What is Team Engineering and Why is it important?
ðŸ§The more senior a leader becomes, the more they must rely on others to deliver results. Many successful, ambitious, powerful leaders struggle - or even burn out - when transitioning to the organisation's top tier. I have seen such transitions falter firsthand.
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This is because today’s organisations are structured around teamwork, collaboration and, often, even collective responsibility. While many of our C-Suite grew up in an era of top-down control, positional power and charismatic authority.
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Above all, today’s leaders must know how to effectively engineer their teams. For many in the C-suite, this demands a fundamental shift in mindset - a complete paradigm change. In contrast, for emerging leaders, it is often a simple matter of acquiring the right skills as they grew up in the current collaborative culture.
The Process of Engineering a High-Performing Team
💡Some of the most brilliant teams, despite their talent, fail spectacularly. It’s like trying to navigate through a maze in the dark — without proper data and engineering, they’re bound to stumble. But with those elements in place, they can turn challenges into successes.
💡 From immersive 2-day workshops or 5-day retreats to in-depth reviews, Team Engineering integrates comprehensive Personality Testing with Team Development and Organisational Design, uncovering the hidden cultural norms and dynamics that shape team behaviours.
By focusing on individual and collective dynamics, the team is empowered to generate change that aligns behaviour with organisational goals.
∞ Leadership Strategy
∞ Aggregate Personality Assessment
∞ Team Development Processes & Tools
Mapping team culture through the lens of Hogan psychometrics reveals the complex human interactions at work, creating a clearer understanding of team dynamics, conflict and growth potential.
∞ Ways of working
∞ Conflict versus creative tension
∞ Job roles and reporting lines
C.O.N.S.I.D.E.R ©
A model for defining and refining culture
🔸Through expert facilitation, the team dives deeper into uncovering surface behaviours, team dynamics, and the unspoken rules governing their interactions. This guided exploration helps illuminate both sources of alignment and areas of conflict.
🔸 Building a working hypothesis of the team's culture. This structured approach sparks meaningful discussions, challenges, and reflections. Individually and collectively, the team explores where they currently stand and their most desirable future positioning.
🔸Of the 8 dimensions, what is valued and honoured? Individually and collectively. How are differences managed? Does the entire team lean more to certain dimensions or is there a range of preference?
🔸 How do the Hogan reverse traits play out during difficult or stressful times? Initiating and recognising the on-going cycle of Forming, Norming, Storming and Performing - essential for long-term team success.
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Bernadette Brown MSc, PG Dip, PG Cert, BA (Hons)
Business Psychologist
HR Consultancy, Facilitation and Coaching
Unleash potential with data-driven insights
As a Behavioural and Organisational Psychologist with 20 years’ global experience, I blend cutting-edge research in psychology, cognitive and emotional alignment, and leadership practice and strategy. My approach is data-driven, practical, and focused on helping you achieve tangible results.
Our thoughts, feelings, emotions and decision-making are deeply influenced by ingrained beliefs and conditioning, often rooted in childhood. By understanding and transforming these foundational elements, we can elevate our life, relationships, communication and impact.
Using Hogan Personality Testing, I uncover over 100 underlying patterns and blind spots, enabling you to quickly tap into hidden strengths and address unseen challenges. This process fast-tracks personal and organisational growth, providing insights that would typically take months or years to identify.
With my global network of Business Psychologists, I can meet the requirements of even the largest assignments, ensuring comprehensive support for your organisation’s needs.
Our thoughts, feelings, emotions and decision-making are deeply influenced by ingrained beliefs and conditioning, often rooted in childhood. By understanding and transforming these foundational elements, we can elevate our life, relationships, communication and impact.
Using Hogan Personality Testing, I uncover over 100 underlying patterns and blind spots, enabling you to quickly tap into hidden strengths and address unseen challenges. This process fast-tracks personal and organisational growth, providing insights that would typically take months or years to identify.
With my global network of Business Psychologists, I can meet the requirements of even the largest assignments, ensuring comprehensive support for your organisation’s needs.
