all team members have completed the survey, responses are compiled for the whole team. The result is an anonymous and candid report from the team, including their responses to a customized set of open-ended questions. With anonymity protected, teams members are more frank and the results more revealing.

Foundations of the Team Diagnostic™ Assessment are based on the latest work in Emotional Intelligence, Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology, change management, and team research conducted at leading universities. In addition, the Team Diagnostic draws upon systems theory and the ground-breaking work of The Center for Right Relationship.

Descriptions of the assessment and methodology used with the permission of Team Coaching International, developers of the Team Diagnostic™ Assessment.