Mini guide

Team Chemistry / Better team conversations

What is Team Chemistry? How can we use the Team Chemistry framework?

Team Chemistry is a team As the best conversations are short, engaging and rich in insights, we
effectiveness framework made of recommend using the “What – So What – Now What” model.

6 enablers x 6 elements Get together with your team and discuss:

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What?
What is the most relevant enabler/element to focus on now as a team?
Why use Team Chemistry?
So What?
Our aim is to help you have better What are the implications of the key points that we’ve discussed?
conversations about your team.
Now What?
These talks will help you evolve as a team,
discovering new insights from the diversity of What do we want to do as a team, based on our conversation?
opinions and gaining clarity and progress
through the decisions and actions taken
together.
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 Where are we How are we What keeps us
heading together? organized? together?

Who do we What value do we How do we create

interact with? create together? value together?

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 SP Why does our St What is our near-term approach
team exist? for fulfilling our purpose?
Where are we Shared
Purpose
Strategy

heading together?

Ld How do we share leadership? Ob What do we focus on

Leadership
while progressing towards our purpose
Objectives
in the next period?

SA What kind of value Ms

do we create as a team? How do we measure progress?
Shared
Measurements
Assumptions

of value

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 From all the aspects of the
SP
Mb Who is part of our team? TB
organization that we’re part of,
Shared Who is not? Team
How are we Membership
Purpose Boundaries what can we decide about as a team?
organized?

Ro Is it clear for us who does what?

Av What resources (budget, time etc.)
Clear do we have available?
Availability
Roles

TA Is it clear for us what we expect RL Who do we formally report to?

Team from each other? Reporting How does this influence our team?
Agreements Lines

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 SV CL
Shared
What’s important for all of us? Common
What words do we all use?
What keeps us Values Language

together?
SB What do we all think is TD What’s the quality of
Shared true about our work? Team our interactions as a team?
Beliefs Dynamics

RH What do we constantly do Tr How much trust and psychological

Rituals & in our team? Trust
safety do we have inside the team?
Habits

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 DM How do we make decisions Fd How do we give and receive feedback
inside our team? inside our team?
How do we create Decision
Making
Feedback

value together?

IG How do we generate CR How do we lead change as a team?

Idea good ideas together? Change & How do we adapt to change?
Generation Resilience

Mt What happens during Co How do we collaborate

Meetings
our team meetings? inside our team?
Collaboration

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 CS What capabilities and Re What are the results of
strengths help us create value? our work as a team?
What value do we Capabilities
& Strengths
Results

create together?

KM How do we use together RR How are our team’s results being

Knowledge the knowledge that we gained? Results
recognized inside and outside the team?
Management Recognition

TL How do we learn as a team and RT How are our team’s results

Team
become better at achieving our purpose? being used further?
Results
Learning Transference

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 OC What’s the larger org. context SR How do build relationships with
Organizational
that we operate in as a team? our stakeholders?
Who do we Context Stakeholder
Relationships

interact with?

MC What’s the larger market context RV How is our team perceived by others?
Market that we operate in as a team? Reputation
Context & Visibility

SC How do we communicate with IN Which informal networks that are active

Stakeholder our stakeholders? Informal in our organization are we part of?
Communication Networks

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 Periodic Table of Team Chemistry

SP Mb SV DM CS OC
Shared Shared Decision Capabilities Organizational
Purpose Membership Values Making & Strengths Context

Ld Ro SB IG KM MC
Clear Shared Idea Knowledge Market
Leadership Context
Roles Beliefs Generation Management

Team Performance

Ambiental Context
Team Processes
SA TA RH Mt TL SC

Team Context
Structure
Direction

Shared Team Rituals & Team Stakeholder

Assumptions Habits Meetings
Agreements Learning Communication

St TB CL Fd Re SR
Team Common Stakeholder
Strategy Feedback Results
Boundaries Language Relationships

Ob Av TD CR RR RV
Team Change & Results Reputation
Objectives Availability Dynamics Resilience Recognition & Visibility

Ms RL Tr Co RT IN
Measurements Reporting Results Informal
Trust Collaboration
Networks
Lines Transference
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