tEam development journeys
Building trust, alignment, and momentum—together.
Great teams don’t happen by accident.
At Follow the Sun, we design customized team development journeys that help groups move from working in parallel to working in true collaboration. Whether your team is newly formed or facing long-standing challenges, our approach builds the conditions for trust, clarity, and momentum.
We begin by surfacing what's unspoken: the subtle dynamics, communication gaps, and misalignments that slow down progress. Then we equip your team with science-backed tools, experiential practices, and shared language to navigate conflict, build alignment, and lead together.
What dysfunction can look like:
“We’re in meetings all day but still misaligned.”
“We avoid hard conversations and work around each other.”
“People say yes but don’t follow through.”
“There’s effort—but not much energy.”
These aren’t just productivity issues—they’re signs of disconnection, unclear expectations, and depleted psychological safety.
Our journeys help teams:
Practice deep listening and inclusive communication
Build the trust and clarity needed for effective feedback
Strengthen alignment around shared priorities and accountability
Increase energy, ownership, and collective focus
Structure:
Team Diagnostic & Insight Session
Cohort Learning Modules (Virtual or In-Person)
Optional Retreats or Offsites to deepen progress
Why It Works
Positive emotion and psychological safety are essential to team resilience. According to Dr. Barbara Fredrickson’s Broaden-and-Build Theory, positive emotional states expand our capacity for creative problem-solving, collaboration, and shared learning—all of which are critical for sustained team performance (Fredrickson, 2001).
Want to build a team that can truly grow together?
What our partners are saying
Brian R. shares his experience with Follow the Sun.
Karinn C. shares her experience with Follow the Sun
WRITTEN TESTIMONIALS
“Follow the Sun provides workplace teams with the foundational groundwork to perform at their best. Erica has provided Versatope Therapeutics with a fresh perspective on engagement and effectiveness during the COVID pandemic to ensure the productivity and well-being of semi-virtual teams. She highlights the human element and leverages those qualities for down-to-earth applications of improving team dynamics. Whether a startup or a larger company, Erica wll be a value add for leaders and managers to improve the quality of their project teams.”
“First off, THANK YOU for being such an amazing person and moderator. The team loved what they learned from you, and I’m so grateful we’ve crossed paths. I knew you were the right fit from the beginning. I’ve come to the realization that we stay stuck in these personnel issues and have been for many years. It’s a theme, and it’s a blocker—it has to change. And like you said, it has to come from individuals who want to unblock it.”