Transform your organization by equipping every leader and team with:
As engaging as an offsite.
More effective than an LMS.
Less than 1% of your time.
Here’s how Rising Team equips managers to run team-building sessions just like a professional facilitator.
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."
Learn more"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."
“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
Organizations see meaningful lifts in key metrics after just one session. And the more sessions they have? The better their results.
(Actual data from Rising Team customers)
"This was probably the best team building exercise I’ve ever done."
"My team loves Rising Team sessions, and they eagerly wait for the next one. It’s a phenomenal experience."
"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!’"
"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."
"I just got this message from a colleague: ‘I am still floating on a gratitude cloud after our time together earlier today.’”
"Our employees are saying ‘Wow, I feel a different kind of connection with my leader.’”
"This was probably the best team building exercise I’ve ever done."
"My team loves Rising Team sessions, and they eagerly wait for the next one. It’s a phenomenal experience."
"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!’"
"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."
"I just got this message from a colleague: ‘I am still floating on a gratitude cloud after our time together earlier today.’”
"Our employees are saying ‘Wow, I feel a different kind of connection with my leader.’”
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"In my 30+ years of organizational development and instruction design, Rising Team is the best product I've ever seen."
AI trained with Rising Team data offers teams actionable, science-backed leadership advice personalized based on insights about each team member.
Absolutely. In all types of work settings, over 90% of those who participate in a single Rising Team session report feeling a stronger connection with their colleagues. The majority of our customers see a significant boost in engagement scores compared to their metrics before rolling-out Rising Team and against control groups that do not participate in Rising Team sessions.
Teams dedicate just 3 to 4 hours quarterly doing Rising Team sessions, a modest investment under 1% of their time, resulting in significant boosts in connection and engagement.
We typically recommend the following cadence for each 90-day quarter:
No, Rising Team works great for in-person and hybrid teams, too.
There is no minimum. Even 2 people can do sessions together. Our current maximum recommended team size is 14. We also offer kits for large team meetings up to 1,000.
Not at all! Our sessions have a 9 out of 10 “likely to recommend” score across all kinds of teams. Read more about what participants say about our sessions. Managers and teams appreciate the fact that our sessions use scientifically-proven leadership frameworks and tools from experts such as Amy Edmondson, Timothy R. Clark, Adam Grant, and many others.
Our sessions are designed to get participants talking, so this won’t be a problem! Sessions start with light warm-ups to help participants get comfortable. Then they move on to more in-depth activities and team discussions that follow. During group share-outs, the tool automatically prompts participants so that everyone gets a turn without having to raise their hand.
Rising Team is beneficial for leaders and teams at every level, from the C–Suite to first-time managers. While many customers often first try Rising Team with senior executives, it’s designed to help leaders gain a deeper understanding of their teams, which is essential at all levels of an organization. Regardless of level, teams value the insights the gather and team bonding that occurs.
Our training is designed to be efficient. Upon program kick-off, we conduct a 60-minute live training session to familiarize team leaders with how to use the platform. Then, for Development Kits, leaders allocate approximately 20 minutes before the session to familiarize themselves with the subject matter and session facilitation.
Our sessions address all the drivers of high performing teams and the key factors measured in employee engagement surveys, like Psychological Safety, Resilience, Career Growth, Conscious Listening, Clear Expectations, Appreciation, Motivators, Gratitude, Feedback, and dozens more. View the full list of kits here.
Rather than rely on a single model or framework, we build our sessions around the most common drivers of high-performing teams as measured by organizations like Gallup, McKinsey, and Harvard Business Review. We incorporate the latest research from leadership experts including Amy Edmondson, Timothy R. Clark, Adam Grant, and many others, as well as learning from 25+ years of leadership experience of our founder, Jennifer Dulski, who teaches leadership at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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.
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.
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.
Clarifying expectations reduces confusion and helps everyone to succeed. Learn a framework for clarifying goals and practice applying it to a real work example.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
