Team Effectiveness Tools
Training & Support

For over 25 years, we have empowered individuals, teams, and organizations to achieve higher levels of effectiveness and performance by providing world-class training and support in our proven approach to Team Coaching and our time-tested, easy-to-apply Team Tools.

Our clients derive significant value from our proven approach to enhancing individual, team, and organizational effectiveness – across industries and with various team types, including intact, hybrid, cross-functional, matrixed, agile, and just-in-time teams. Accelerated growth and development occur when a team decides upon their focus area, works together to elevate their skills and competencies in a specific development area, and celebrates their achievements in attaining a level of proficiency together.

If you are going to spend time in a learning and development program, do so with highly skilled and trained practitioners in team effectiveness. With extensive hands-on involvement with hundreds of teams in commercial, government, education, and nonprofit sectors across diverse industries and spanning more than 30 countries, we bring you real-world insights and tools that work.

The Corentus Team Wheel™​
Identifying focus areas of development across the
Key Dimensions of Team Effectiveness

Training & Support in Your Focus Areas
for Accelerated Development

Elevate your team's performance with learning solutions for rapid skill development in essential team effectiveness tools. Discover how our unique team coaching approach can embed learning and development directly in your team meetings, transforming your leadership team's efficiency and driving immediate, real results in the most efficient way possible.

  • Co-Created Development Plan for all Corentus Team Effectiveness Tools, listed here
    Jump on a call with us to co-create a development plan that aligns perfectly with your team's needs. View the toolkits and the tools in our key dimensions of team effectiveness to see which ones your teams wish to focus on to go from good to great.

  • The Most Chosen Team Tools, listed below
    Dive into our most sought-after tools. From our custom live virtual and in-person team tools training programs to our asynchronous on-demand programs, we offer multiple formats based on your needs.

OVERVIEW with DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS BELOW

Three different levels based on your unique needs:
Obtain Core Competencies,
Engage in Advanced Training,
and Obtain Mastery
in the focus areas and the team tools
that will have the greatest impact.

CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS

Effective communication is especially important when times get tough—when breakdowns occur, tensions rise, and tempers start to flare. For these conversations, teams with effective tools and methods at their disposal fare much better than those that simply “wing it.” These tools can be used effectively in a full team, subgroups, or one-on-one interactions.

SUPPORT from Corentus for Challenging Conversations

Individuals, teams, and organizations benefit from the assistance of a trusted and trained third-party practitioner to facilitate sessions around Challenging Conversations. This list is a sample set of the services we offer in this area:

TEAM COACHING | Challenging Conversations as the Focus Area during Team Coaching Sessions
During a team’s meeting(s) the team coach works with the team, in real-time, in support of their goal to successfully engage in challenging conversation(s) with positive outcomes for all.

CLEARING SESSION(S)
Facilitated session to clear the air and have a clean slate to move forward.
May include a 360-degree intake process, 1:1 coaching to prepare the individuals and solidify follow-up commitments, communication strategy sessions, and mini-clearing sessions for those indirectly impacted.
Duration recommendations for the client's specific circumstances, from two-day clearings to two-hour clearings

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Challenging Conversations, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

TRAINING to effectively manage Challenging Conversations
3-Levels — Core Competencies, Advanced, & Obtaining Mastery

The Corentus Team Development Tool "Challenging Conversations" equips teams with three essential microtools designed to effectively manage difficult discussions. Our tiered training programs cater to all levels of expertise, from beginners looking to establish foundational skills to advanced learners aiming to enhance their capabilities and experts striving for mastery in transforming challenging conversations into opportunities for growth and enhanced team dynamics.

