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The GAIN LINE Report #34
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Signals of Success & Failure:
TWI® (Team Work Index) is a Cohesion Analytics measure for an organisations recruitment philosophy/strategy over the long-term. It is a strong indicator of long-term performance and can be manipulated through recruitment practice to impact performance outcomes. Recruitment philosophy is often a reflection of organisational governance. This is as applicable to the corporate environment as it is to sport. The strength of TWI® as an analytics tool is that it is measured prior to any performance outcomes e.g. the season starting.

TWI® is a driver of In-Season Cohesion (the amount of game-by-game Cohesion a team can create) as well as a number of other critical in-season Cohesion markers. The higher a team's TWI® the higher capacity they have to create In-Season Cohesion and subsequently a greater level of on-field performance. With low TWI®, it makes it increasingly difficult to get consistent high level results.

As seen below, there is a strong relationship between TWI® and In-Season Cohesion in overall performance in Australian Rules Football. To be consistently higher on the premiership ladder a team needs to either have high TWI®, In-Season Cohesion or ideally both. If your team is not in the top right quadrant of the chart then success in September is largely out of the question (tap the image below to see the range of performance vs the Key Cohesion Markers).
The relationship between performance and the Key Cohesion Markers in Australian Rules Football 2010 - 2019.
The relationship of TWI® to overall performance in 2019/18 was strong in the sporting competitions covered:
  • 2019 NRL Minor Premiers - 1st for TWI®
  • 2019 AFL Premiers - 4th for TWI®
  • 2019 Super Rugby Champions - 1st for TWI®
  • 2019 UK Super League Champions - 1st for TWI® (with special mention to the runners up who had the largest increase this season)
  • 2018/19 English Premiership Rugby Champions - 3rd for TWI® (runners up 1st for TWI®)
  • 2018/19 Pro14 Rugby Champions - 1st for TWI®
  • 2018/19 Top 14 Rugby Runners up - 2nd for TWI®
  • While not the highest, both the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks had the highest jump in TWI® over the last 2 seasons in the NBA.
Relationship of TWI® and Share Price.

In sport TWI® is a reflection of the Governance of an organisation. This is also seen in the Corporate environment. TWI® within an organisation, specifically the Governance/Senior Executive level can influence performance outcomes including the Share Price of the organisation.

In July 2017 GAIN LINE Analytics set up 2 Research Share Funds. A group of Australian ASX listed companies was chosen blindly and measured to determine the TWI® of the Governance/Senior Leadership. High TWI® companies were put in a "High Cohesion Fund" and low TWI® companies were put in a "Low Cohesion Fund".

As of October 2019 (27 months) the "High Cohesion Fund" had increased in value 62.48% compared to the ASX All Ords and the "Low Cohesion Fund" had decreased in value -29.24% compared to the ASX All Ords.

The drivers behind the rise and fall of Share Price are multi factored but like in sport there are signals showing that the TWI® of the company can influence the overall performance - and in this case the performance has been manifested in the Share Price.
Want to know more about how TWI® and Cohesion Analytics influences teams and performance?
We are excited to invite you to the next Sydney leg of our Australian tour of the Leadership Performance Lab sessions on October 29th. This full day workshop will provide leaders with the latest of what top sporting and business teams are doing across the world to help drive meaningful progress in their careers, business and team performance.

The Leadership Performance Lab will challenge your thinking, debunk myths, current fads and give leaders tangible tips they can implement on their first day back in the office or on the field.
The Leadership Performance Lab has been described as "the most practical and useful business program I've been to".
The benefits of participating in the Lab include: 
 
  • Broadening your mind and skill set when it comes to team structures, recruitment and talent management;
 
  • More tools to put into your leadership toolkit;
 
  • Improving your ability to develop stronger meaningful relationships, leading to improved collaboration and less workplace drama; and
 
  • Insights into how you can flush out underlying issues you may not be aware of.
Tickets from AUD$434.21 and include:
  1. Participation in the Lab
  2. A Leadership Performance workbook
  3. Refreshments
PLUS a 1:1 30 minute VC session with the program owners Adrian or Ben during the week following the lab.

Save your spot for the sessions and get the early bird offer by:

Registering here for The Leadership Performance Lab

Cheaper group purchase rates available.
About your Instructors

Adrian Baillargeon, a keynote speaker, team coach and mentor. Originally from Western Canada, he has over 17 years of experience in leading teams and change in financial services (health insurance, travel insurance, general insurance), brand management, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas. Adrian has worked with marketing, sales and JV management teams across Canada and Australia. He also somehow ended up in Tunisia and Cameroon coaching for Major League Baseball.
 
Whether it’s supporting leaders to create the foundations of a highly functioning group, co-creating new ways of working for teams or working with organisations to create the right mindset to succeed, Adrian is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experiences to help people make meaningful progress.


Ben Darwin is the co-founder of GAIN LINE Analytics. He has spent more than a decade of involvement in professional sport as an international rugby player for the Wallabies and the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby and then as a coach with the Western Force, Melbourne Rebels and in Japan with NTT Shining Arcs and Suntory Sungoliath.

Driven by a desire to introduce a greater degree of empirical analysis into professional sport, Ben started GAIN LINE Analytics in 2013. More recently, Ben has been working with corporate organisations to apply analytic measurements to help create cohesion strategies at the executive level to drive sustainable success. As a hands-on founder, Ben is involved at every level of the business, whether it be developing predictive models, presenting research findings or consulting with clients.

GAIN LINE Analytics is an operations and management consultancy with a unique perspective on success in professional sport and business. We believe great teams are more than just the sum of their parts; we believe great teams are the product of the linkages and connections within the team. As such, we help organisations build these linkages and connections with a view to sustainable, long-term success both on and off the field. As distinct from other firms in the industry, GAIN LINE Analytics places a strong focus on data analysis and quantitative research. This means we offer our clients solutions that are grounded in evidence and real-world experience.
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