Understanding Team Dynamics

A team is more than a collection of individuals working in proximity. It's a system where different personalities, communication styles, and work approaches interact, sometimes in harmony and sometimes in friction. Understanding team dynamics helps you contribute more effectively, navigate conflict, and help the team perform at its best.

Every team has its own personality, shaped by the blend of types within it.

How Types Interact

• King + Seer: Drive meets analysis; can clash on pace
• King + Healer: Results meets relationships; balance of task and people
• Warrior + Seer: Stability meets precision; thorough but sometimes slow
• Warrior + Healer: Steady meets supportive; harmony but may avoid conflict
• King + Warrior: Push meets pull; tension between change and stability
• Seer + Healer: Data meets emotion; different decision-making approaches

The best teams have diverse personalities. But diversity creates friction if not managed well. Learn how others operate, adapt your approach, and leverage differences rather than fighting them.

Building Better Dynamics

Know your team: Understand each person's style and needs.

Flex your approach: Adapt to what others need, not just what's comfortable for you.

Value differences: What frustrates you might be exactly what the team needs.

Address friction early: Small tensions become big problems if ignored.

Communicate openly: Talk about how the team works, not just what it's working on.

Your Action Steps

This week: Identify the dominant personality types on your team.

This month: Adapt your communication to one person whose style differs from yours.

This quarter: Initiate a conversation about how the team can work together better.