  • Four-Part “I” Statements—a guide for structuring feedback delivery neutrally and factually that inspires thoughtful reflection and action by the recipient 

  • S-P-N-S Framework—4 steps to engage others to share their thoughts and perspectives when conversations get contentious  

  • Functional Subgrouping—3 simple rules for exploring competing options and getting to a mutually agreeable solution

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE 
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$210 per person/111 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

FLASHCARDS | Challenging Conversations
Reinforcing the Skills Learned

Easy reference guide and terrific reinforcers of easy-to-apply processes, methods, and techniques for better outcomes when having challenging conversations. Includes: “I” Statement Feedback, Functional Subgrouping, and S-P-N-S Framework.

Five double-sided 5” x 7” cards. 

Price: $15

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Careat Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS

This time-tested Corentus team development tool examines communication through the perspective of communication behaviors—specific combinations of wording and voice tone that influence the exchange of information. By providing strategies to identify and adapt communication behaviors such as facts, opinions, leading questions, yes-buts, and verbal attacks, Communication Essentials empowers the development of habits that promote healthy communication, leading to heightened team effectiveness and performance.​

for TRAINING | Communication Essentials

Every aspect of collaborative teamwork relies on good communication. Most of the time, in conversations, ​
people focus much more on what they’re saying (their ideas) than on how they’re saying it (the specific communication ​
behaviors they’re using to convey their ideas). This training explains the ‘How’ of communication often has an even greater impact on our relationships than the ‘What’. This training identifies several common behavior patterns that make achieving mutual understanding and agreement difficult. You’ll learn to recognize each pattern, assess its impact on your work and professional relationships, and implement targeted strategies to shift communication in a more productive direction.

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE 
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$280 per person/111 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Communication Essentials, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

for FLASHCARDS | Communication Essentials

Identify and develop habits that promote healthy communication. Includes: Facts vs. Opinions, Noise, and “What” Questions.

5 double-sided 5” x 7” cards. 

Price: $15

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

DECISION MAKING

Effective decision-making is critical while working with teams, but managing the process can be challenging. The Corentus Decision Making tool provides a structure and micro tools to consistently support positive outcomes. We honed this tool over 25+ years by integrating concepts, methods, and techniques from our research, training, and feedback from clients worldwide. Tried, tested, and refined with hundreds of teams from dozens of countries, Decision Making is a tool we’re proud to share and eager for you to leverage in your work with teams.

for TRAINING | Decision Making

Decision making is a critical part of life and an essential part of working on or with teams. In this online learning course, we share the Corentus Decision Making team tool, refined through our work with client teams worldwide for nearly 30 years. This team tool provides a comprehensive, structured approach to optimizing the clarity and effectiveness of team decision making. Key components of this tool include:

  • Decision Modes

  • Decision Mode Sequencing & Charting

  • Four-Stage Decision Process

  • Decision Methods

  • In -the-Moment Decision-Making Moves

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE 
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$280 per person/96 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

ON DEMAND | ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE  
A Train the Trainer Course that provides you with the skills and knowledge to train others. Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$350 per person/125 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Decision Making, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

for WORKBOOKS | Decision Making

When it comes to working with others, making decisions is a crucial aspect of daily life. We understand that reaching agreements within teams and groups can often be difficult—which is why we’re excited to share our Corentus Decision Making team tool in an easy-to-use Participant Workbook.

Put the power of this time-tested Corentus team tool at your fingertips and help optimize your team's decision-making process for maximum clarity and effectiveness.

Price: $30

for FLASHCARDS | Decision Making

Quick guide and reinforcer of the methods and techniques for effective decision-making: Zero to Five for Consensus, The Four Decision Modes, and The Decision Chart.

6 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.

Price: $25

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

MEETING MASTERY

Consider the significant time your team invests in meetings each week. Is your team (and all the teams within your organization) making the most of this valuable time? Our tool offers a comprehensive set of practical techniques for planning and conducting team meetings that enhance accountability, efficiency, and follow-through. We cover various aspects, from meeting structure and roles to time management, engagement strategies, and feedback collection for continuous improvement.

