Free Strong Teams Starter Kit
Your Best People Can't Carry the Team Forever.
Most teams are running at 30% capacity and don't know it. Get the free Strong Teams Starter Kit and find out where yours stands.
- Short team strengths assessment
- Guide for surfacing the conversations your team avoids
- Full Strong Teams presentation video + handout
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The hidden cost
Why average is expensive.
Gallup says 50% of team members have checked out, and 20% are actively toxic. That leaves 30% carrying the load, and they're the ones who leave first. Most teams don't fail from lack of talent. They fail from three problems that are completely fixable once you can see them.
The framework
How to build a strong team
Three shifts that move a team from carrying the load to carrying each other.
Play to Your Strengths
Most org charts describe titles, not talents. Map what your team is actually good at against what the work actually requires.
Tackle the Elephants in the Room
The conversations you keep avoiding are the ones costing you projects. Name them early, before they become expensive surprises.
Measure What Matters
Capacity, trust, and clarity are measurable. Track the indicators that predict whether a team will deliver — or derail.
Meet your guide
Rex Miller
Rex Miller has spent 45 years at the intersection of capital projects, corporate leadership, and organizational transformation. He is the author of six Wiley books, including Humanizing the Built Environment and Strong Teams, and has led work for Fortune 500 firms, public agencies, and owner organizations around the world.
His current work at River Rose Ranch applies the same Strong Teams framework to high-stakes teams in business, construction, and agriculture — helping leaders see the real cost of average before it shows up on a balance sheet.
Tools built for the conversations that matter.
Free resources
What's inside the kit
Everything you need to see where your team actually stands before you decide what to do about it.
Team Strengths Snapshot
A short assessment that reveals what your team is actually good at, versus what the org chart assumes.
The Elephant in the Room Guide
A tool for surfacing the conversations your team keeps avoiding, before they cost you a project.
The Full Presentation
The complete Strong Teams talk on video, plus the companion handout on the seven day-one mistakes that sink most projects.
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Bring it to your team
Three ways to put the Strong Teams framework to work, depending on where you are.
Lowest commitment
Team Strengths Session
A 45-60 minute virtual session walking your team through the strengths assessment and one tool they can use that week.
Book this sessionHands-on
Strong Teams Workshop
A half or full day session built around the three-step framework: Play to Your Strengths, Tackle the Elephants in the Room, Measure What Matters. Team leaves with a real roadmap.
Plan a workshopLeadership
Executive Briefing
A focused session for leadership teams heading into a high-stakes bid or facing a specific gnarly problem, reframing the cost of an average team into a clear business case.
Request a briefingProof from the field
What leaders say
"Rex helped us see where our team was actually strong and where we were pretending. That clarity saved us over $500K on a single project."
"The speed of a team is directly tied to the speed of trust. Rex's framework makes that trust visible and actionable."
"Silos don't break because someone gives a speech. They break when the right conversation happens at the right table. This is that table."
Start with the free Strong Teams Starter Kit
No pitch. No spam. Just the tools to see where your team actually stands.