Creating Team Alignment On Cloverleaf Use
Maximizing Team Trust & Potential
Using Thinking Style Insights to Mitigate Conflict
Creating Dynamic Project Teams
As a leader, Cloverleaf becomes your strategic partner, giving you tailored insights to manage your team with precision and empathy. It’s not just a tool—it’s your edge in unlocking potential and navigating challenges. By tapping into Cloverleaf’s dynamic features, talent leaders can empower you to make data-driven decisions that matter most, driving performance and fostering growth. Discover how Cloverleaf helps you lead with confidence, turning everyday moments into opportunities for impactful leadership.
Creating Team Alignment On Cloverleaf Use
A leader must share the “why” around Cloverleaf use that makes a difference for their specific team.
What can Cloverleaf provide? Here are some ways a leader can position Cloverleaf with their team depending on a team’s needs:
Strengthening Team Dynamics
“Cloverleaf helps us understand each other’s strengths and communication styles, building better relationships and minimizing misunderstandings.”
Enhancing Project Alignment
“By highlighting our individual strengths, Cloverleaf ensures we’re in the right roles, making our projects more efficient and reducing friction.”
On-the-Spot Coaching
“Cloverleaf offers personalized, real-time insights tailored to our day-to-day work, helping us grow without disrupting our flow.”
Fostering a Growth Culture
“Cloverleaf gives us deeper insights, enabling more effective feedback and creating a positive environment focused on strengths.”
Smarter, Data-Driven Decisions
“With Cloverleaf, we have clear insights to guide team roles and collaboration strategies, helping us work smarter and achieve better results.”
Agree on HOW and WHEN you will use Cloverleaf:
Insights search for conversation prep
Cloverleaf Reflections for self and other awareness (agree on frequency)
Team Meetings/Teams/Slack: Sharing tips/Recognition
Calendar Integration for meeting preparation.
For more detailed guidance on how to create a custom challenge or boost team engagement on Cloverleaf, view our previous webinar and resource for ideas HERE.
Maximizing Team Trust & Potential
Team trust is the foundation of high performance. When trust is present, team members feel safe to share ideas, take risks, and communicate openly—leading to better collaboration and faster problem-solving. Trust reduces friction, minimizes misunderstandings, and increases accountability, which directly impacts productivity and team outcomes.
Cloverleaf offers a jumping off point for giving individuals language to begin creating or repairing trust if it’s been lost or broken down.
This isn’t just another icebreaker – it’s a chance to deepen team understanding and build stronger, more effective connections. In a 45-60 minute session, your team of 6-10 members can discover not just what they do well, but why it matters for the entire group. It’s a powerful exercise that transforms surface-level awareness into actionable insights.
Here’s How It Works:
Prepare Before the Meeting:
Ask each team member to log in to Cloverleaf and click “VIEW PUBLIC PROFILE” on their dashboard.
Have them review their personalized tips in the Leadership, Motivation, and Workstyle categories. They should choose one tip that highlights a strength they contribute to the team.
Next, they’ll explore their Development tips and identify an area of growth. Encourage them to think about one specific action they can take to improve in this area.
During the Meeting:
As the facilitator, guide each team member to share their chosen strengths and development areas. The focus here is on listening – invite the rest of the team to jot down any insights or surprises as they hear from each person.
This isn’t about critiquing or problem-solving in the moment; it’s about learning and understanding what everyone brings to the table and how they can grow together.
Wrap Up with Reflections:
To close the session, invite team members to share what stood out to them. What did they learn about their colleagues that they didn’t know before? What strengths can they lean on? What growth areas can they support?
This exercise does more than just help team members know each other better – it builds trust and creates a shared commitment to personal and team growth. Managers will find it invaluable as it provides a real-time view into the unique dynamics of their team, allowing them to foster collaboration and address development needs effectively.
Using Thinking Style Insights to Mitigate Conflict
Navigating team conflict can feel like a delicate balancing act, but it often stems from different thinking styles rather than clashing personalities. This quick exercise uses Cloverleaf’s Thinking Style Comparison tool to give you, the leader, deeper insight into how your team members process information, make decisions, and approach challenges. By identifying and understanding these differences early on, you can address friction proactively, turn potential conflicts into opportunities for growth, and guide your team towards stronger, more effective collaboration. You may want to have met 1-1 with each person prior to meeting with both people, but the below exercise seeks to promote mutual understanding and gain agreement between both parties.
Setup (5 Minutes)
Log in to the Cloverleaf Team Dashboard and access the Thinking Style Comparison feature.
Step 1: Explore Key Differences with Assessment Prompts (5 Minutes)
Use these prompts to identify insights based on Cloverleaf assessments:
16Types: What are each other's likely causes of conflict? How are they alike or different? What other differences do you notice that could cause friction?
Enneagram: What are the key differences in communication, work style and sources/reactions to conflict that might be at play in this situation? What do you understand about the other person by seeing these differences?
DISC: How similar or diverse are your DISC types and how does that show up in how you both work together?
Step 2: Discuss Insights with the Team Members (10 Minutes)
Share these differences neutrally, and ask:
“How might these preferences be influencing how you both approach this situation?”
“Where do you see opportunities for these styles to complement each other?”
Step 3: Create an Action Plan (5 Minutes)
Agree on one actionable step (e.g., allowing extra time for detailed analysis before making quick decisions or balancing big-picture ideas with practical details).
Set a quick check-in to see if the change helps reduce tension.
Wrap-Up (5 Minutes)
Reflect: “What’s one new thing you learned about your teammate’s approach?”
Commit: “What’s one adjustment you’ll make in your next interaction?”
Creating Dynamic Project Teams
Building the right team for a project is key to success. Using the Cloverleaf Dashboard Builder, you can take a data-driven approach to assemble teams that are not only diverse in skills but also balanced in working styles. This quick exercise will guide you through creating a dynamic project team tailored for optimal performance.
Step 1: Define the Project Needs (5 Minutes)
Start by listing the key skills, strengths, and roles needed for your project. Consider:
Do you need creative problem-solvers or detail-oriented planners?
Is the project fast-paced, requiring quick decisions, or more analytical and research-heavy?
Step 2: Use the Dashboard Builder to Filter Team Members (10 Minutes)
Open the Dashboard Builder on your Cloverleaf account.
Filter team members based on relevant strengths and assessment insights:
16Types: Look for team members with complementary preferences (e.g., pairing big-picture Intuitive types with detail-oriented Sensing types).
DISC: Balance High D (Dominance) types for decision-making with High S (Steadiness) types for supportive collaboration.
Enneagram: Mix different Enneagram types to bring a blend of creativity, leadership, and empathy (e.g., Type 3 for results, Type 9 for team harmony).
Step 3: Review and Refine the Team (5 Minutes)
Check the proposed team for balance:
Ensure you have a mix of strategic thinkers, implementers, and those who can bridge communication gaps.
Look for potential blind spots, like too many dominant personalities or a lack of creative thinkers, and adjust accordingly.
Step 4: Communicate the Team Formation (5 Minutes)
Share the selected team members and explain why they were chosen based on their unique strengths and thinking styles. Highlight how each person’s contributions will help the project succeed.