In virtually any collaborative work setting, meetings play a vital role. The effectiveness of these meetings greatly impacts your team's overall performance, and that's precisely what our Corentus Meeting Mastery tool aims to improve. We've refined this tool from our extensive research, training, and global client feedback spanning over 25 years. We've translated intricate concepts into clear, straightforward language and distilled sophisticated methods into easy-to-follow guidelines. Meeting Mastery has been tested and perfected with teams worldwide, and we're here to share it with you to enhance your group and team collaboration.

for TRAINING | Meeting Mastery

Tried, tested, and refined through our work with client teams around the world for nearly 30 years, this tool provides a comprehensive set of best practices for optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of team meetings. Key components of this tool include:

  • Meeting Ownership

  • Meeting Planning

  • Work Session Roles

  • Facilitation Functions

  • Meeting Follow-Up

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE  
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$350 per person/109 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

ON DEMAND | ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE   
A Train the Trainer Course that provides you with the skills and knowledge to train others. Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$420 per person/157 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Meeting Mastery, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

for FLASHCARDS | Meeting Mastery

Elevate meeting effectiveness while avoiding common pitfalls and inefficiencies. 
Includes: Meeting Owner Responsibilities, O-P-O Framework, Meeting Openings, Structured Meeting Closings, Meeting Roles, Action Logs, and Decision Logs.

6 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.

Price: $25

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

for WORKBOOKS | Meeting Mastery

When working in groups or teams, meetings are often a necessary part of the process. Unfortunately—more often than not—they can prove to be inefficient and unproductive. But don't worry, we have a solution!

Our Corentus Meeting Mastery tool—which has been tried, tested, and refined through our work with client teams around the world for almost 30 years—is now available in an easy-to-use, activity-filled Participant Workbook!

Price: $35

MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Mutual Accountability is a cornerstone of effective teamwork. Accountable team members generate respect, drive performance, and produce results. The key to success is establishing a process to ensure that clear, focused commitments are made and kept—and, in cases where they are not kept, are dealt with in a constructive, productive manner. With this tool, you’ll learn skills and tools to master every step of the accountability process, from initial action generation and agreement-making to execution, progress management, and follow-up.

for TRAINING | Mutual Accountability

Tried, tested, and refined through our work with client teams around the world for nearly 30 years, this tool provides a comprehensive set of best practices for generating respect, driving performance, and producing results. Key components of this tool include:

  • The Accountability Framework ​

  • Clear Request vs. Soft Asks​

  • TASTY and TAST-D​

  • Clear Commitments vs. Hedging​

  • Accountability Breakdown Protocol​

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE   
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$350 per person/102 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Mutual Accountability, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

for FLASHCARDS | Mutual Accountability

Generate mutual respect, drive performance, and produce results.
Includes: The Accountability Framework, Clear Requests vs. Soft Asks, TASTY, TAST-D, Clear Commitments vs. Hedges, Linking Agreements with Consequences, and Accountability Breakdown Protocol.

8 double-sided 5” x 7” cards. 

Price: $25

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

RACI CHARTING AND DECISION MAKING (RACI-D)

Some of the most pervasive and persistent team challenges stem directly from lack of clarity around roles, responsibilities, and authority levels. Consequences range from inefficiencies (such as duplicated work or delayed execution) to destructive interpersonal conflicts. This tool provides a user-friendly introduction to the well-known RACI methodology, with a number of upgrades that bring new insights for even the most experienced RACI users. One of our key upgrades is the expansion of RACI to include decision-making responsibilities through what we call RACI-D charting.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool RACI Charting & Decision Making (RACI-D), either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $5,000 per cohort/90-minutes
In-Person | approx $25,000 per day
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options

for TRAINING | RACI Charting & Decision Making (RACI-D)

This team tool provides a user-friendly introduction to the well-known RACI methodology, with several upgrades that bring new insights for even the most experienced RACI users.

One of our key upgrades is the expansion of RACI to include decision-making responsibilities through what we call RACI-D charting. This tool teaches how to use RACI-D charts to clearly define who is accountable, responsible, consulted, and informed for any activity or decision; how to refine decision responsibilities using decision modes; and how to avoid common errors (such as under- and over-involvement), using two quick RACI-D checklists.

