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PRISM® assessments and the Global TeamLEAD curriculum, for staff teams and students in schools and universities.

Talk with Tim See what it is

Every team has its own way of working, and most of it goes unspoken. PRISM gives staff and students the language to talk about it.

What it is

PRISM® is a 10 to 15 minute online assessment of how each person works and leads. Global TeamLEAD is the curriculum that follows: four facilitated modules, with workbooks, that turn those profiles into better teamwork.

Beacon Star Global brings both to schools and universities.

Why schools use it

  • Staff teams stop taking differences personally.
  • Student leaders learn to lead peers who work differently from them.
  • Everyone builds the human skills that matter more as AI changes work.
  • 97%of employees say poor teamwork hurts the quality of their work.Salesforce Research

Five dimensions of how people work

PRISM looks at what people actually do at work. It is not a personality test, and there is no right or wrong result.

Power: Flat

You prefer a collaborative and egalitarian approach, valuing equal input from all team members rather than deferring to authority.

Drag a dot to place yourself. The small dots are a real team of 27 leaders.

  1. Power

    Flat
    Top-Down

  2. Risk

    Tolerant
    Averse

  3. Identity

    Self-Directed
    Group-Directed

  4. Speed

    Faster
    Slower

  5. Messaging

    Direct
    Indirect

Workstyle Profile

For everyone on a team. Where each person sits on the five dimensions, with feedback on each and a printable action plan.

View a sample Workstyle Profile (PDF, opens in a new tab)

Leadership Profile

For people who lead. Everything in the Workstyle Profile, plus a primary and secondary leadership archetype.

View a sample Leadership Profile (PDF, opens in a new tab)

Six ways to lead

Each archetype is a legitimate way to lead in the right context.

  • TrailblazerLead with vision and momentum
  • ArchitectLead with structure and precision
  • CoachLead by empowering others
  • GuardianLead by protecting their people
  • DirectorLead with clarity and authority
  • NavigatorLead with flexibility and responsiveness

Developed by a Boston University research team led by David Livermore, PhD, with more than 3,700 leaders and professionals in 27 countries.

Read the research brief (PDF, opens in a new tab)

Four modules, from profile to practice

The Global TeamLEAD curriculum, with cultural intelligence woven through. Tim facilitates each module with participant workbooks. Staff teams work through all four. Students take TeamWORK, TeamLEAD and TeamNORMS.

  1. How you work on each of the five dimensions, and how your team works.

    You leave with a common language for difference.

  2. Your own leadership style, and the styles in your team.

    You leave with a sense of when to flex, and what is missing.

  3. Psychological safety and intellectual honesty, and why a team needs both.

    You leave with a clearer picture of trust in your team.

  4. Ways of working that everyone understands and can keep.

    You leave with norms your team writes, tests and keeps.

Pages from the participant workbooks

Simple to run

  1. A conversationA free 15-minute call about your team or cohort.
  2. Access codesWe set up your group and send each person a code.
  3. 10 to 15 minutes onlineCompleted in each person’s own time.
  4. Debrief and modulesIn person or online, fitted around your calendar.
Portrait of Tim Barrett

Tim Barrett

Founder and CEO

Tim has worked with schools and organisations around the world to develop programmes in cultural intelligence and global leadership.

The global learning programme he led was named best co-curricular programme at the Australian Education Awards in 2019 and 2020. He is curriculum lead for Global TeamLEAD, the programme built around PRISM.

Tim on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Tim Barrett speaking on a panel in front of large ACEL letters
On the panel at the Australian Council for Educational Leaders National Summit.
  • PRISM® Master Facilitator
  • Curriculum lead, Global TeamLEAD
  • Lifetime Member, Society of CQ Fellows
  • Director, Somerset Institute

Start with a conversation

Tell us about your team or cohort and we will reply within two business days.

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