Welcome to
Creating the Team Edge
Please switch over to our new web application ASAP
| As per our email from 12 October 2023, you will be unable to setup new Team 360s from 17 November 2023. Instead, you must use our exciting new version of the web application. Please go to https://creating-the-team-edge.web.app ASAP to create an account and get onboard. This will not affect any ongoing Team 360s you have already setup here. Please make sure to finish any ongoing Team 360s and download any reports by 31 March 2024. Feel free to get in touch at info@performance-edge.co.uk if you have any questions. |
Why Choose Us?
Team Development
Exploring and comparing teams against our tried-and-tested Creating the Team Edge model is the foundation behind our Team 360 diagnostic instrument. This tool will help your teams develop collectively and individually.
Cost Effectiveness
After using many other solutions ourselves in the past, we understand the need for simplicity. With competitively low pricing, no hidden costs, and unlimited downloads of purchased reports, what’s not to like?
Industry Expertise
With over 60 years of collective experience working with and in teams, alongside our rich research journey, we are confident that our approach will support the development of your business teams effectively.
High Quality
Our Team 360 consists of two high-speed web technologies: a virtual questionnaire to collect data about the team, and an auto-generated, downloadable report to analyse how the team shapes against our model.
Guaranteed Security
The team at Creating the Team Edge take every step possible to ensure data security and protect your privacy. We use advanced, contemporary algorithms aligned with our privacy policy to help keep you safe.
Support Services
We offer personalised support services to help coaches use our Team 360 tool and respond to their clients’ concerns. Simply, email support@creatingtheteamedge.com with the details of your issue so we can help.
How Does It Work?
Create Your Account
Teams’ coaches accredited to use our Creating the Team Edge model can sign up to use our Team 360 tool set.
Verify Your Email
Once you have entered your details, check your inbox and spam folders for an email from us to verify your account details.
Coach Login
Use the email address and password your gave to sign up in order to login to your account and explore our coach portal.
Setup A Questionnaire
Setup a new Team 360 Questionnaire and tell us who you want to participate. We will send an auto-email inviting them to give feedback.
Answer The Questions
The team members, direct reports, team commissioners, and stakeholders can participate to give their opinions on the team.
Generate A Report
When a sufficient number of people have participated, you can generate a report to see how the team shaped up against the model.
Our Model
What is Creating the Team Edge?
We know from our extensive research and experience that truly successful and effective teams who deliver value to organisations and businesses have seven key characteristics in common. This is shown in our Creating the Team Edge © framework below:
The seven characteristics in our Creating the Team Edge model make up the seven elements in our Team 360 Questionnaire.
Each characteristic is one of the key elements that high-performing business teams possess. They are described as:
Purpose
A statement of why the team exists. The purpose statement captures the spirit of the team working together to uniquely contribute towards the goals of its own organisation, its stakeholders, and the wider system. The statement only has weight when accompanied by collective performance goals.
Identity
The team works on developing their unique identity together. Their identity binds them together and constantly reinforces the team’s positive mindset, energy and motivation. The team identity will be recognised and admired by both those inside and outside the team.
Values and Beliefs
Values and beliefs in teams provide a sense of what is right and wrong. The team explores and agrees on the culture it desires and the values, standards and behaviours that will underpin the team’s efforts. Belief in the team’s purpose, identity and values are essential for the team to fully perform.
Awareness
Values and beliefs in teams provide a sense of what is right and wrong. The team explores and agrees on the culture it desires and the values, standards and behaviours that will underpin the team’s efforts. Belief in the team’s purpose, identity and values are essential for the team to fully perform.
Relatedness
Teams develop their sense of unity and build mutual trust, support and understanding. Teams invest time in open and honest conversations to work more closely together and build stronger relationships within the wider organisation.
Ways of Working
The team invests time in setting up the best systems and processes to enable its members to make confident and effective decisions. The team works on improving the structure of meetings and how it engages with others, in order to deliver concrete outcomes.
Transformation
Teams explore ways to challenge their performance and look for opportunities to test their abilities. The team rigorously reviews its plans, applies innovative ways to think differently and ensure the team members are always improving, learning and supporting each others’ development.
The ‘Creating the Team Edge’ 360 has been developed by Performance Edge based on the seven characteristics to support teams understand their areas of strength, as well as areas to work on. Our web application is the first step on your team’s development journey, helping to analyse the team’s current performance, the value it currently offers to the business or organisation, and the views of everyone involved.
Our Book
Building Top-Performing Teams: A Practical Guide to Team Coaching to Improve Collaboration and Drive Organizational Success.
Widdowson L and Barbour P J (2021)
Containing more than 40 tools which can be used in a virtual or in-person coaching environment, Building Top-Performing Teams is a practical guide for leaders, HR professionals, coaches, team coaches and anyone with management responsibility. It covers how to motivate, develop, engage and reward a team of employees with different levels of experience and priorities to achieve outstanding business success.
Building Top-Performing Teams includes essential guidance, tools and techniques that show how to promote team ways of working rather than individual-focused processes. It also includes guidance on managing internal team conflict and ensuring that teams are purpose-driven and working towards a shared business goal. Each chapter includes diagnostic questions and reflective practice exercises to allow readers to identify how to apply each element of team development to their workforce. Supported by the authors’ experience in organizations such as the BBC, John Lewis, KPMG, Britvic, the NHS and BMW, this is essential reading for anyone needing to unlock the value of teams to achieve greater business performance.
On Publisher’s Website
Buy hard copy, ebook or audiobook. Use AHR20 code to get your 20% discount.
Globally On Amazon
Buy it on “one of the most influential economic and cultural forces in the world”.
Support Local Bookstores
Buy at the bookstore near you and support it (if you live in the UK or USA).
Need More Than 10?
If you would like to bulk purchase for your organisation, contact Christina Lindeholm.
Who Contributed?
How were we involved?
From their extensive research and experience, Performance Edge created their Creating the Team Edge model. Using their over 60 years of collective experience of working with business teams (including many big brands), and creating many courses and books, Performance Edge are proud to have commissioned, driven, and released their Creating the Team Edge web application – a diagnostic tool to support the development of business teams and identify their priorities.
Do you want to work with us?
How were we involved?
Aidezo desires innovation, focusing on the distinct areas of web development and educational support. We are proud to work with Performance Edge to design and develop their Creating the Team Edge web application. We realise our work here will help to push the future of team coaching and business. We hope this diagnostic instrument gives coaches and their teams a technological edge to support their development and identify their priorities in a rapid manner.