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Team Health Matrix

Monitor team wellbeing across ten evidence-backed dimensions for your entire organization.

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The Team Health Matrix provides an organization-wide view of how teams are performing across ten evidence-backed health dimensions. Use it to quickly identify teams that are thriving and those that may need support.

How It Works

Team health scores come from periodic team health assessments where team members rate their team across ten dimensions on a 1-5 scale. These ratings are aggregated and displayed as percentages.

The Ten Dimensions

Dimension What It Measures
Collaboration How well the team works together
Clarity Understanding of objectives and priorities
Communication Quality and frequency of communication
Wellbeing Team morale and work-life balance
Velocity Speed of delivery and removing blockers
Learning Continuous improvement and development
Safety Psychological safety and trust
Autonomy Freedom to make decisions
Purpose Meaning of work and connection to broader impact
Accountability Follow-through on commitments and mutual standards

Reading the Matrix

Layout

  • Rows represent teams
  • Columns represent dimensions (plus an Overall column)
  • Cells show the percentage score (0-100%)

Heatmap Colors

Cells use a brand color intensity gradient for quick interpretation:

Intensity Score Range Meaning
Dark (saturated) Higher scores Strong team health
Light (faded) Lower scores Needs attention
Gray - No assessments

The deeper the color intensity, the higher the score. This allows you to quickly scan across teams and dimensions to spot areas needing focus (lighter cells) versus areas performing well (darker cells).

Overall Score

The Overall column shows the average across all ten dimensions for each team. This gives you a quick summary of team health.

Matrix Features

Sorting

Click any column header to sort teams by that dimension:

  • First click: Descending (highest first)
  • Second click: Ascending (lowest first)
  • Third click: Reset to default order

This helps you quickly find:

  • Teams struggling in a specific dimension
  • Top-performing teams to learn from

Filtering

Filter by team: Use the dropdown to focus on a specific team's scores.

Hide teams without assessments: Toggle this to show only teams with data, removing teams that haven't completed any assessments.

Team Details

Click any row to navigate to that team's detailed health view, which shows:

  • Historical trends for each dimension
  • Individual assessment breakdown
  • Member-level insights (for team leads)

Interpreting Scores

Healthy Patterns

  • Balanced scores across dimensions indicate overall team health
  • High safety and collaboration often correlate with performance
  • Strong clarity suggests effective leadership

Warning Signs

  • Low safety may suppress honest feedback elsewhere
  • Velocity without wellbeing often leads to burnout
  • Declining trends in multiple dimensions warrant intervention

Dimension Relationships

Some dimensions are interconnected:

If Low Often Impacts
Safety All other dimensions (people won't speak up)
Clarity Velocity, Collaboration
Communication Collaboration, Safety
Wellbeing Velocity, Learning
Purpose Wellbeing, Learning, Autonomy
Accountability Velocity, Collaboration, Clarity

Exporting Data

Click Export CSV to download:

  • All teams with their dimension scores
  • Member count and assessment count per team
  • Overall score calculation

Useful for:

  • Executive presentations
  • Historical trend tracking
  • Cross-team comparisons

Acting on Team Health

Teams with Low Scores

When a team shows low scores:

  1. Identify the weakest dimension - Focus intervention here
  2. Talk to the team lead - Get their perspective
  3. Review recent changes - New members, departures, project stress
  4. Create an action plan - Specific steps to address the dimension

Dimension-Specific Interventions

Dimension Potential Interventions
Collaboration Team building, process improvements
Clarity Better goal setting, clearer priorities
Communication Regular standups, documentation
Wellbeing Workload review, PTO encouragement
Velocity Remove blockers, improve tools
Learning Training budget, learning time
Safety Leadership coaching, anonymous feedback
Autonomy Empowerment initiatives, reduce micromanagement
Purpose Connect work to mission, share customer impact stories
Accountability Make commitments explicit, address missed deadlines constructively

Celebrating High Performers

Teams with consistently high scores:

  • Share their practices with other teams
  • Recognize their achievement
  • Protect them from unnecessary changes

Assessment Coverage

The dashboard shows X of Y teams have assessments, helping you understand data completeness.

Low coverage may indicate:

  • New teams not yet assessed
  • Assessment fatigue
  • Process gaps

Aim for 80%+ coverage for meaningful organization-wide insights.

Privacy Considerations

  • Individual assessment responses are anonymous
  • Only aggregated team scores are displayed
  • Team leads see team aggregates, not individual responses
  • Admins see organization-wide patterns

Best Practices

Review Cadence

  • Weekly: Quick scan for any red cells
  • Monthly: Deep dive into trends
  • Quarterly: Executive review and action planning

Trend Monitoring

Watch for:

  • Sudden drops in any dimension
  • Gradual decline across multiple weeks
  • Consistent low performers

Contextual Understanding

Always consider context:

  • Recent organizational changes
  • Seasonal patterns
  • Project-specific stress