Introducing Collaborative Team Development™ by OnLoop
Unlocking your Team’s Potential with Collaborative Team Development™
Collaborative Team Development (CTD) is OnLoop’s proprietary framework designed to empower managers in maximizing team effectiveness. At its core, CTD comprises five layers: Energy, Goals, Celebrate, Improve and Grow. The layers represent a team member’s hierarchy of needs and should be managed bottom-up to drive performance.
TLDR:
OnLoop’s Collaborative Team Development™ (CTD) framework helps managers enhance team effectiveness through five essential layers: Energy, Goals, Celebrate, Improve, and Grow. These layers, which should be managed bottom-up, represent a hierarchy of needs that drive individual and team performance:
Energy: Understand and manage your team’s productive capacity.
Goals: Align individual and team goals with company objectives.
Celebrate: Identify and hone individual strengths through positive feedback.
Improve: Provide specific, constructive feedback for growth.
Grow: Foster continuous learning and skills development.
By leveraging AI, OnLoop automates the CTD process, making it easier to deliver structured feedback and promote continuous growth within teams.
Above: Onloop’s Collaborative Team Development Framework
Let’s delve into each layer to grasp its significance in driving individual and collective growth!
Layer 1: Energy - Understand your team’s productive capacity
The foundational layer is about understanding your team’s productive capacity. Understanding what gives and drains energy, which situations impact productive capacity, and managing energy levels is critical for sustainable performance. Burnout is the result of operating at very low energy levels for an extended period of time, so prioritizing individual well-being is the foundation for a thriving organization.
Being aware of your and your team’s productive capacity makes up 20% of overall productivity.
Layer 2: Goals - Align team and individual goals with company goals
The second layer focuses on giving every team member a clear purpose and aligning their priorities to team and company objectives. This is excellent for business outcomes and also motivates team members by showing them their work has impact. Goals can either be Targets, Projects, or Skills.
Ensuring team members can manage work holistically and prioritize effectively makes up the next 40% of productivity.
Layer 3: Celebrate - Identify and hone individual superpowers
Building on top of Energy and Goals are two layers of feedback. One is the Celebrate layer of identifying and honing individual superpowers. Praise often lacks specificity and is not captured. The key is to use praise to unearth the individual strengths in your team, fostering a culture of continuous feedback within your team to unlock capabilities.
Encouraging self-reflection and celebrating accomplishments by acknowledging individual strengths and promoting a positive atmosphere of growth make up another 15% of productivity.
Layer 4: Improve - Give specific and constructive feedback to spur growth
The other feedback layer is about giving specific and constructive feedback to spur growth. Good constructive feedback results in it being seen as guidance and not criticism, serving as a catalyst for growth. As a manager it’s critical to help individuals understand their blind spots and areas of growth, thus enabling them to effectively close any gaps.
Helping individuals understand their blind spots and areas for growth makes up the next 15% of productivity.
Layer 5: Grow - Take action to get better
The fifth CTD layer is focused on taking actions to get better, ongoing skills development and continuous learning - both as individuals and as teams. Aligning with individual skill development and understanding superpowers and blind spots allows for tailored and personalized learning plans.
Creating a positive, reinforcing culture of learning and growth within the team makes up the top 10% of productivity.
CTD for High Performance
The two foundational layers - Energy and Goals - together constitute 60% of productivity, forming the base of high performance. The next three layers - Celebrate, Improve, and Grow - account for the remaining 40%, sustaining high performance through feedback and development.
For every manager, these are the five areas they need to systematically address for each team member on a weekly basis to enhance their team’s performance.
AI as facilitator of CTD
At OnLoop, we've productized this framework to help managers unlock their team’s potential. Leveraging generative AI, our platform streamlines the CTD process, enabling seamless feedback delivery and fostering a culture of continuous growth.
As individuals, we’re better at making observations than structuring feedback. That's why we utilize AI to transform your raw thoughts, notes, recordings, or voice notes into structured feedback that resonates with your employees, promoting their growth with tailored specificity.
Adopting Collaborative Team Development (CTD) is not just adapting to change; it's paving the way for a more resilient and effective approach to managing your team in the modern era, replacing traditional performance management.
Ready to unlock the full potential of your team with OnLoop? Book a meeting with us today and discover how our AI-powered platform can revolutionize your feedback process while fostering a culture of continuous growth!
