Corentus Team Effectiveness Tools

The Corentus Team Wheel™ highlights the four key dimensions of team effectiveness, each with its own toolkit, tools, and microtools for focused and accelerated development.

At Corentus, we do things differently.

We don’t run your leadership team through a full curriculum and leave you to figure out how to apply it while trying to run your organization. We know that most teams don’t have the time for that kind of training, and frankly, it rarely sticks.

Instead, we start by listening. Every team is different, and every challenge is specific. Because we have a vast and practical Toolkit comprised of hundreds of tools, we can support your team with the tools and practices that align with your specific context and priorities. All of our tools are easy to apply to real work and are designed to be used immediately.

The Corentus Team Wheel™ is how we organize our approach. It identifies four key dimensions of team effectiveness:

  • Common Purpose and Shared Goals

  • Roles and Competencies

  • Mutual Accountability

  • Collaboration and Cohesion

Within those dimensions are 22 specific elements that help clarify how a team functions day to day. These elements are not theoretical. They show up in how teams meet, decide, communicate, and move work forward.

The Corentus Toolkit includes more than 100 tools developed and refined over decades of work with teams around the world. Some we call main team tools, and some we call microtools. We come in with precision, and our clients deeply value it. When a MicroTool is all that’s needed to help a team reach its goals, we bring just that, nothing more, nothing wasted.

  • Main Team Tools: A robust collection of contextual insights, MicroTools, client cases, and more that help teams develop new skills and competencies.

  • MicroTools: Short, focused practices that can be taught and used in less than 10 minutes, ideal for busy teams that want to see immediate results.

Whether we use a full Main Tool or a couple MicroTools, we bring only what is necessary for your team to make progress quickly. Our ability to discern what matters most and to act with precision is what sets us apart.

If your goal is to build a highly effective team, we can help you strengthen the areas of effectiveness that matter most to you and your team(s).

The right tools, the right moment, real results.

Explore the Key Dimensions!

Start where it matters most

Choose the part of the Team Wheel that reflects your team’s biggest challenge, whether it’s unclear goals, shaky roles, friction in collaboration, or a lack of follow-through. Each dimension opens up a focused set of tools to help you move forward.

Have leaders or team members posed questions such as, "Why should we unite as a team?" or "What will be our collective output?" We specialize in assisting teams and organizations in identifying a distinct and compelling common purpose, along with a set of shared goals. This forms the foundation of effective teaming, instilling motivation, engagement, and focus ​throughout the team's lifespan.​

Main Tools: Common Purpose & Shared Goals, Work Products Methodologies

Teams often face challenges when it comes to effective decision-making and clarity around roles and responsibilities. At Corentus, we recognize the critical importance of mastering these elements for a team's success. Our Roles & Competencies focus area is equipped with two main team tools designed to address these challenges head-on.

Main Tools: Decision Making, RACI-D

Effective collaboration and team cohesion are essential for sustained success. Corentus provides a suite of five main team tools under the Collaboration and Cohesion focus area, offering practical strategies to enhance meeting effectiveness, communication, teamwork foundations, challenging conversations, and resilience.

Main Tools: Intentional Meetings, Communication Essentials, Productive Conversations, Foundations of Team Cohesion - i4, Building Resilience

Mutual Accountability serves as the backbone of effective teamwork, fostering trust, respect, and results. At Corentus, we understand the pivotal role accountability plays in team dynamics. Our Mutual Accountability focus area introduces a comprehensive tool designed to instill a culture of commitment and follow-through within the team.

Main Tool: Mutual Accountability

Team Development Modalities
A Blend for Real Results

Once the focus areas and team tools have been identified, we deliver and integrate these into a carefully designed development program using a blend of modalities. Meaningful results are achieved by combining these four modalities in a tailored manner that supports each team’s unique development style.​

FACILITATION

TRAINING

CONSULTING

COACHING

  • Collaborative Cohesion

  • Thought Partnership

  • Strategic Advisory

  • Engaged Facilitation

  • Facili-coaching

  • Team Coaching

  • Executive &
    Leadership Coaching

  • Trusted Confidants

  • Efficient Training

  • Synchronous & Asynchronous

  • Virtual & In-Person

A customized blend of four modalities is designed and delivered to serve the unique needs of our clients.