Our Research
Building on metrics and benchmarks from public statistical agencies in Canada, sports unions, and industry bodies, we combine qualitative and quantitative methods to measure and understand team performance through our Team Work Index.
Whether we assess sports organizations or businesses, the underlying challenge is the same: Teamwork is complex. To produce meaningful insight, we analyze multiple components, including organizational structure, recruitment pathways, retention strategies, and operational systems. This integrated approach allows us to generate practical, evidence-based insights into how Small Teams perform and how they can improve.
Team work & Sports Analytics
Our sports analytics work applies the Team Work Index directly to competitive environments. Using performance data, roster continuity, coaching structures, and athlete development pathways, we evaluate how teams build cohesion and sustain results over time. By combining league data, organizational analysis, and on-the-ground observation, we help clubs understand what drives consistent performance and where structural changes can unlock competitive advantage.
Long-term cohesion
At the board and ownership level, our focus is long-term organizational cohesion. Strategy, governance, and leadership alignment determine whether performance can be sustained over multiple seasons or business cycles. We work with boards to assess long-term vision, leadership stability, succession planning, and structural decision-making. The objective is simple: ensure the organization is designed to support continuity, not constant reset. Without alignment at the top, cohesion cannot scale.
Mid-Term cohesion
At the executive and management level, cohesion is shaped through recruitment, retention, and operational decision-making. This layer determines how strategy is translated into roster construction, hiring, and resource allocation. We evaluate recruitment pathways, turnover patterns, role clarity, and organizational structure to understand how decisions made each season either strengthen or weaken continuity. Strong management processes reduce disruption and create stability between seasons.
Day-to-Day cohesion
At the performance level, cohesion is built daily. Coaches, staff, and players are responsible for translating strategy into execution. We analyze communication patterns, role clarity, training environments, and in-season behaviours that influence how teams function under pressure. This is where cohesion becomes visible in real time. When daily processes align with leadership and management decisions, teams perform closer to their full capacity.
Small Business Consulting
The same principles that drive high-performing sports teams apply directly to business. Organizations succeed when leadership is aligned, teams are stable, and execution is consistent. Our corporate work applies the Team Work Index to small and mid-sized businesses to measure how teamwork influences sales performance, operational discipline, and long-term growth. We work with leadership teams to understand how organizational structure, hiring decisions, staff retention, and communication patterns affect business performance.
Our approach evaluates how teams operate across three levels: leadership alignment, management execution, and day-to-day collaboration. By identifying structural friction and gaps in accountability, we help organizations build stronger teams, improve sales performance, and create more predictable growth. The objective is not theory. The objective is measurable improvement in how businesses operate and perform.
