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The Five Behaviors®: A Proven Path to a More Cohesive, High-Performing Team
At iCatalyze, we help senior teams build the trust, candor, and accountability required to deliver results. The Five Behaviors® is one of our favorite evidence-informed tools to accelerate that shift. Built on Patrick Lencioni’s teamwork model and powered by Everything DiSC®, it gives leaders a clear, shared roadmap for how to work better together.
What is The Five Behaviors?
The Five Behaviors® blends Lencioni’s framework for cohesive teams with personalized insights so people can see exactly how their behaviors show up at work. The model focuses on five essentials: Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. These behaviors build on each other to create a strong foundation for team effectiveness.
There are two core applications:
Team Development helps intact teams improve how they operate together, turning insights into shared norms and practices.
Personal Development equips individuals across the organization to become better teammates by understanding their own style and adapting to others.
The assessment and reporting are powered by Everything DiSC®, a research-validated behavioral framework that helps teammates understand and adjust to different work styles.
Why it works
A simple, sticky language
Leaders quickly align around a common vocabulary for what “good” looks like on a team: build vulnerability-based trust, engage in productive conflict, commit to decisions, hold one another accountable, and focus on collective results. The clarity reduces friction and speeds execution.
Personalized insights that drive behavior change
Because the tool incorporates DiSC, participants learn how their styles influence the five behaviors and what to do differently with specific colleagues. That makes the work practical, not theoretical.
For intact teams or the whole organization
Whether you’re tuning a senior leadership team or building teaming skills at scale, the solution flexes between Team Development and Personal Development.
Outcomes you can expect
Clear, shared team norms rooted in trust and constructive conflict.
Faster, more durable commitment to decisions because diverse views were surfaced and addressed.
Stronger peer accountability and focus on collective results.
Practical style-based strategies for collaborating across differences, informed by DiSC insights.
What your team will experience
Pre-work assessment that benchmarks your team against the five behaviors and surfaces style insights using Everything DiSC®.
Facilitated workshop that translates results into real norms and commitments your team can use immediately.
Targeted tools and practice to strengthen psychological safety, improve decision quality through healthy conflict, and codify peer accountability. (Our facilitation integrates best practices from executive coaching and organizational development, tailored to your context.)
Action plan with measurable next steps and ways to sustain momentum over 30–90 days.
Ready to strengthen your team? Let’s talk about your goals and whether Team Development or Personal Development is the best fit. We’ll recommend a right-sized path and handle everything from setup to facilitation so your team can focus on what matters most: achieving results together. Click here to schedule a call.
