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Lift team engagement & performance

Equip managers to easily run science-backed team development sessions that build connection and trust
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Move the needle on engagement

85%

of core engagement scores see a significant increase after just 3 Rising Team sessions.

"We were so pleased with how Rising Team moved our employee engagement scores during our pilot that we decided to roll it out throughout the company. Now leaders at all levels can easily guide their teams through meaningful conversations that create greater connection, belonging, and engagement."
– SVP & Dir. of Organizational Effectiveness
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Increase retention through connection

90%+

of managers and team members agree or strongly agree they feel more connected to their team

Build an inclusive culture that allows for employees to have meaningful conversations, be their authentic selves, and understand their colleagues better. After just 3 sessions, more than 20% of people report an increase in how long they intend to stay at their company.
Grow successful leaders at all levels

90%+

of managers and team members agree or strongly agree they learn something valuable in each Rising Team session

Leaders from CEO’s to first-time managers are using Rising Team to become stronger coaches and save time planning and leading the important conversations that make their team members feel valued. Team leads not only learn new concepts, but also actively practice those skills with their teams.
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Safety
Unconscious
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Managing to
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Give & Take
Long-term
Career Growth
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Clear Goals &
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Visioning

Move the needle on metrics & culture

100%

of customers see increased engagement scores

100%

of participants report increased psychological safety

90%+

of participants feel more connected to their teams

Improved manager effectiveness

My manager actively coaches & develops me
My manager has my best interests in mind
My manager welcomes my input & feedback
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“We see a direct correlation between leaders who run regular Rising Team sessions and teams with higher employee engagement and experience scores.”

-SVP Organizational Effectiveness, Bank of Hawaii

How does this work?

Rising Team equips managers to run team-building sessions just like a professional facilitator.

Start with a suggested topic

We'll recommend sessions based on your specific goals. Or, explore our library and select from dozens of science-backed topics proven to improve team performance.

Meet virtually or in-person

Use your video communications platform or gather face-to-face, and then everyone joins the Rising Team session on their desktop or mobile devices.

Lead your team through an awesome experience

The software guides your group through ground rules, warm-ups, activities, and reflections, just like a facilitator would do.

Feel the connection, and see the impact.

View team satisfaction scores and results immediately after the session, and watch engagement rise over time.

Start with a suggested topic

We'll recommend sessions based on your specific goals. Or, explore our library and select from dozens of science-backed topics proven to improve team performance.

Meet virtually or in-person

Use your video communications platform or gather face-to-face, and then everyone joins the Rising Team session on their desktop or mobile devices.

Lead your team through an awesome experience

The software guides your group through ground rules, warm-ups, activities, and reflections, just like a facilitator would do.

Feel the connection, and see the impact.

View team satisfaction scores and results immediately after the session, and watch engagement rise over time.

"It's drop dead simple. I’m convinced any leader can facilitate a productive team development session by just following the directions and sharing their screen."

— Talent Development Director, Fortune 500 Company

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Will my managers & teams like it?
Absolutely.

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"This was probably the best team building exercise I’ve ever done."
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— Product Manager
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"My team loves Rising Team sessions, and they eagerly wait for the next one. It’s a phenomenal experience."
Data Analyst
— Software Engineer
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"I just have to share the DM I got today after the Rising Team session: ‘OMG, that was exactly what I didn't know I needed!’"
Data Analyst
— Marketing Team Leader
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"This is an incredible tool to build transparency, trust, and clearer communication amongst teams, and I love it! I can see a tangible difference in my team as a result of these sessions."
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— Project Manager
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"I just got this message from a colleague: ‘I am still floating on a gratitude cloud after our time together earlier today.’”
Data Analyst
— SVP People Ops
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"Our employees are saying ‘Wow, I feel a different kind of connection with my leader.’”
Data Analyst
— SVP Organizational Effectiveness
Microsoft full color logo
"This was probably the best team building exercise I’ve ever done."
Data Analyst
— Product Manager
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"My team loves Rising Team sessions, and they eagerly wait for the next one. It’s a phenomenal experience."
Data Analyst
— Software Engineer
Weight Watches logo
"I just have to share the DM I got today after the Rising Team session: ‘OMG, that was exactly what I didn't know I needed!’"
Data Analyst
— Marketing Team Leader
Spencer Stuart logo
"This is an incredible tool to build transparency, trust, and clearer communication amongst teams, and I love it! I can see a tangible difference in my team as a result of these sessions."
Data Analyst
— Project Manager
Evercommerce logo
"I just got this message from a colleague: ‘I am still floating on a gratitude cloud after our time together earlier today.’”
Data Analyst
— SVP People Ops
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"Our employees are saying ‘Wow, I feel a different kind of connection with my leader.’”
Data Analyst
— SVP Organizational Effectiveness

How it works

Rising Team gives you tools to easily run meaningful team experiences
that help your team connect and grow together.

