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IPA Team Analysis

Build stronger, more effective teams - Strong teams create the best results.

Understand Your Team

The IPA Team Analysis gives you a clear overview of your team’s dynamics, strengths, and development opportunities. It helps build a culture of collaboration, engagement, and high performance, where every employee feels valued and motivated.

Clear team strengths

Development areas identified

Practical action steps

Why Team Analysis Matters

Why Team Analysis Matters

Teams that function well achieve more than a group of high-performing individuals. Differences in style, unclear roles, or lack of trust can lead to inefficiency, conflict, or frustration. IPA Team Analysis helps you:

  • Make faster, more informed decisions

  • Improve collaboration and communication

  • Increase engagement and motivation

  • Foster innovation and better results

Foundations of a Strong Team

Foundations of a Strong Team

A high-performing team needs both psychological safety and a clear vision.

When both safety and vision are present, teams understand why their work matters, challenge each other constructively, and achieve better results.

Psychological Safety

Employees need to feel safe to speak up, share ideas, take risks, and admit mistakes. Teams with psychological safety experience: Better innovation and idea sharing More learning from mistakes Stronger collaboration and support

Clear Vision

A shared purpose gives direction and meaning, helping the team prioritize and stay motivated. Benefits include: • Higher engagement • Better alignment with team goals • Increased motivation and sense of contribution

Psychological Safety

Employees need to feel safe to speak up, share ideas, take risks, and admit mistakes. Teams with psychological safety experience: Better innovation and idea sharing More learning from mistakes Stronger collaboration and support

Clear Vision

A shared purpose gives direction and meaning, helping the team prioritize and stay motivated. Benefits include: • Higher engagement • Better alignment with team goals • Increased motivation and sense of contribution

Psychological Safety

Employees need to feel safe to speak up, share ideas, take risks, and admit mistakes. Teams with psychological safety experience: Better innovation and idea sharing More learning from mistakes Stronger collaboration and support

Clear Vision

A shared purpose gives direction and meaning, helping the team prioritize and stay motivated. Benefits include: • Higher engagement • Better alignment with team goals • Increased motivation and sense of contribution

Psychological Safety

Employees need to feel safe to speak up, share ideas, take risks, and admit mistakes. Teams with psychological safety experience: Better innovation and idea sharing More learning from mistakes Stronger collaboration and support

Clear Vision

A shared purpose gives direction and meaning, helping the team prioritize and stay motivated. Benefits include: • Higher engagement • Better alignment with team goals • Increased motivation and sense of contribution

The Team Engine Room

The Team Engine Room

A team needs more than a strong foundation—it needs to turn strategy into action. The team engine room represents the core functions that ensure work gets done efficiently, decisions are realized, and innovation can flourish.

A team with a strong engine works like a well-oiled machine, producing sustainable results, continuous learning, and high employee engagement.

The four key elements of the team engine:

Manage & Plan

• Set clear direction and coordinate efforts • Organize meetings and workflows efficiently • Assign tasks and clarify responsibilities

Execute Tasks

• Follow through on decisions • Ensure accountability and progress • Achieve results consistently

Develop & Support

• Build strong relationships • Share knowledge and feedback constructively • Learn from challenges and conflicts

Create New Ideas

• Encourage innovation and experimentation • Foster a culture of curiosity and creativity • Apply new ideas to improve team performance

Manage & Plan

• Set clear direction and coordinate efforts • Organize meetings and workflows efficiently • Assign tasks and clarify responsibilities

Execute Tasks

• Follow through on decisions • Ensure accountability and progress • Achieve results consistently

Develop & Support

• Build strong relationships • Share knowledge and feedback constructively • Learn from challenges and conflicts

Create New Ideas

• Encourage innovation and experimentation • Foster a culture of curiosity and creativity • Apply new ideas to improve team performance

Manage & Plan

• Set clear direction and coordinate efforts • Organize meetings and workflows efficiently • Assign tasks and clarify responsibilities

Execute Tasks

• Follow through on decisions • Ensure accountability and progress • Achieve results consistently

