TeamWeave

Helping teams build trust, connection and engagement

so they can improve collaboration and performance, and experience greater fulfillment at work

Human-Centred Culture Change and Better Conversations

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Team Check-ins for people, not projects.

This practical resource helps your team learn the steps, skills and culture needed to run effective check-ins.

It provides clear guidance for getting started, along with a deeper exploration you can return to as a valuable reference as your team check-in practice matures.

This guide forms the foundation for our TeamWeave programs.

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A team check-in is a simple but powerful practice where each person in the team can share how they feel and what’s happening for them.

It’s about people, not tasks or project updates, unless those work items are affecting someone personally.

Common Challenges in Today’s Workplaces

Many teams are navigating shallow interactions, persistent tensions and a culture that can feel more performative than genuine.

Leaders often sense when teams aren’t thriving – seeing people become less connected, engaged and fulfilled at work.

When old ways of working fail to inspire people, the result can be disengagement, burnout and a loss of human connection that drives teamwork and satisfaction.

These challenges are prompting many teams to explore more human-centred ways of working - grounded in trust, presence and real conversation.

What TeamWeave Is

TeamWeave helps teams develop the skills and practices that support more human-centred ways of working, higher performance and greater fulfillment at work. We start with supporting teams to do team check-ins, and then help them bring the skills and culture into everyday work.

What We Do

Free resources to support team check-ins, including the foundational 'Guide to Team Check-ins for Workplaces'
Team workshops and facilitated check-ins to help teams build the capacity to run check-ins independently
Training and coaching to strengthen team skills and culture needed for effective check-ins, and extend these into everyday work
Measurement and reflection tools and support to help teams understand the impact of check-ins and culture change, and to guide meaningful improvements in performance and fulfillment

Learn more about what TeamWeave does

Where TeamWeave Came From

Hear the founder share the inspiration behind TeamWeave.

Meet the TeamWeave team

Solid Foundations: Building on Real-World Success

Real-World Experience Behind TeamWeave

While TeamWeave is new, its foundations come from lived practice and experience.

Founder Stephen Cole has taken part in more than 600 check-ins over the past 20 years and has led over 180 of them, in both work and personal contexts. These experiences have shaped a deep understanding of how human-centred practices strengthen trust, communication and team culture.

Results From Stephen’s Previous Business

Stephen applied these approaches in his previous business, Integral Consulting Engineers.

During the three years that the business was actively growing (2021–2023), it expanded from one person to a team of six, and returned an average net profit of 9.2% of revenue each year, in addition to his professional wage. This was a healthy and sustainable outcome for a small Australian engineering consultancy, especially while learning and implementing a new way of working.

Over the same period, the business also paid a staff profit share averaging 14.7% of base salary each year. While profit sharing is not necessary for developing a check-in culture, it helps to show that this human-centred way of working can also be financially sustainable.

Why Check-ins Work

The check-in process played a central role in shaping this environment.

As outlined in the free guide, check-ins help develop the human skills that underpin effective teamwork, including listening, authentic communication, presence, empathy and leadership. These are early indicators of stronger team capability.

Check-ins also help build the cultural foundations needed for great teamwork, such as trust, psychological safety, connection and belonging.

These skills and cultural qualities support improvements in engagement, collaboration, performance and job satisfaction. As they take root they can flow into broader business outcomes including productivity, client satisfaction, retention and quality of work.

How TeamWeave Builds on These Foundations

TeamWeave builds on these foundations by supporting teams to develop effective check-ins, deepen the practice over time, and extend the resulting skills and cultural qualities into everyday work.

We help teams begin with the fundamentals, then strengthen their communication, leadership and relational skills, and then integrate these ways of working into the broader rhythms of the organisation. This creates the conditions for more connected, human-centred, high-performing and fulfilling teamwork.

What people are saying:

David McKinnon Senior Structural Engineer, Integral Consulting Engineers

I have gained more insights working with Integral Engineers than anyone else on how to be an effective engineer from a professional and personal level.
Celeste Salter Research Coordinator, Journal Editor, and Homeopath

I met Stephen at the First Australian Teal Organisation gathering that he hosted in 2023. He had been implementing Teal organisations principles into his engineering company, forging the track on how to do it, what worked and what was challenging. The steps taken in his engineering company show us that ANY organisation can take up the challenge of Teal, when their heart and soul is in it.
Since Stephen launched TeamWeave he has consulted with me numerous times to test his ideas.
Bravery to confront the old system ways and see clearly what is needed on the inside as well as on the outside, is where Stephen thrives. His authentic heartfelt approach and experience traversing this terrain is highly recommended.
Dr Anna Wrobel Environmental Engineer, Honours Engineering Coordinator University of Tasmania

Working with Stephen and the Integral Engineers team as a business advisor, and collaborating on projects, I could see they had created something special. A rare gem in the engineering environment, they were focused not only on project outcomes, but also on the wellbeing of everyone involved. They had a safe environment where people could be real with each other.
It was the most ‘human’ workplace I have ever seen or been part of.
Mike Margolies Co-Founder and Co-Steward, Global Psychedelic Society

Starting any organization is difficult, and starting a Teal organization comes with its own unique set of challenges. Stephen provided invaluable mentorship, including organizational guidance on our processes, feedback on my personal development as a leader, and coaching on how to handle specific struggles. Deep gratitude to Stephen and TeamWeave for helping us move through this!
Stevie Barisic, Senior Structural Engineer, Integral Consulting Engineers

I’ve worked with Stephen at Integral Consulting Engineers for nearly five years. Through his leadership and the team’s commitment to the Teal framework, we built a workplace where trust, authenticity, and shared purpose are genuinely lived, not just talked about.
Stephen creates space for mentoring, honest conversations, and shared decision-making. With weekly check-ins, business transparency and deep connection at the core, I’ve felt supported to grow both personally and professionally.
His dedication to a values and purpose driven, inclusive culture continues to inspire me and many others. I trust he’ll continue his mission of inspiring and supporting others through the TeamWeave Community.

Who We Support

TeamWeave is designed for teams and leaders who want to work in more human-centred ways and experience greater fulfillment and connection at work.

We support:

• Whole organisations or individual teams
Many larger organisations begin with one team, then expand once the practice has been trialled and understood.

• Teams participating together
Our programs are designed for whole teams to learn together. The exception is the Leaders Learning Program, which is for formal and informal leaders.

• Teams working with Teal or next-stage models
TeamWeave integrates well with Teal and other next-stage approaches to organisational development.

• Teams new to check-ins or wanting to go deeper
It is suitable for people with no prior experience, as well as those who want to deepen the practice and extend the culture and skills into everyday work.

• Coaches and consultants
The Check-ins Guide can be used as a resource to support the teams you work with, integrating check-ins into your existing approach in whatever way best suits your context.

Next Steps:

Have questions? You can download the free Check-in Guide to learn more, or email us to book a free Enquiry Call.