Designed for all types of team goals, meeting lengths, and group sizes

Run a Rising Team kit during a dedicated team session, or incorporate one into your next standup, all-hands, or large-group offsite.
CONNECTION KITS
Sessions designed for building meaningful team connection.
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45-60 minutes
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Up to 14 users/session
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Sample kits: Lifelines, 5 Senses, Guess Who
DEVELOPMENT KITS
Sessions that build leadership skills and generate team insights.
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90-120 minutes
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Up to 14 users/session
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Sample kits: Psychological safety, Appreciation, Natural talents
JUMBO KITS
Sessions designed for large group connection and learning.
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45-60 minutes
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Up to 1K users
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Sample kits: Resilience, Motivators, Guess Who
DESIGN YOUR OWN
Create experiential workshops scalable to your full org based on your own leadership principles.

Time & Users - up to you!
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SAMPLE CONNECTION KITS:
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Lifelines
Within this session, every team member will have the opportunity to engage in personal reflection and openly share three significant life events with the group.
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5 Senses
Within this session, each team member will have the chance to delve into self-reflection and share personal experiences using the five senses as a means of expression.
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Guess Who
In this session, you will engage in a brief warm-up exercise to discover shared interests and individual uniqueness, followed by another activity designed to unveil lesser-known aspects about each other.
SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT KITS:
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Psychological safety
Learn why Psychological Safety is important and how to create it in your team. Build trust and connection by discovering unique working styles and team dynamics.
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Appreciation
Learn why frequent and personalized appreciation is important for your team. Discover each person's unique preferences and get a chance to practice giving and receiving appreciation together.
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Natural talents
Learn about the power of natural talents and how they can help your team succeed. Identify each person’s top talents to maximize the potential of each individual and the team as a whole.
SAMPLE MINI KITS:
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That’s My Jam
Share a song that makes you feel energized.
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Better Day
What’s one thing that instantaneously makes your day better at work?
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Hopes & Dreams
Name a personal dream or goal you want to achieve in the next 5-10 years.
SAMPLE JUMBO KITS:
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Resilience
Learn about the power of resilience and how to build it as individuals and as a team. Identify future strategies you each want to try and the resilience superpowers that each person brings to the team.
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Motivators
Understanding what motivates us can be the key to meeting our goals. Discover what motivates each member of your team and use that knowledge to help them find success and fulfillment.
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Guess Who
Connection boosts are focused on relationship building and fun rather than skill development and require very little prep. During this session you will do a quick warm-up to surface commonalities and uniqueness, then another activity to surface things about each other you may not already know.

"In my 30+ years of organizational development and instruction design, Rising Team is the best product I've ever seen."

— VP DEI and Learning & Development, Achieve

Explore Session Topics

Our sessions cover a wide range of topics that drive team performance and are based on the latest research from experts like Amy Edmondson, Timothy R. Clark, Adam Grant, and many others.
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Psychological safety

Learn why Psychological Safety is important and how to create it in your team. Build trust and connection by discovering unique working styles and team dynamics.

Psychological safety
Natural talents

Learn about the power of natural talents and how they can help your team succeed. Identify each person’s top talents to maximize the potential of each individual and the team as a whole.

Natural talents
Appreciation

Learn why frequent and personalized appreciation is important for your team. Discover each person's unique preferences and get a chance to practice giving and receiving appreciation together.

Appreciation
Clear expectations

Clarifying expectations reduces confusion and helps everyone to succeed. Learn a framework for clarifying goals and practice applying it to a real work example.

Clear expectations
Career horizons

Help your team members design and articulate their long-term career goals, and learn how current projects can help them get there. Our Horizons exercise makes it easy and fun.

Career horizons
Resilience

Learn about the power of resilience and how to build it as individuals and as a team. Identify future strategies you each want to try and the resilience superpowers that each person brings to the team.

Resilience
Motivators

Understanding what motivates us can be the key to meeting our goals. Discover what motivates each member of your team and use that knowledge to help them find success and fulfillment.

Motivators
Feedback culture

The right piece of feedback at the right time can have a dramatic effect on team outcomes. Hone your skills delivering peer feedback and learn a new model to help remember the elements that make feedback useful.

Feedback culture
Learning agility

Learning agility—the ability to learn how to learn—helps us be more productive, better navigate our careers, and increases our potential for growth. Explore what it is and how to increase it individually and as a team.

Learning agility
Crisis response

Sometimes we find ourselves having to respond to urgent, difficult situations at work that need our immediate attention. Learn more about your team’s natural crisis response superpowers and develop a plan for how to respond to a potential crisis situation.

Crisis response
Connection Kits

These sessions to build stronger connections across the team. Focused on relationship building and fun rather than skill development. Do these as often as you like! We recommend once every 4-6 weeks.

Connection Kits