TDP is focused on the issues of team effectiveness and not the behavioural composition of the team in terms of member personalities. Whilst we recognise the value of behavioural profiling we have focused on the issues that a team can manage and change to drive their effectiveness. In doing so the team can ultimately deliver the conditions of a safe psychological environment where all team members can without fear ask any question, can admit to weaknesses, can offer ideas and can challenge the status quo. In other words TDP ultimately creates the learning environment that the team needs to innovate and drive improvement that leads to increased effectiveness.
Based on a validated academic model of team life TDP is about all teams in an organization and not just the “problem” team. 90% of output in today’s organization is happening through teams. The team is the most important production unit in the organization today. Every team can be more effective than it is today, but they must take time to reflect and discuss their modus operandi.
With TDP a typical work team need only do this 4 times a year (once a quarter) committing no more than 2 hours to the discussion. A total of 8 hours in a 12-month period, can drive up to 20% improvement in effectiveness and productivity.
TDP is designed to be self-serve for the team leader and does not require ongoing” Expert” facilitation. Once deployed TDP becomes an embedded process for the team and is implemented regularly without placing unreasonable time demands on the team. It is easily accommodated in a team’s ongoing schedule.
The comprehensive resource centre contains supporting implementation guides and documentation and over 40 articles on team work (regularly updated) and related matters. TDP is not only a team effectiveness improvement tool but is also a learning suite educating the team leader and team members on all aspects of team functioning through usage and application.