Elevating Conditions for Team Performance
Paul Thallner
Certified team performance expert.
Poor Team Performance is Likely a Design Problem.
Many busy leaders work hard to improve team performance by mediating interpersonal conflicts, re-clarifying expectations, or stepping in when problems arise. When those efforts fall short, they compensate by absorbing extra pressure to keep work moving. Over time, this approach creates friction, limits accountability, and quietly constrains what teams can achieve.
In this course, you will learn how to diagnose the conditions shaping your team’s performance and focus your leadership where it has the greatest leverage. You’ll leave with practical tools to identify what is helping or hindering your team, make targeted adjustments that reduce friction and increase clarity, and apply a repeatable lens for strengthening performance without constant intervention.
Our approach centers on the Six Team Conditions framework, which shifts attention upstream—from reacting to problems to intentionally designing the team for long term success. Rather than relying on heroic leadership, you’ll learn how small, deliberate design adjustments can unlock more sustainable results.
What you’ll learn
You will diagnose & elevate the conditions that drive team performance so you can lead with leverage, not overwork or constant intervention.
Distinguish between people problems and conditions problems
Identify which conditions most strongly affects your team
Recognize where leaders unintentionally compensate for weak conditions
Shift from reacting to behavior to shaping the environment
Stop over-functioning in ways that limit team ownership
Target the few adjustments that unlock disproportionate performance gains
Avoid common but misaligned team “fixes”
Match leadership actions to the condition that needs strengthening
Decide when to stabilize, strengthen, or redesign
Make small structural moves that improve clarity and execution
Adjust norms, roles, and expectations with minimal disruption
Increase accountability without increasing control
Address recurring issues at their source
Prevent predictable breakdowns before they occur
Build a team that performs without constant leader intervention
Develop a repeatable lens for evaluating team health
Make leadership decisions grounded in conditions, not urgency
Leave with a practical plan for elevating your team’s performance
Who this course is for
Managers and directors who are accountable for results but don’t control every variable affecting their team.
Leaders who find themselves stepping in too often, smoothing over problems, or carrying more than their share to keep work on track.
Experienced leaders who want a more deliberate, structural approach to improving how their team operates vs. just working harder.
Prerequisites
Team Leadership
Participants should currently lead a team, project group, or cross-functional initiative where they can apply course concepts in real time.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Paul Thallner in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer on on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
4 live sessions • 15 lessons • 5 projects
Week 1
Mar
17
Live Kickoff Session
Tue 3/178:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Seeing Teams Clearly: From Behavior to Conditions
Week 2
Mar
24
Working Session: Where Am I Over-Functioning?
Tue 3/248:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
The Leader's Role: From Buffer to Condition-Setter
Schedule
Live sessions
1 hr / week
Tue, Mar 17
8:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Mar 24
8:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Mar 31
8:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Apr 14
8:00 PM—9:00 PM (UTC)
Projects
1-2 hrs / week
Async content
1-2 hrs / week