Beyond just communicating the study results, the Google research team wanted to empower Googlers to understand the dynamics of their own teams and offer tips for improving. So they created a survey for teams to take and discuss amongst themselves. Survey items focused on the five effectiveness pillars and questions included:

• Psychological safety - “If I make a mistake on our team, it is not held against me.”
• Dependability - “When my teammates say they’ll do something, they follow through with it.”
• Structure and Clarity - “Our team has an effective decision-making process.”
• Meaning - “The work I do for our team is meaningful to me.”
• Impact - “I understand how our team’s work contributes to the organization's goals.”

After completing the survey, team leads received aggregated and anonymized scores to share with team members and inform a discussion. A People Operations facilitator would often join the discussion, or the team lead would follow a discussion guide created by the People Operations team.