Take 5 · by Emplify
Start with what your team wants to get better at. Take 5 finds the 5 behavioural Traits that can help. Benchmark where they sit today and work on strengthening them, one at a time, together.
Take 5 starts from wherever you are.
We want to come together strongly.
I want to set it up for success.
We want to sort it.
We want to be better.
Take 5 turns what your team wants to be different into behaviours they can see, measure and practise. Then it checks the team’s progress.
1
Start
You say where the team’s at and what you want to work on. Take 5 comes back with 5 behaviours.
2
Discover
Everyone answers 5 questions. One shared picture of where the team believes those behaviours stand today.
3
Plan
The team chooses one to strengthen first.
4
Grow
Practise simple Habits in daily work. Nudge each other.
5
See your progress
Same 5 questions. What’s moved? Choose the next one.
We invest in individual performance, but improving how we work as a team keeps losing out to the demands of everyday work.
Take 5 makes room for it. 5 questions. 3 minutes. 1 behaviour at a time.
So any solution has to be small enough to win that fight.
5 questions. 3 minutes. 1 behaviour at a time.
Start
2 quick questions to find the right set of team behaviours to strengthen. That’s the setup done – easy.
1
We want to come together strongly.
2
Choose what fits.
Clear on how we work with AI
3
Cooperative & Supportive
We Belong
Enjoy the Journey
Humans First
Cultivate Compassion
Discover
Only takes 3 minutes per person. Take 5 brings their answers together into one set of team results. Individual answers aren’t displayed.
5 behaviours
28
46
62
78
88
Each behaviour gets a Team score out of 100, which places it on one of Emplify’s 5 Levels of Growth.
0–9
Rarely seen in our team
10–24
Occasional pockets
25–49
Shows up but not under pressure
50–74
A consistent part of how we work
75–100
A real strength for our team
Plan
Take 5 highlights one of the 5. Go with it, or choose another if that’s where the energy is.
Easy call. Get going.
Always Curious
Idea Scouting
Adaptable in Uncertainty
Flex & Adapt
Better by Design
Grow
Each Trait comes with simple Habits your team can practise in everyday work. They show you when to act, what to do and what might get in the way.
TAKE 5 · HABIT CARD · MAGIC
LET’S EXPERIMENT
MOMENT · WHEN
The test is getting complicated – it’ll take a month just to set up.
ACTION · WHAT
Take a breath and ask each other: what’s the smallest test we could run and learn from right now?
TRUTH · WHY
Small feels pointless. It’s the fastest way to learn.
See your progress
Your team answers the same 5 questions at the start and again at the end, so you can see what’s changed and how you’ve grown together.
Your final progress summary recommends the Habits worth keeping – so what works becomes part of how your team works.
8 answered
Let’s Experiment · 40
Inconsistent
9 answered
Let’s Experiment · 61
Reliable
Take 5 draws on Emplify’s Culture Model: 60 behavioural Traits across 5 human Capabilities.
EMPATHY
Understanding + Connection
SYNERGY
Trust +
Co-ordination
MAGIC
Curiosity + Creativity
MOTIVATION
Energy +
Resilience
FOCUS
Clarity +
Follow-through
CULTURE MODEL
$1,499 NZD exc. GST
One price for your whole team.
12 months of access.
Focused on your team
5 behaviours matched to what matters to you.
Everyone involved
Everyone has a voice and a part to play.
Built for everyday work
Practical Habits, 1 behaviour at a time.
Progress you can see
Measure what’s changing along the way.
Leader-led, team owned
Step by step guidance. No external facilitator required.
FAQ
Take 5 is a simple way for a team to get better at how they work together. The team chooses what they want to strengthen, gets 5 behaviours that support it (Take 5 calls them Traits), and builds practical Habits together through everyday work. A before-and-after Scan measures the team’s progress.
Yes, it’s anonymous. Take 5 only ever reports the team as a whole, never individual scores. Everyone sees the same results, including the team lead. There’s no separate manager’s view.
Take 5 is designed to fit into everyone’s current work week. The Scan is 5 questions and takes about 3 minutes, once at the start and once at the end. After that, it’s 5 minutes a week in a meeting you already have, and a short reflection of about 30 minutes as you finish each Trait. All the other practice is done in the flow of work.
No. Take 5 guides the team through every step. The team lead gets a short guide to running it, and every team member shares responsibility for practising the Habits.
$1,499 NZD for one team of any size, for 12 months. That covers both Scans, 5 Trait Cycles, and everything the team needs along the way. Once purchased, a Take 5 can only be used by one team.
A Take 5 Progress Summary that details the team’s Baseline and Final results and the Habits your team has chosen to keep building. You can download your Take 5 Kit, which includes your Habit cards, Nudges and Progress Summary.
You’ll have full access to Take 5 for 12 months, followed by 3 months of read-only access to your team results and final progress summary.
Your data is handled in line with our Privacy Policy and Data Processing Policy. If you ask us to remove your identifying information, we’ll de-identify the results by replacing the organisation and team leader details with synthetic identifiers. We’ll retain the underlying scoring data so it can continue to support analysis and benchmarking.
Each team gets its own Take 5, with its own goal and 5 Traits. If you want to choose another team goal, you need to purchase a new Take 5. If you’d like to roll it out across your organisation, contact us.
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