TRAIN WITH US / FITNESS TESTSMost training fails because it starts in the wrong place.
A Fitness Test is our diagnostic process - it gives a clear, systemic assessment of the social fitness of a team, a community or an organisation, and an objective answer to the question everyone skips: where should we actually start?
WHYGut instinct guides how most organisations act on their dynamics.
Designing by intuition alone wastes vast amounts of time and energy, with no real benefit to show for it. Our Fitness Tests replace the crude guessing with detailed baselines, meaning your efforts land where they make a difference.
6 lenses
A structured and comprehensive analysis, so nothing important gets left to intuition and priorities are clear.
3 levels
Can be applied at the level of a team, an organisation, or a community with all its stakeholders.
1 baseline
Leaves you with a starting point that you can measure against, so progress can be monitored.
WHATWhat happens in a Fitness Test
We can cover everything from the history of your group, your vision for its future, and what actually happens between people - not to mention how they feel about it - so that we can hand you a picture you can act on.
Balanced assessment
Both objective observations and subjective experiences matter here. We work with both so you have a holistic analysis.
Six lenses
A structured, evidence-based framework that can be repeated, producing a diagnosis that is thorough rather than anecdotal.
An actionable baseline
You leave with a measured starting point and a clear place to begin.
THE FRAMEWORK
How we look at social fitness
When we assess a group’s social fitness - whether it’s a small, tight team or a large, sprawling community - we use six lenses. Taken together, they show your strengths, where you’re stretched, and where to focus.
01. STRUCTURE - Who’s there?
The people involved and the networks they can reach. The connections between people, teams, departments and beyond - who knows whom, and how often they speak.
02. SATISFACTION - How does it feel?
How well current relationships are meeting needs. How connected people feel - to each other, to their role, to where the organisation is going.
03. BEHAVIOUR - What do you actually do?
The patterns that shape your relationships day-to-day. The rituals, routines and unspoken rules and norms guiding how people work together and what they say (and leave unsaid).
04. CAPACITY - How skilled?
The specific skills brought to navigating relationships. The individual and collective skills of your people, and how these fit together.
05. GAPS - What’s missing?
The places where relationships are - or feel - absent or thin. The connections that should be there but aren’t, or that interfere with the group’s purpose.
06. ASPIRATION - Where are you going?
The relationships you want - or will need - next. The connections needed to grow, change and deliver the future you are working towards.
“A fascinating and thought provoking exercise that immediately made me want to go and shake things up.”
Partner, Consultancy, Feb 2026
THE DETAILHow a Fitness Test runs
Scope
We agree what we’re testing - taking account of any recent surveys or feedback you’ve received - and how widely to focus.
01
Gather
We collect evidence across the six lenses taking a comprehensive (triangulated) approach.
02
Analyse
We turn it into a clear picture: where your social fitness is strong, where it’s stretched, where it’s thin, and where the low hanging fruits lie.
03
Review
A session that walks you through the findings and where we collectively identify your priority - the first thing worth addressing.
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Start with a baseline.
A Fitness Test is the cheapest, fastest and most efficient way to stop guessing.
It’s where most work with us begins.
Settings matter just as much as skills in shaping relationships.
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In the right conditions, group relationship skills are entirely learnable.