When we talk about leadership development, most programs stop at training leaders on individual assessments—personality tests, EQ, and 360 feedback. These tools, while valuable, are limited to a linear understanding of human behaviour, focusing solely on self-awareness and individual improvement.
But leadership is not a static, predictable equation. It’s a complex system where human behaviour, perception, and team dynamics interact in ways that go beyond individual metrics. Leaders must understand how they’re perceived by their teams and how to nurture a collective sense of purpose and cohesion.
This is where traditional leadership programs fall short. We can’t simply rely on outdated models or static assessments to measure leadership effectiveness. Instead, we must integrate proven tools like the Rocket Model, which evaluates a leaders "team-building ability" and the team’s overall health.
Your leaders are likely trained to delegate, communicate, and set goals—but does your leadership training teach them to manage a team as a collective unit? Most don’t. And that’s why many organisations struggle with team performance.
Integrating the Rocket Model appeals to a leaders' innate desire for connection and effectiveness. As when teams trust one another and feel connected, it creates an environment where everyone feels safe to share ideas and take risks, knowing they belong to something bigger than themselves. Let's look into the Rocket Model.
The Rocket Model
The Rocket Model (our roadmap for team building) is designed to keep your teams focus, aligned, and on the fast track to achieving your goals. The roadmap starts with context, then mission, talent, norms, buy-in, resources, courage (psychological safety/team trust), and finishes with results.
Context: When your teams share a common understanding of their environment—whether it's their customers, competitors, or internal stakeholders—it promotes a sense of unity. This shared perspective creates a community focused on overcoming external challenges together, instead of isolated individuals working in silos.
Mission: Without a well-defined mission, your teams lack focus. But when everyone works towards a common goal. Every win feels shared, building motion. Teams that have a clear mission are unstoppable. They know exactly what success looks like and understand the steps to get there, they feel inspired to take action.
Talent: Resilient teams are built by strategically managing talent. It’s not just having the right skills but fostering a sense of strength within the team (good followership). Leaders who refuse to tolerate ‘team killers’ build teams that stand strong in the face of adversity. Winning teams aren’t made by chance—they’re built with the best talent. Imagine every role filled by the right person.
Norms: Say goodbye to chaotic meetings and miscommunications. Clear team norms streamline decision-making, making your team faster, more efficient, and stress-free. Clear team norms remove ambiguity. When a team agrees on how meetings are run, how decisions are made, and how accountability is ensured, everyone feels more secure. Having these guidelines in place reduces stress and conflict by setting expectations from the start.
Buy-In: Buy-in doesn’t happen by chance; it’s built when every team member feels valued and connected to the team’s goals. High-performing teams are those where each person feels their contribution matters and they belong to something greater than themselves. It’s about moving from ‘me-first’ to ‘team-first,’ where each person invests fully in the team and group’s success.
Resources: When your teams know they have the necessary resources—whether it’s funding, tools, or support (political support) —they can relax and focus on achieving their goals. The best teams don’t just meet expectations; they exceed them because they have what they need to succeed. Your team needs the right resources to thrive. Don’t starve your team of a lack of resources.
Courage: Courage is all about psychological safety, team trust and conflict. Conflict is inevitable, but resilience lies in how your teams handle it. View conflict is an opportunity to learn. Get curious and see disagreements not as obstacles but as chances to grow. Try digging deeper into the root causes of tension and strive to learn from it, and use each conflict to improve team dynamics and performance.
Results. Results don’t just happen—they’re engineered. When your team consistently deliver results, they earn respect across the organisation. By focusing on measurable outcomes, you build a reputation for excellence. Leaders like you who prioritise results set the stage for your teams to be admired for their achievements.
Well-designed roadmaps like the Rocket Model integrate an assessment (the Team Assessment Survey) and tools so you can have the right conversations with your team – conversations that lead to real change, collective accountability, and measurable results.
You think you know your team, but do you really? Leaders often miss critical issues because they’re not looking at the right metrics. Introducing the Team Assessment Survey.
The Team Assessment Survey
The Team Assessment Survey reveals how your team stacks up against others and highlights the areas where your team needs improvement. It’s built around the Rocket Model and scores your team across the 8 key components of the Rocket Model. It includes global team benchmarks and provides detailed insight about the extent to which your people operate either as a “group” or a “team”.
With this feedback, you’ll have a roadmap for driving team performance—something no personality test or self-awareness training can give you. You’ll finally know if your team is operating at its best, and more importantly, what to do about it.
Leadership isn’t just about you—it’s about your team.
The Team Assessment Survey helps you shift your focus from yourself to your team.
You can’t fix what you don’t see. You wouldn’t run a business without tracking metrics, so why would you lead a team without measuring its health?
When get concrete data on your team’s dynamics. You can stop guessing and start leading with confidence. By using the Team Assessment Survey, you’ll get the insights you need to make informed decisions that drive your teams’ performance.
By moving beyond linear approaches, we help leaders and organisations thrive in the complexity of human behaviour, where perception and team dynamics matter just as much as individual performance.
Let’s shift the focus from you to your team—because that’s what leadership is all about.
PS: Are you using the right tools to measure team-building effectiveness?
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