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Listed below are some of the benefits that your company will receive when you put T·E·A·M·S to work for you:

T·E·A·M·S provides the tools and means for groups to discover, quantify and clarify what makes the group effective or ineffective and then take appropriate action.

T·E·A·M·S allows teams to forge ahead confidently knowing they can sustain and improve the team through this periodic and systematic process. T·E·A·M·S will:

• Strengthen team functioning and performance.
  
  
• Empower group responsibility.
  
  
• Create comprehensive, targeted assessments of team or work group developmental needs.
  
  
• Enhance executive coaching programs.
  
  
• Determine whether a team or a work group is right for a specific situation.
  
  
• Improve work group functioning.
  
  
• Transform work groups into real teams.
  
  
• Develop team leaders.
  
  
• Enhance top management team functioning.

Features of T•E•A•M•S

Some of the unique features of the T·E·A·M·S program and software are as follows:

T·E·A·M·S provides a comprehensive survey containing 64 standard question items and an optional addendum with 8 additional questions that are added to the standard leader category items. The categories of Work Management, Group Processes, Relationships and Leadership are covered. One form is required per team member, including the leader.

• T·E·A·M·S Survey Software generates a series of reports that identify the strengths and areas for improvement of the specific team assessed. Reports are formatted to facilitate the team's discussion process. The software allows a choice of a full range of reports for all survey items and for items sorted by category. Graphic reports show degree of congruence of team member responses on each item. Options for use in leader development or executive coaching are included.
  
  
• The user-friendly manual explains in detail how to use the T·E·A·M·S survey instrument, conduct an analysis of the survey software-generated results, and facilitate the follow-up process. General follow-up strategies by item are included. Distinctions in the importance of survey items for teams versus work groups are provided. Also included are leader development, managing the work for results, improving meeting processes, and other aspects of group functioning. This manual provides all the necessary directions for the total process. It is designed for use by team leaders or managers and/or consultants, either internal or external, depending on your situation.
  

• T·E·A·M·S is powerful as a before and after assessment for effective training or development programs as well as a needs assessment for training multiple teams or team leaders.
  
  
• T·E·A·M·S also provides the structure for dynamic, productive tune-ups at regular intervals.

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