Check How Well Your Team Works Together and Choose What to Improve
Use when a team wants a blame-free look at how it works. In a 90-minute guided session, everyone rates eight areas red, yellow, or green at once, then the team picks one to three areas to fix, each with an owner and quarterly check-ins.
To use this AI rule
## Choose the Eight Areas the Team Will Rate
Use a 90-minute facilitated check when a team needs shared evidence about how it works, not a performance ranking. Include the full team and assess eight dimensions: cohesion; role and skill balance; inclusion of different viewpoints; shared purpose; value and metrics; working methods; engagement and dependencies; and continuous improvement.
## Have Everyone Rate Each Area Red, Yellow, or Green at Once
Define red, yellow, and green as intuitive signals rather than standardized scores. For each dimension, let people reflect privately, vote simultaneously to limit groupthink, and record why they chose their rating. Give everyone a voice, treat opinions equally, and discuss differences with curiosity. Do not compare teams or start solving during the assessment. With eight or more participants, collect initial ratings in subgroups before converging as a full team.
## Pick the Areas to Fix and Name an Owner and Next Step
Review ratings and comments, then select one to three dimensions where action matters most. Small groups should describe the problem, define what improvement would look like in six months, propose options, and name an immediate action. Assign an owner and next step, schedule quarterly checkpoints, celebrate progress, and replace the focus when it becomes healthy.