THE FIVE BEHAVIORS®
Build Stronger, More Cohesive Teams
Strong teams don't happen by accident. They are built through trust, productive communication, and shared accountability. Jennifer Maxson & Associates helps organizations strengthen team effectiveness through The Five Behaviors®, a research-backed team development experience based on Patrick Lencioni's best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Powered by Everything DiSC®, The Five Behaviors™ helps teams build trust, navigate conflict, strengthen accountability, and achieve better results together.
Whether you're developing a leadership team or building a stronger culture of collaboration across your organization, The Five Behaviors™ provides practical strategies teams can apply immediately in the workplace.
Common Workplace Challenges
Unproductive Conflict
Important conversations are avoided or handled in ways that create tension instead of better decisions.
Low Trust
Teams hesitate to be vulnerable, limiting open communication and collaboration.
Lack of Shared Accountability
When expectations aren’t clearly communicated, ownership and follow-through begin to break down.
Misalignment
Without shared priorities, teams lose clarity around expectations and organizational goals.
Even high-performing teams encounter these challenges. The Five Behaviors® helps organizations build the trust, communication, and accountability needed to strengthen collaboration and achieve better results together.
Our Approach to Team Development
Jennifer Maxson & Associates helps organizations strengthen team effectiveness through facilitated learning experiences built around The Five Behaviors® framework.
Rather than serving as a one-time assessment, The Five Behaviors® helps teams develop the behaviors that build trust, encourage productive conflict, strengthen accountability, and improve collaboration over time. Through personalized insights, facilitated discussion, and practical application, teams develop a shared language that creates lasting behavioral change.
Shared Language
Create a common framework that strengthens communication and collaboration across teams.
Trust & Productive Conflict
Build the trust needed to have honest conversations and navigate disagreement productively.
Actionable Strategies
Turn assessment insights into everyday behaviors that improve teamwork and performance.
Sustainable Growth
Reinforce learning through coaching and continued development that helps teams sustain new behaviors.
The Five Behaviors® Solutions
Jennifer Maxson & Associates offers two The Five Behaviors® experiences designed to strengthen teamwork across organizations. Whether developing an intact team or building a culture of collaboration, each experience provides practical tools participants can apply immediately.
Trust
Conflict
Commitment
Accountability
Results
The Five Behaviors® Team Development
Designed for intact teams, Team Development helps participants understand how they work together and where they have opportunities to grow. Using The Five Behaviors® framework and Everything DiSC® insights, teams strengthen trust, encourage productive conflict, increase accountability, and stay focused on collective results. Participants receive personalized insights and team reports that help identify opportunities for growth and create action plans that strengthen collaboration long after the workshop ends.
Ideal For
Leadership teams
Departments
Established work groups (5-12 participants)
Format
Half-Day in-person or virtual
The Five Behaviors® Personal Development
Personal Development is designed for individuals who want to become stronger teammates, regardless of the team they currently serve on. Rather than focusing on one intact team, participants learn how their own behaviors influence collaboration and develop skills they can carry from one team, project, or department to the next.
Organizations benefit by creating a shared language of teamwork across the workplace, helping employees build stronger relationships, improve collaboration, and contribute more effectively to every team they join.
Ideal For
Individual contributors
Cross-functional teams
Managers and emerging leaders
Organization-wide development
Format
One-day
three-day virtual
in-person experience
Flexible Facilitation That Fits Your Organization
Every organization approaches team development differently. Jennifer Maxson & Associates offers flexible implementation options based on your goals, internal resources, and leadership priorities. Whether you’re introducing The Five Behaviors® for the first time or expanding it across your organization, we’ll help you determine the right approach for your team.
Facilitated by Jennifer Maxson & Associates
Jennifer Maxson & Associates facilitates engaging virtual and in-person experiences tailored to your organization’s goals, culture, and team dynamics. Participants gain personalized insights, practical tools, and meaningful opportunities to strengthen how they work together.
Support for Internal Facilitators
Already have internal learning and development resources? We can provide assessments, implementation guidance, and facilitator support to help your organization successfully deliver The Five Behaviors™ from within.
Many organizations also reinforce learning through follow-up coaching and team reports that measure progress, strengthen accountability, and sustain growth over time.
Explore The Five Behaviors® for Your Organization
Not sure which Five Behaviors® experience is the best fit for your organization? Share what you’re exploring, and the team at Jennifer Maxson & Associates will help guide the conversation.