Team Signals is our high-level diagnostic tool, helping you get a clear picture of areas that need work in your team. If you’re a consultant working with a team and looking to pinpoint where to start, Team Signals turns team feedback into a clear action plan.
Following the Tuckman model of Team Development (Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing) and mirroring the various approaches to employee engagement, Team Signals quickly highlights the sticking points a team has with its development to becoming highly engaged.
Diagnose how your team is functioning right now and what they need to become highly engaged.
Why Choose Team Signals?
There are many benefits to running a Team Signals diagnostic assessment when you start working with a team.
- Understand the root causes of the common symptoms of team dysfunction.
- The 15‑minute questionnaire, administered as a multi-rater profile on the team, delivers an instant traffic‑light dashboard of strengths, risks and quick wins.
- Prioritise limited L&D budgets on the issues that will move the dial on performance.
- Run repeat pulse checks to prove the impact of your programs over time.
- The Team Signals report combines leader and team perspectives for a balanced, actionable picture.
If you’re already Team Management Profile (TMP) Accredited, you can deploy Team Signals today, no extra training required. The tool is easy to use and self-explanatory. Our L&D team can help you set it up quickly and support you with your first session.
When to use Team Signals
New or forming teams
Deploy within the first few weeks to quickly establish psychological safety and shared expectations. The ideal way to accelerate trust and team clarity from day one, especially if you're establishing a Team Charter.
Team engagement pulse checks
Keep a live read on morale, inclusion and workplace culture. Use at regular intervals to detect shifts in sentiment early and prevent disengagement from spreading, especially if any team members change.
Mid-project health checks
Aligning a project team together quickly is essential and checking in at key milestones can flag misalignment or early warning signs before they escalate. This will reduce the assumptions and allow for course correction before scope, budget or engagement slip.
Leadership transitions
Give incoming managers a data-rich starting point. Run a Team Signals within the first 90 days of a new leader's arrival to efficiently reveal team dynamics and legacy issues. May highlight the leaders' different approaches.
Post-merger integration
Surface culture clashes early and keep synergy plans on track. Use to measure how well newly combined teams are aligning in mindset, priorities, and practices. Will help define the best "team building" activities the team needs now.
L&D ROI measurement
Benchmark before and after training to prove value by capturing pre- and post-intervention snapshots. Demonstrates the measurable impact on team behaviour and cohesion.
Where Team Signals Fits in the TMS Suite
Team Signals will help you interpret the cause of the various symptoms evident in your team. It is best used in conjunction with the Team Management Profile or QO2 Profile to inform the best way forward.
TMP provides self-awareness around your team’s work preferences. The QO2 shows your attitudes towards achieving goals, driving change and taking risks. Team Signals diagnoses how your team is functioning right now. Using all three gives you a three-dimensional view of your team’s current reality, the strengths, challenges and the best way to make improvements.
Get started with Team Signals
To access Team Signals you can enlist the services of one of our TMS Associates who is accredited in Team Management Profile and Team Signals, or you can become accredited yourself.
Find out more about our Profiles
Team Management Profile (TMP)
Building Capable Teams: COLLABORATE
The Team Management Profile (TMP) is a science-based feedback tool designed for personal, team, and leadership development. It integrates work-focused feedback to help individuals understand their work styles and improve collaboration. Underpinned by models that combine work and people contexts, TMP offers a holistic view of work preferences, enhancing performance at individual, team, and organisational levels. By promoting understanding and leveraging personal insights, TMP fosters effective teamwork and high-performance environments.
Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient (QO2) Profile
Building Capable Teams: CALIBRATE
The Opportunities-Obstacles Quotient (QO2) Profile is a unique tool designed to determine how individuals balance their efforts between seeing opportunities and obstacles, which influences their approach to risk. By enhancing team dynamics, it helps individuals understand their predispositions, manage responses to change, explore risk orientations, and build resilience. This comprehensive assessment aids leaders in improving decision-making, problem-solving, and goal clarification, ultimately enhancing their competitive advantage.