Teams of all shapes and sizes benefit from Team Clock: Which team best describes you? -High performing team wishing to perform better. -Under-performing team unaware of the reasons. -Dysfunctional team experiencing unhealthy interactional dynamics. -Team experiencing significant change. Teams that excel have important features in common. They invest in a common vision. They value differences as strengths. They manage conflict respectfully to build trust. They take smart risks to innovate. They adapt to change and reinvest in new circumstances. They hold themselves accountable for healthy team structure.

1. Instant insights to propel your team

2. Instant insights to propel your team
What is Team Clock?

3. Team Clock is a simple path
to healthy teams.

4. Teams are your most
significant investment.
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Don't waste it.

5. What Others are Saying…
“[Team Clock] made me think hard -
really hard - about what it means to join or
lead a group of people.”
Seth Godin, Bestselling Author, Tribes

6. What Others are Saying…
“[Team Clock] made me think hard -
really hard - about what it means to join or
lead a group of people.”
Seth Godin, Bestselling Author, Tribes
“A simple, direct and powerful resource for
engaging and leading teams in the new economy.”
Michael Foster, Chairman and CEO, Human Capital Institute

7. What Others are Saying…
“Team Clock is full of applications for every kind
of group, from business teams to families.”
Professor Julie Hennessey, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

8. What Others are Saying…
“Team Clock is full of applications for every kind
of group, from business teams to families.”
Professor Julie Hennessey, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
“A masterpiece! Team Clock offers athletic
team managers and coaches a proven formula
for success.”
Roland Hemond, Assistant to the President, Arizona Diamondbacks

10. clear norms and goals lack of direction
conflict invited & addressed conflict avoided, not discussed
mutual trust lack of accountability
sense of inclusion people feel excluded
willingness to take risks cautious adherence to status quo
resilience during adversity resistance to change
Healthy Teams Unhealthy Teams

11. This is the Team Clock

12. Attachment and Loss
Attachment (6:00):
All teams seek some level of emotional closeness and
unity. In Attachment, team cohesion is so high that
individuals feel as one. Closeness is indulged, and we
unite with our teammates.
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Loss (12:00):
Loss is universal. Whether through death, divorce or
departure, people leave our lives. Sometimes, it’s
not the loss of a person, but the loss of how things
used to be, a loss of status, or a shift in roles and
responsibilities.
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There is a direct correlation between the degree of
attachment achieved and the degree of loss
experienced within a relationship.

13. Independence and Dependence
Dependence (3:00):
Dependence is a paradox. On one hand, when we
know we can depend on our teammates, we feel a
sense of security and safety. On the other hand,
our commitment to the team may reduce our level
of control.
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Independence (9:00):
Independence is exhilarating and frightening.
Being independent means you don’t have to rely
on anyone else. You can experiment with life
seemingly free from rules and structure.
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There is a direct correlation between the degree
of dependence achieved and the degree of
independence experienced within a relationship.

14. Team Clock: Hour by Hour

15. 1:00 Investment
High performing teams enjoy clarity about norms,
roles, rules, boundaries, goals and responsibilities.

16. 2:00 Testing
In high performing teams, differences are celebrated as
strengths and conflict is viewed as an opportunity.
These differences will be needed later to innovate.

17. 3:00 Dependence
High performing teams share a common vision for the future
and are committed to do what it takes to achieve results.
The team’s foundation is established.

18. 4:00 Trust
In high performing teams, members follow through with commitments as
reliability and dependability are anchored. This accountability enables trust to
grow organically. Passing successive accountability tests deepens the trust.

19. 5:00 Cohesion
A personal connection develops in high performing teams as members display
caring and interest in each other and are willing to share resources and
take risks. The “we” becomes more important than the “me”.

20. 6:00 Attachment
High performing teams become interdependent and proactively monitor team
health with a willingness to fix interactions that fall outside of agreed upon
norms. This foundation becomes the launch point for the team’s deliverables.

21. 7:00 Innovation
High performing teams dedicate time and resources to new ideas and solve
challenging problems. The foundation built in the investment and trust phases
support unconventional approaches. Creative teams have fun.

22. 8:00 Risk
High performing teams sacrifice comfort for growth. Differences are leveraged
as strengths. Smart risk taking pushes the team to new levels. Team members
embrace the change that innovation creates. Benchmark productivity ensues.

23. 9:00 Independence
Team culture empowers freedom in high performing teams. Leadership
encourages initiative, envisions new opportunities, and is willing to experience
change in the team structure in order to achieve breakthrough performance.

24. 10:00 Distancing
In high performing teams, members hold themselves accountable for
managing change effectively with maturity and resilience.

25. 11:00 Separation
High performing teams acknowledge loss and express an appropriate
range of emotions. Talent is repositioned to accommodate the
new realities that innovation has produced.

26. 12:00 Loss
High performing teams are continually alert to new opportunities and
recognize the need to refocus and reinvest in the team’s next challenge.

27. The Simplified Team Clock

28. Team Clock Principle #1:
The cyclical pattern is a natural and
ongoing part of all relationships.

29. Team Clock Principle #2:
Each stage of the clock is functionally necessary to
support the stage opposite to it on the clock.

30. Where is your team currently on the Team Clock?
What can you do immediately to increase
your effectiveness as a team and enhance
your team’s performance?

31. !
Is there a quick, validated, reliable method for
assessing team effectiveness?

32. YES!

33. YES!
Team Clock provides a diagnostic tool:
40-question assessment survey
Results are analyzed
Debriefing session to discuss the results
Identify targeted actions

34. www.teamclockassessment.com
Initiating a Team Clock
Assessment is easy!

35. Instant insights to propel your team