FUTURE READY TEAMS

What are Future Ready Teams?

Organizations today need teams to thrive amidst change. We see organizational success as an endurance challenge where no single trailblazer can outperform a well-trained and highly collaborative team.

Our approach moves away from individual employee development to developing teams that are highly adaptive and resilient. We call them Future Ready Teams.

Future Ready Teams experience:
  • 3.2 times higher levels of employee engagement
  • 3.9 times higher levels of innovation
A Venn diagram defining Future Ready Teams as the overlap between adaptive teams and resilient teams

10 Traits of Future Ready Teams

Informed by nearly 15 years of working with teams across hundreds of organizations, we have identified 10 distinct traits of Future Ready Teams that are assessed and developed at the team level:

Adaptive Traits

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Continuous Alignment
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Championing Change
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Pacing with Purpose
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Multidimensional Collaboration
Icon of a golden rectangle representing Ecosystem Awareness

Ecosystem Awareness

Resilient Traits

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Resourcefulness
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Facilitative Leadership
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Psychological Safety
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Practical Purpose
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Continuous Learning

Where to Start

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to developing Future Ready Teams, but we work in tandem with HR Leaders and Business Leaders to identify the best approach for your organization’s goals. Here are a few common starting points:

Assessment

Engage your leaders.

  • Length 4 weeks
  • Your Team Up to 20 BU leaders representing 3-5 teams
  • Location Virtual or In Person
  • Approach Approach:
    • Qualitative assessment
    • Identifies top 3 traits to prioritize
    • Engages leadership in 2 x half-day workshops

Training

Learn the principles.

  • Length 7 week curriculum
  • Your Team Up to 30 people from an intact team
  • Location Virtual or In Person
  • Approach Approach:
    • 4 x experiential training sessions
    • 3 x coaching sessions for applied learning
    • Collaborative, creating a shared language for 3 prioritized traits
    • 1 x final team reflection

Adoption

Embed new practices.

  • Length 6 weeks
  • Your Team Various members of an intact team
  • Location Virtual or In Person
  • Approach Approach:
    • Embedding 3 - 5 practices into team’s day-to-day workflows
    • Identifying barriers to adoption with help navigating them
    • Co-creating ways of working with the team

Bespoke Program Examples

In addition to the starting points above, we also create customized Culture + Change programs depending on the team’s needs. Here are a few case studies of our more bespoke programs:
Employee Experience Immersion at an Iconic Outdoor Retailer

How we helped a global retailer gain insight into the lived experiences of their frontline employees to inform their business strategy and people priorities.

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Activating Talent in Support of a Global Tech Company’s Vision

How we co-created a strategy to develop internal talent and attract external talent in support of our client’s ambitious new vision.

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Enabling Hybrid Work at a National Supply Chain

How we navigated a national grocery chain’s flexible work strategy to better prepare their leaders and employees for a new working environment.

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A Working Model for Digital Transformation at a Global Investment Firm

How we redesigned a global investment firm’s collaboration structures and processes in the wake of a bold new digital transformation.

Learn More

If you’re interested in learning more about how we might help your organization or team become Future Ready, drop us a note below!

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