Sometimes a team looks fine from the outside.
People turn up, get the work done and attend the meetings. But underneath, communication might be harder than it needs to be, decisions might take too long, or certain people might keep rubbing each other up the wrong way.
And sometimes you can’t quite put your finger on why.
That’s where team diagnostics can help.
Using tools such as MBTI and DiSC, we help individuals and teams understand how they prefer to communicate, make decisions, respond to change and interact with others.
It’s not about putting people in boxes.
It’s about understanding the different people within your team — and what those differences mean for the way you work together.
We might explore:
The questionnaire is the starting point.
Individual feedback helps people understand their own results, before we look at the bigger picture as a team.
What are we naturally good at?
Where might we be making things harder for ourselves?
Are differences in communication creating unnecessary frustration?
And what could we do differently?
One of the most useful things about diagnostics is the change in perspective.
“Oh, that’s why they do that.”
“I hadn’t realised that’s how I come across.”
“Maybe they’re not being difficult — they just approach things differently to me.”
Those moments can turn frustration into understanding.
And understanding gives you something to work with.
The aim isn’t to hand everyone a personality profile and send them back to work.
The insights can become the starting point for team development, coaching, facilitated conversations or work on communication, decision-making and relationships.
Better understanding. Better conversations. Better ways of working together.
Team diagnostics can be useful when a team has grown or changed, new people or managers have joined, communication feels harder than it should, or there are recurring misunderstandings and tensions.
You don’t need to know exactly what’s wrong.
“Something isn’t quite working, but I can’t put my finger on what” is actually a pretty good place to start.
Wondering whether team diagnostics could help?
Phone: 01691 700800
Email: heather@salt‑solutions.co.uk
Whatsapp/Text: 07843 006984