ON DEMAND | CORE COMPETENCY COURSE 
Immediate access, SCORM compliant, action guides, and additional materials in .pdf.

$210 per person/111 minutes 
Contact us for corporate training solutions and quantity discounts.

for FLASHCARDS | RACI Charting & Decision Making (RACI-D)

This tool teaches how to use RACI-D charts to clearly define who is accountable, responsible, consulted, and informed for any activity or decision; how to refine decision responsibilities using decision modes; and how to avoid common errors (such as under- and over-involvement), using two quick RACI-D checklists.​

3 double-sided 5” x 7” cards. 

Price: $15

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

TEAM TOOL SETS

COURSES & TRAININGS

for TRAINING | Essentials of Teaming: Frameworks & Tools for Elevating Team Performance

Ready to create highly effective teams? Unlock time-tested methods, tools, and frameworks to assess and optimize team performance. Bring Essentials of Teaming to your team or organization to foster:

  • Deeper appreciation of what drives team effectiveness, and what gets in the way

  • Knowledge and practice of the three Corentus Team Models

    • Corentus Team Operating Modes™

    • Corentus Team Wheel™ 

    • Team Life Cycle 

  • Knowledge and practice of three Corentus Team Tools

    • Meeting Mastery

    • Decision Making

    • Mutual Accountability

TEAM TOOLS FLASHCARDS

Reinforcers for Team Leaders, Team Members, and Team Development Practitioners

Put the power of Corentus Team Tools at your fingertips with these easy-to-use, full-color flashcard sets. Learn, review, practice, and apply the time-tested frameworks and techniques we’ve used to help clients around the world resolve real issues and achieve real results for nearly 30 years. 

  • RACI Charting and Decision Making: Clarify roles and responsibilities for any team activity or decision. 3 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.  

  • Meeting Mastery: Elevate meeting effectiveness while avoiding common pitfalls and inefficiencies. 6 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.  

  • Decision Making: Optimize the clarity and effectiveness of team decision making. 6 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.  

  • Communication Essentials: Identify and develop habits that promote healthy communication. 5 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.

  • Challenging Conversations: Learn to manage three types of difficult discussions. 5 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.  

  • Mutual Accountability: Generate respect, drive performance, and produce results. 8 double-sided 5” x 7” cards.  

To Order:
Email our Chief of Practitioner Development, Support, & Care at Bryan.Pflaum@Corentus.com to learn more, for quantity discounts, and place your order.

TEAM TOOLS WORKBOOKS

Reinforcers for Team Leaders, Team Members, and Team Development Practitioners

Unleash the potential of Corentus Team Tools with these immersive Participant Workbooks, designed to empower you with a robust and interactive learning experience. Dive deep into our time-tested frameworks and techniques that have successfully guided clients worldwide for almost three decades, allowing you to learn, reflect, practice, and apply these invaluable tools. 

  • Decision Making: Gain quick access to the key components of a comprehensive, structured approach to making decisions, as well as activities and reflections. 39 full-color pages. $30 + shipping and tax.  

  • Meeting Mastery: Gain a comprehensive set of best practices that can help you facilitate productive meetings that achieve your team's goals. 67 full-color pages. $35 + shipping and tax.

LIVE VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY, ADVANCED, AND OBTAINING MASTERY TRAINING
Our live course in our Corentus Team Tool Essentials of Teaming: Frameworks & Tools for Elevating Team Performance, either virtual or in-person. Off the shelf or tailored to your specific goals and outcomes — choose from three levels: core competencies, advanced, and obtaining mastery.

Virtual | $28,500 per cohort/4 half-days
In-Person | Duration and rate will vary. Please contact us for additional details.
Duration and rate vary based on the desired experience by the client
Available worldwide, both virtually and on-site, with multilingual options