The New Generation of Team-Building: Innovative Solutions for Effective Collaboration

Hogan Team Profile: The True Team-Building Tool

The Basics of the Hogan Team Profile

Even in school, it wasn’t just about the grade you took home; it was also about how your classmates performed. As social beings, many theories support the idea that our identity exists because we are surrounded by others. This is also true for Hogan competency profiles: it’s valuable to learn how others perceive us, but it’s even more insightful to understand how we compare to the people around us.

Understanding Team Dynamics

The Hogan Team Profile builds on this curiosity, making participants reflect on why certain things happen in day-to-day interactions. During training and coaching sessions, it’s often noted that feedback from others isn’t always about us, but about the person giving the feedback. For many, knowing the other person’s Hogan profile sparks deeper thinking. This is the moment when we realize that in someone else’s world, where they might perceive an attack, there might actually be curiosity, or where they see overzealousness, it might just be concern.

Team Strengths and Weaknesses

While it may sound cliché to say “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” a team-building exercise using the Hogan Team Profile can truly provide the extra edge needed to make this statement meaningful. In addition to enjoyable experiences, it sheds light on each person’s added value to the team and reveals where the team as a whole excels and where attention is needed for improved performance.

Managing Differences

If you’re still not convinced, imagine how an emotionally unstable team member might feel surrounded by resilient and calm colleagues. We aim to offer you and your team the understanding to make the most of these differences in the long run. Does anyone in your team fit this description?

PCM Team Profile: Effective Communication in the Team

The Importance of Communication

Few things are more commonly discussed than the importance of communication in the workplace. Our daily tasks and activities are made up of over 50% communication, yet we mostly focus on content. How we speak—especially in stressful situations—reveals a lot about us and holds a “manual” about our relationship with others.

Individual Styles and Needs

Both our character strengths and needs are reflected in how we communicate, even revealing how we wish to be led. According to the PCM, everyone has a preferred “thing” they want to exchange during a conversation. Sometimes we sense this when talking to someone, but rarely do we consciously use it. The same applies to our own needs. If we want to truly understand the other person and solve problems effectively, it helps to know what they want to talk about and when we ourselves begin to get stressed.

The Impact of PCM Team Profile

A PCM Team Profile typically starts with a lot of “Wow, really?” moments, followed by “I never thought of that” comments, as the team delves deeper into understanding each other. This often leads to the need for intervention—what can be done if team members do not communicate in the same way?

Practical Solutions for Team-Building

There are solutions for this, too, that don’t require deep methodological knowledge or schemas and can be practiced directly during a team-building session. It’s simple: talk, play, and pay attention to how the other person communicates with you.

Final Thoughts

If you want to know how many different styles appeared in this text, come visit us. With the help of the PCM Team Profile, your team can not only communicate more effectively but also gain a deeper understanding of the differences between team members and how to turn those differences to the team’s advantage.