Develop & Support

• Build strong relationships • Share knowledge and feedback constructively • Learn from challenges and conflicts

Create New Ideas

• Encourage innovation and experimentation • Foster a culture of curiosity and creativity • Apply new ideas to improve team performance

Manage & Plan

• Set clear direction and coordinate efforts • Organize meetings and workflows efficiently • Assign tasks and clarify responsibilities

Execute Tasks

• Follow through on decisions • Ensure accountability and progress • Achieve results consistently

Develop & Support

• Build strong relationships • Share knowledge and feedback constructively • Learn from challenges and conflicts

Create New Ideas

• Encourage innovation and experimentation • Foster a culture of curiosity and creativity • Apply new ideas to improve team performance

Scientifically validated.

Our Org. analyses are built on multiple decades of research by IPANordic

PeopleSuite integrated.

All Org. analyses are seamlessly integrating results into PeopleSuite for an organized, visual data overview.

Scientifically validated.

Our Org. analyses are built on multiple decades of research by IPANordic

PeopleSuite integrated.

All Org. analyses are seamlessly integrating results into PeopleSuite for an organized, visual data overview.

Scientifically validated.

Our Org. analyses are built on multiple decades of research by IPANordic

PeopleSuite integrated.

All Org. analyses are seamlessly integrating results into PeopleSuite for an organized, visual data overview.

What IPA Team Analysis Measures

What IPA Team Analysis Measures

The analysis evaluates team effectiveness on five key dimensions:

  1. Psychological Safety: Can employees speak openly and take risks?

  2. Role Clarity: Does everyone understand their contribution?

  3. Collaboration & Communication: Are knowledge sharing and feedback strong?

  4. Focus & Direction: Is there a shared understanding of goals and strategy?

  5. Innovation & Problem Solving: Can the team handle challenges and change effectively?

Measuring these factors annually provides a clear picture of what works well and where development is needed.

How We Develop Teams

How We Develop Teams

A team evolves in phases, so measuring is not enough. IPA Team Analysis helps you translate insights into action through a structured development cycle:

  • Identification → Understand strengths and challenges

  • Anchoring → Build shared understanding of results

  • Development → Implement improvement actions

  • Follow-up → Ensure changes are sustained

Repeating this cycle annually keeps your team aligned, motivated, and high-performing.

Outcomes of a Strong Team

Outcomes of a Strong Team

A high-performing team exhibits:

  • High efficiency and on-time execution

  • Accountability and ownership

  • Motivated and engaged employees

  • Continuous learning and growth

  • Creative problem solving

Teams without a strong engine risk inefficiency, misunderstandings, and missed opportunities. Strong teams, on the other hand, create a culture of collaboration, momentum, and sustainable results.

Ready to learn more?

Ready to learn more?

Get a personalized demo and discover how IPA Nordic's analyses fits your business.

Get a personalized demo and discover how IPA Nordic's analyses fits your business.

Get a personalized demo and discover how IPA Nordic's analyses fits your business.

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Denmark

Benelux

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The Netherlands

Sweden

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121 26, Stockholm

Sweden

Spain

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08003, Barcelona

Spain

Middle East

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Amman

Jordan

IPA Nordic HQ

Skanderborgvej 213

8260, Viby J

Denmark

Benelux

Daalwijkdreef 47

1103AD, Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Sweden

Globen

121 26, Stockholm

Sweden

Spain

Carrer del rec 30

08003, Barcelona

Spain

Middle East

Mahmoud Al-Karmi Street 10

Amman

Jordan

Contact

+45 60 25 99 99 (9-15 CET)

hello@ipanordic.com

Skanderborgvej 213

8260 Viby J

Denmark

CVR: 40700048

A white logo featuring the text "ipa NORDIC" with a sleek, modern design

IPA Nordic HQ

Skanderborgvej 213

8260, Viby J

Denmark

Benelux

Daalwijkdreef 47

1103AD, Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Sweden

Globen

121 26, Stockholm

Sweden

Spain

Carrer del rec 30

08003, Barcelona

Spain

Middle East

Mahmoud Al-Karmi Street 10

Amman

Jordan