What We Do

Team Performance

Unlock potential through self-awareness: Generate team success by understanding human behaviour. 

Our work brings together teams of people from different backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs, creating a unique collective. Our skilled UPPOlogists create safe and supportive environments, ensuring discussions unfold at the team's pace to promote genuine and effective communication. We understand that human behaviour plays a pivotal role in team success.  

That's why we utilise the TTI Success Insights tool, examining observable behaviour, motivators, and emotional intelligence to unlock the true potential of teams. 

Utilising the Riders & Elephants Emotional Culture Deck (ECD), we also shift the conversation to a new level by looking at how we are currently feeling, what we want to feel and don’t want to feel (but may from time to time) to build connection and understanding at a deeper level. 

Appreciating each other's contributions fosters strong teams. Learning effective communication keys results in more effective and enhanced team cohesiveness. So, how do we do this?

Practical Tools

  • Our team development process utilises TriMetrix®, measuring behaviour style, motivators, and emotional intelligence accurately.  

  • Behaviour styles: How we act.  

  • Workplace motivators: Why we act. The attitudes shaping our worldview.  

  • Emotional intelligence: Our ability to adapt our behaviours and motivations.

We also utilize the Elephants & Riders Emotion Culture Deck for creating different conversations that you would traditionally have in the workplace. 

The Impact

  • Grow and develop team members understanding of themselves.  

  • Enhance communication and cohesion within a team environment. 

  • Maximise coaching opportunities within your team.  

  • Understand each member's contribution to the team. 

  • Adapt styles for effective communication, conflict management, and teamwork. 

  • Generate actions for workplace implementation. 

“I got a huge amount of validation and provocation from the exercise, which has enabled me to further enhance my personal development plan.  This is an exercise I would recommend everyone be exposed to, regardless of position in their career, given the richness of insight across behaviours, motivators, & EQ.”

- ELT at Alliance  

UPPO’s team development work leaves no stone unturned. We incorporate the following steps into our team workshops: 

Individual assessment and debrief: 

  • Reflect on personal strengths and perspectives. 

  • Understand communication preferences and motivations. 

Sharing information amongst the team:

  • Communicate assessment insights effectively. 

  • Explore communication preferences and motivations as a team. 

Emotional culture exploration:

  • Identify and discuss current team emotions. 

  • Recognise factors influencing team dynamics. 

  • Foster deeper connections and shared experiences. 

Strengths and challenges analysis: 

  • Evaluate team strengths and areas needing improvement. 

  • Identify actionable steps for team development. 

  • Address trust, understanding, and relationships within and outside the team.

Building a high-performing team: 

  • Take action based on the team’s strengths and challenges. 

  • Enhance trust and collaboration within the team. 

  • Foster positive relationships with external stakeholders. 

This can just be the beginning of the team’s performance journey.

Our areas of expertise also include:

  • Organisational change, culture development, and strategic planning support.

  • Aligning individual skills and behaviours with role requirements.

  • Retention and engagement assistance for challenged teams.

  • Conflict resolution facilitation.

  • Assessing the fit of new team members and supporting recruitment.

  • Developing effective communication by understanding individuals.