Team Diagnostics
A leadership team isn't just a group of individuals — it's a system, with its own dynamics, blind spots, and development edges. AO's team assessment is the BRITE Team Effectiveness Survey, a purpose-built diagnostic that measures five dimensions critical to how any team actually performs: Sharing Mindsets, Building the Right Structure, Creating Safety and Cohesion, Processing Information, and Producing Results. It works with any intact team — not only the senior leadership team — and requires no prior assessment data to begin.
BRITE is AO's default starting point for most team engagements, and often the first step before Team Coaching begins: it sets an objective baseline, surfaces where a team is genuinely strong versus where energy is getting lost, and gives the team a shared, specific picture to work from rather than a collection of individual opinions.
Every team assessment includes:
- Administering the BRITE Team Effectiveness Survey to the full team — about 15 minutes per person
- Measuring five dimensions of team functioning: Sharing Mindsets, Building the Right Structure, Creating Safety and Cohesion, Processing Information, and Producing Results
- Delivering a shared team profile that becomes the foundation for focused development work
The Right Solution For:
- New Team Formation
- Pre-Engagement Baseline
- Diagnosing Underperformance
- Merger & Reorg Integration
- Setting Priorities for Team Coaching
- Tracking Team Progress Over Time
THE IMPACT
Built on Real Team Data
Developed from a study of over 26,000 global teams
Validated Link to Performance
Each of BRITE's five dimensions is independently correlated with team effectiveness, from Producing Results (r = .58) to Creating Safety and Cohesion (r = .82)
Fast, With No Barriers to Start
Works with any intact team, requires no prior assessment data, and turns around in under three weeks
Built for Full Participation
About 15 minutes per person, with an 80%+ response rate for the clearest results
