A Solution Focused Team Management Profile (TMP) Debrief is an energising, strengths-based session that helps teams discover what already works, what they want more of, and the small, practical steps that move them forward. Rather than analysing problems or deficits, the session centres on people’s best hopes, real examples of success, and the unique strengths each person brings to the Types of Work and RIDO preferences in the TMP.

Through guided conversations, interactive activities, and reflective exercises, the team uncovers the resources that have helped them thrive so far and identifies what progress will look like in clear, observable terms. Participants leave with a deeper understanding of themselves and each other—alongside simple, confidence-building actions that strengthen collaboration, communication, and team performance.

A Solution Focused TMP Debrief helps teams grow by building on their proven successes, not by fixing what isn’t broken. It’s practical, positive, and focused on what matters most: making work better in ways everyone can notice.

What to expect as a first session towards change

 

3.5 hours | Using TMP Report & Personal Discovery Workbook

20 mins – Opening & Shared Best Hopes

Purpose: Establish psychological safety, clarify what a “good session” looks like and start with what’s already working.

Activities:

  • Welcome & purpose reframed as: “What are your best hopes for today’s session, for yourselves and for the team?”

  • Participants pair up for a Best Hopes conversation:

    • “What would be different if today was really useful for you?”

    • “What small signs would show we were moving in that direction?”

  • Scaling check:

    • “On a scale of 1–10, where 10 means you’re already living your best hopes as a team, where are you now?”

    • “What tells you you’re already at that number and not lower?”

  • Brief overview of resources (TMP profile, workbook, app) as tools to notice strengths and successes.

30 mins – Types of Work: Discovering What’s Already Working

Purpose: Connect TMP concepts to real examples of success in the team.

Activities:

  • Introduce Types of Work Wheel only enough to support discovery, not instruction.

  • “Success Mapping” activity:

    • In small groups: “Think of a recent success—small or big—where the team worked well. Which Types of Work were clearly present?”

    • Identify which activities energised each person in those moments.

  • Future-looking prompt:

    • “If tomorrow went one point higher on the scale, which Type(s) of Work would you see more of?”

40 mins – RIDO: Strengths, Preferences & How They Help

Purpose: Highlight resources already in the team.

Activities:

  • Short intro to RIDO framework.

  • SF Line-Up activity:
    Instead of comparing preferences, participants stand on the EI/DA/LL/RW lines and answer:

    • “What’s one example of when this preference helped you be at your best?”

    • “What does the team gain from having people across the spectrum?”

  • Resource Interview in pairs:

    • “Tell me about a time your preference helped solve a challenge.”

    • “What would your colleagues notice if this showed up even 10% more?”

15 mins – Team Management Wheel: What We Already Do Well Together

Purpose: Discover existing team strengths and patterns of effective collaboration.

Activities:

  • Light overview of how RIDO + Types of Work create TMP Roles.

  • Spot the Exceptions:

    • Participants locate their role on the wheel.

    • Prompt: “Where have you seen this role show up in the team recently? What difference did it make?”

15 mins – Your TMP: Personal Success Patterns

Purpose: Help individuals identify what already works in their personal style.

Activities:

  • 3-2-1 Reflection redesigned:

    • 3 things in my profile that describe me at my best

    • 2 examples where I used these successfully

    • 1 thing others might notice when I’m using them more often

  • Optional team version: “Where might our collective brilliance lie?”

50 mins – Team Linking: Building on What Works & Next Signs of Progress

Purpose: Use advanced reports to identify where the team functions well and small next-step improvements.

Activities:

  • Team Resource Mapping:

    • Using the wheel and reports, the group identifies:

      • “Where are we strongest?”

      • “Where have we successfully compensated for gaps?”

  • Pacing Diagnostic Tool used SF-style:

    • “Think of someone you work differently from. What have you already done that helped communication work?”

    • “What small next step could you take that they would notice positively?”

  • Scaling Forward Exercise:

    • Return to earlier scale: “What would a one-point improvement look like in daily behaviour?”

    • Groups describe signs they would notice in themselves, in colleagues, in team outcomes.

10 mins – Solution-Focused Next Steps

Purpose: Turn insights into action that is practical, observable, and already partly happening.

Activities:

  • Tiny Action Planning:

    • “What’s one small action—so small it’s hard to fail—that moves you one step toward your best hopes?”

    • “Who will notice, and how?”

  • Team Commitment Round:

    • Each person shares one observable behaviour they will try.

  • Agree light-touch follow-up:

    • “When should we check in to notice what improved?”