The Best of Us

A shared picture of strengths: make individual strengths visible, recognise common ground and bring them together as a team profile. Make the team's unique strengths visible and use them deliberately for stronger collaboration.

Teams at any stage. Perfect for year-end, kick-offs or as a foundation for further team development.

1. 1

   Arrival & vision

   10 min

   Welcome, short check-in and goal of the session: what makes us special as a team? Agree on the agenda and ground rules together. Goal: create a trusting atmosphere and set the focus.

2. 2

   Individual reflection

   15 min

   Each person chooses their 3–5 most important Strengthmaker talents and notes examples of how they bring them into everyday work. Goal: become aware of one's own strengths and contributions.

3. 3

   Best of You – feedback

   20 min

   In small groups, each person gives the others appreciative feedback: which strengths do I see in you? What impact does this have on the team? Goal: recognise how others see us and our blind spots, and make appreciation tangible.

4. 4

   Best of Us – spotting patterns

   20 min

   Together, the team identifies recurring strengths, complementary talents and distinctive team patterns, visualised on a shared map. Goal: develop a shared picture of the team's strengths.

5. 5

   Transfer: more of this!

   15 min

   The team derives 2–3 concrete initiatives: how do we want to use our strengths more deliberately in future – in the team and in our projects? Goal: capture concrete next steps and shared commitments.

6. 6

   Closing

   10 min

   Short round: key insight, personal take-away and one word for the road ahead. Goal: secure the impact and leave with a positive outlook.

• Facilitation slide (agenda)
• Strength cards (e.g. the 30 Strengthmaker talents)
• Pens
• Large team canvas (e.g. Miro, whiteboard or poster)
• Optional: digital template and Miro board

1. 1Which strengths do we experience particularly often in the team, and with great impact?
2. 2Where do we complement each other really well right now – and where do we still have untapped potential?
3. 3What is one concrete next step to use our strengths even more deliberately in future?

• Use the official 30 Strengthmaker talents to structure the conversations and create a shared understanding.
• Keep the team profile alive: use the result as a poster in the team room and come back to it regularly – e.g. in retros or when planning new projects.
• Longer variant (example 3–4 hours): reflect individually → share in the team → spot patterns → design the team profile → secure the transfer.

• An inspiring team profile: a visual picture of strengths that shows the team's uniqueness – and keeps working in everyday life.
• 2–3 concrete initiatives and shared commitments.