Great teams don't happen by chance – they're built with intention, insight, and the right tools. Benchmarks of Team Excellence gives leaders an honest picture of a team's strengths and growth areas by drawing on the firsthand experience of team members.

Grounded in research on leadership behaviors and high-performing teams, the team effectiveness assessment measures six indicators of excellence. Together, they create a clear roadmap for building a team culture where every member is aligned with organizational goals, feels empowered to contribute, and is committed to shared results.

Whether you're a leader working to strengthen collaboration or a team looking to improve how it works together, Benchmarks of Team Excellence delivers practical strategies and actionable next steps.

Benchmarks of Team Excellence will help any team become excellent, including departments, management teams, project teams, and self-directed work teams.

By combining individual scores with the team's scores, participants receive a clear portrait of overall performance across the six indicators of excellence:

1. Alignment: A deep sense of vision or purpose that is shared among team members.
2. Team Effectiveness: Strong internal processes that allow coordinated efforts, such as shared values, trust, open communication, flexibility, and decision-making.
3. Empowerment: Feeling empowered to do what is necessary, both personally and within a collective power.
4. Passion: High and sustained levels of energy, enthusiasm, excitement, and confidence.
5. Commitment: Deep commitment to the purpose of the team and to each other.
6. Results: Accomplishing outstanding results based on high standards.

Interpretative information provides insight into the ranges and scores. With analysis, discussion, and action-planning questions, participants reflect on the team's functioning and identify ways to improve it.

By the end of this workshop, participants will do the following:

• Uncover how to measure the extent to which teams possess the six indicators of excellence and use that insight to guide improvement.
• Compare a team's performance with that of other excellent, high-performing teams to better understand where it stands.
• Learn how to determine action steps that help teams move farther and faster along the journey toward excellence.

Benchmarks of Team Excellence is an effective standalone training, or it can be easily incorporated into a larger training program on team performance.

This team effectiveness assessment has been used by a wide variety of organizations for team building and team leadership training, as well as in programs to teach the concepts regarding:

• Excellent organizational practices
• Characteristics of high-performance teams
• Group dynamics

Facilitator Guide

Order one guide per trainer. The Facilitator Guide includes background information, administrative guidelines, step-by-step workshop outline, and sample participant materials. Facilitator materials will be available as a digital download link in your order confirmation.

Print Assessment 5-Pack

Order one pack for up to five participants. The print assessment is a comprehensive takeaway that includes critical content, worksheets, and forms used during the workshop, along with additional tools for on-the-job use.

Online Assessment

Order one per participant. The foundation for the workshop, the online assessment is administered to participants through the HRDQ Assessment Center. A full-color, detailed report is delivered electronically to the facilitator/administrator when complete.

QuickStart Train-the-Trainer (QST)

QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately so you can step into the onsite with confidence. We'll answer all your questions about product facilitation. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call and at a time of your choosing. Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.

Jesse Lyn Stoner is a business consultant, coach, former executive, and bestselling author. Her clients range from international corporations to small businesses, government divisions, and non-profit organizations, and include Edelman, Marriott, SAP, Stanley, Skanska, The Hartford, and Yale University.