General FAQ

Questions:

What is Rising Team?
How does it work?
How do Development Kits work?
How do Connection kits work?
What results can I expect and how quickly?
How much time does it require from my team?
Does the order I do the kits in matter?
Where does the content for the sessions come from? Is it based on a specific methodology or research?
What do the team assessments include or consist of?

Answers:

What is Rising Team?

Rising Team helps leaders and their teams grow together by equipping managers to easily host meaningful team development experiences around key leadership themes. Each Rising Team Kit covers one topic and includes training for the leader and a fun, interactive experience for the team. Equally effective for in-person, remote, or hybrid teams, our software does the work of a professional facilitator. So just hit Start and follow the prompts, and by the end of each session your team will feel more connected, learn key skills, and increase team effectiveness.

How does it work?

A subscription to Rising Team includes access to all Rising Team kits.

	Development Kits	Connection Kits	Minis
Purpose	New leadership skill	Team bonding
Suggested prep time	20-30 minutes	5-10 minutes	None required
Average session run time	1.5-2 hours	45 to 60 minutes	15 minutes
When to do them	Every 4-6 weeks	Every 4-6 weeks. May alternate with learning kits	As often as weekly

Here is a link to see the latest library of all Kits.

How do Development Kits work?

Each kit covers a new leadership theme based on what research shows drives team success and engagement, such as Psychological Safety, Appreciation, and Clear Expectations.

The kits all follow the same steps:

Schedule the session with your team. Make time on your calendar to invest in yourself and your team. Average sessions run 90 minutes, and larger teams may take two hours. We recommend running a session every 4-6 weeks for the healthiest team dynamics.
Prepare for the session. We get you up to speed on the topic with just a half-hour or so of prep: read or listen to the research-based training articles, review a screencast of how the session will work, and try out the interactive exercise in advance.
Run the session. You just click Start and follow the prompts. Our software takes care of everything including warmups, learning goals, interactive team activities, data summaries, reflections, and even countdown timers.

How do Connection Kits work?

Connection Kits work the same way as a Development Kit, only with less time commitment and more focus purely on team connection. You can find them on the Kits tab. We recommend alternating these with the Development Kits, and aim to do one or the other once every 4-6 weeks.

What results can I expect and how quickly?

Teams that do at least three Rising Team sessions see a lift in nearly all team health metrics, including intent to stay at their company and how much they feel appreciated. More than 90% of our users say they learn something valuable, feel more connected, and believe they’ll work more effectively together as a team after the very first session! And they say that these benefits grow with each session. So you can see results right away, and see increased value by consistently running Rising Team sessions.

In fact, using Rising Team addresses the issues that a recent McKinsey study* highlighted as the most important drivers of the Great Resignation—helping people feel valued, giving people a sense of belonging, and building trust and care among teammates.

The question is, how quickly can you schedule your first session?

*The Great Attrition or the Great Attraction; The Choice is Yours - Sept. 2021

How much time does it require from me and from my team?

We recommend running one Development Kit, one Connection Kit, and a few Minis each quarter. All in, that is 3-4 hours of time. In a 40 hour workweek, there are 520 hours in a quarter, so this is less than 1% of your time. We hear from some people that they are too busy to fit in time for these sessions. We know everyone has a lot going on! That’s why we made these sessions so compact. In a world where nearly half of all employees are actively thinking about leaving their job in the next 3 to 6 months, Rising Team helps you address the human issues underlying this trend: helping people feel valued, giving people a sense of belonging, and building trust and care among teammates.

Does the order I do the kits in matter?

We recommend that you follow our curated order or the order recommended by your company, because we order the kits based on the combination of science and experience so that teams start with foundational items like Working Styles and then build upon those foundations over time.

That said, we give you access to all the available kits so if there is something that feels like a pressing need for your team, you can change the order. For instance, if your company recently ran an engagement survey and found areas that are low, you can choose kits that tie to those specific areas of engagement.

We’ll also regularly be adding new kits, so keep an eye out for new topics that may be relevant to your team.

Where does the content for the sessions come from? Is it based on a specific methodology or research?

The Rising Team content is based on the latest science and research about what drives successful teams, blended with over 25 years of experience leading winning teams at some of the world’s top companies. Our content is developed by our founder, Jennifer Dulski, as well as other leadership experts, like LinkedIn Learning expert, Christine DiDonato, and others.

What do the team assessments include or consist of?

Each proprietary team activity or assessment is developed by Rising Team uniquely for the team session and the leadership topic it covers. Some of the assessments (like the Motivators charts and the User Manual) have been used by our founder, Jennifer Dulski, over many years with her own teams and are now being productized into software, while others are newly developed for Rising Team.

All of the activities and assessments are tested by real teams before we launch them to ensure they meet our standards for usability, accuracy, and value.

Our quiz-style exercises (like Talents and Crisis Responder Types) are meant to be self-reported results, not scientific assessments. Overall, we get high accuracy scores, with an average accuracy rating of 4.3 out of 5 (where 4 is accurate and 5 is very accurate).