Success Story · Industry · Leadership Team
From each person’s own path to a single path.
Nordson Nonwovens’ Global Leadership Team was spread across China, the United States, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Within a year, it became a single team, and the business began to grow again.
- 8managers
- 5countries
- 1year
“The ‘ Teamenergy ’ Assessment immediately gave us insight into the energy and patterns within our team and how we could better balance them.”
Where it rubbed.
ChinaUnited StatesGermanyFranceThe Netherlands
One shared image
China · United States · Germany · France · Netherlands
There was a lot of communication but little coordination.
Decisions were made within the organization itself.
We weren't very successful at shaping the strategy together.
Measurement as a starting point.
The team wanted to see how they really worked together, so they decided against a traditional leadership development program. For the first time, the team had a shared understanding of where their energy lay and where they were out of balance.
What the team did.
- 1
The measurement
15 minutes per person, anonymously.
- 2
Three Questions
What is our home team? What are our shared interests? How do we work as a single management team?
- 3
The Team Contract
Agreements on communication and collaboration.
- 4
Micro-sessions
Short sessions as part of regular management duties.
What changed.
- Decisions Based on One's Own Area of ExpertiseJointly responsible for decisions and strategy
- Lots of communication, little coordinationTalk to each other more often and listen more carefully
- Differences remained unresolvedDifferences are discussed
A year later.
The second assessment showed a clear improvement in openness, substantive discussions, and strategic alignment.
And Nordson saw clear growth for the first time in a long while, partly due to improved collaboration.
“The ‘ Teamenergy ’ Assessment immediately gave us insight into the energy and patterns within our team and how we could better balance them.”
Do you recognize this in your management team?
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You can see what’s putting pressure on your team’s performance, and the team takes care of it on its own. A follow-up assessment after 4 months will show whether the team is making progress.
- Anonymous at the team level
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