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December 2025: Adapt Without Burning Out: Using Cloverleaf to Support Teams in The New Year

Helping teams communicate better, reduce friction, and stay resilient: without adding more work for HR or managers.

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Written by Jason Miller
Updated over 3 weeks ago

As teams head into the new year, everyone, from individual contributors to leaders, are being asked to adapt quickly while navigating more complexity, cross-functional demands, and higher stress. Cloverleaf unites assessments, AI coaching, and team dynamics data in one platform so teams communicate better, adapt faster, and deliver results.

This session shows you how to use Discover insights, daily coaching, and team dashboards to navigate change, prevent burnout, and strengthen collaboration at every level. Whether you're an individual contributor, people manager, talent leader, or external coach, this resource will help you follow along and apply key concepts during the webinar.

Activity 1: Identify the Insight That Matters Most Right Now

Log in to Cloverleaf and access your home screen: Discover. Let's start with key insights that capture how you typically show up at work.

Select a Prompt to start with depending on what you are dealing with :

If you’re dealing with complexity or shifting priorities…

  • Which of my natural tendencies helps me make progress when things feel complicated?

  • What part of complexity drains me the quickest, and how does that show up in my behaviors?

  • Which insight helps me simplify or re-focus when things get overwhelming?

If you’re experiencing stress or uncertainty…

  • What signals show up in my behavior when I’m under stress?

  • When uncertainty increases, which patterns become more noticeable for me?

  • What helps me stay regulated when deadlines, expectations, or emotions rise?

If your team is changing quickly or adapting to new priorities…

  • Which of my tendencies supports adaptability and keeps [team name] moving forward?

  • Which behaviors help me stay centered when my environment changes suddenly?

  • What insight helps me stay steady so others can rely on me during change?

If you’re trying to stay grounded, productive, or resilient…

  • What reminds me how to return to my best self when things feel chaotic?

  • What habit or tendency stabilizes me when work accelerates?

  • Which pattern supports energy management and keeps burnout at bay?

Try completing this sentence:

One action I can take to stay resilient this month is:

Activity 2: Strengthen Communication as Things Move Faster

Strong communication becomes even more important when priorities shift quickly and teams are stretched. When we are hybrid or virtual things can also easily get lost in translation. The cost of miscommunication can mean re-work, costly errors, client dissatisfaction, missed deadlines, team conflict and more.

Depending on the communication challenges you might be dealing with, select a prompt to create an actionable step as things ramp up to wrap up work for the end of the year.

Prompts:

If you're communicating during fast-moving or shifting priorities

  • What type of communication helps me stay clear and focused when things move quickly?

  • How can I simplify my message so others can act with confidence?

  • What communication habit helps me stay steady when the pace increases?

If you're navigating ambiguity or unclear expectations (if your team is not on cloverleaf, you can use the word “others” instead)

  • What does [team name] need from me when direction or priorities aren’t fully defined?

  • How can I make my assumptions visible so [team name] avoids confusion?

  • What questions would bring more clarity without slowing the [team name] down?

If you're noticing miscommunication or friction

  • Where does miscommunication usually start for me, and what early signal can I watch for?

  • What small adjustment in tone, timing, or detail would strengthen understanding?

  • How can I check alignment before moving forward to reduce rework or tension with [team name]? NOTE: you can also use a person’s name instead of a team’s name

Make it Actionable

What is ONE thing you can see you can do differently when it comes to communication to avoid friction or miscommunication in the next few weeks?

Activity 3: Using Team Thinking Styles to Improve a Challenging Partnership

Go to your Team Dashboard - Team Thinking Styles and choose the teammate you find it hardest to work with. Then, select one of the available assessments to view your side-by-side comparison.

Focus on the descriptions that highlight how each of you tends to approach work, communication, collaboration, and conflict.

Prompts to Reflect On

  • As you read the side-by-side descriptions, what differences in workstyle, pace, or decision-making stand out, and how have they been showing up in your recent interactions?

  • What communication tendencies do you each bring into the relationship, and where might these create tension, misunderstanding, or shutdowns?

  • How do each of you typically approach conflict or stress, and how might these differences be contributing to current friction?

Simple Action

  • Choose one insight from the side-by-side comparison and make a small, intentional adjustment in your next interaction to reduce tension or confusion.

  • Would applying this insight improve our pace, clarity, or connection?

Activity 4: Identify a Team Strength You Can Leverage

You can now leverage Discover right from the team dashboard! It will take you back to the Discover screen, but sometimes looking at the dashboard can be overwhelming. Don’t try to decode it all yourself, lean into Discover to get what you need about understanding the dynamics of your team in specific situations.

Prompts:

  • What does our team naturally do well, even when things get stressful?

  • How can our team avoid burnout as we deal with mounting deadlines?

  • Which tendencies explain why we succeed under pressure?

  • How can we intentionally lean into these strengths as workloads increase?

Try this reflection:

“A team strength we can rely on during change is…”

Create Your 4-Step Plan for Staying Agile & Well

My Personal Focus

One behavior I will practice to stay adaptable is…

My Communication Shift

A communication habit that will help reduce friction is…”

My Team Strength Insight

One insight I will bring to my team as a suggestion is that we…

What Success Looks Like

When the new year starts, I’ll feel more agile and well if…

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