Thriving Teams
Team Building & Human Needs
Thriving Teams
Psychological Safety
Dependability
Structure & Clarity
Meaning
Impact
Needs
Needs
Needs
Base
Purpose
Team
Human Needs of
Thriving Teams
Team members feel safe to risk
being vulnerable with each other.
Team members get things done.
Psychological Safety
Dependability
Teams have clear roles and goals.
Tasks are personally meaningful.
Team members think their
work matters and creates change.
Structure & Clarity
Meaning
Impact
Needs
Needs
Needs
Base
Purpose
Team
Human Needs of
Human Needs
Body Needs
Safety Needs
Love & Belonging
Self-Esteem
Self-Actualization
Needs
Needs
Needs
Base
Purpose
Relationship
Maslow's Hierarchie of
of meeting them."
Adlai E. Stevenson
is half the job
"Understanding human needs
Our Relationship Needs are:
Belonging
Exploration
Recognition
connection, friendship, love
aliveness, stimulation, novelty seeking
acknowledgement, validation
Needs
Basic
Purpose
Needs
Relationship
Needs
Safety Needs
Body Needs
food, sleep, touch
security, health, stability
Needs
Relationship
Self-Esteem
Self-
Fulfillment
Needs
Purpose
respect, realizing full potential
meaning, life purpose
Needs
Basic
Belonging
Exploration
Recognition
food, sleep, touch
security, health, stability
Safety Needs
Body Needs
connection, friendship, love
aliveness, stimulation, novelty seeking
acknowledgement, validation
Needs
Relationship
Self-Esteem
Self-
Fulfillment
Needs
Purpose
respect, realizing full potential
meaning, life purpose
Needs
Basic
Belonging
Exploration
Recognition
food, sleep, touch
security, health, stability
Safety Needs
Body Needs
connection, friendship, love
aliveness, stimulation, novelty seeking
acknowledgement, validation
Our Purpose Needs are:
Body
Safety
Needs
Basic
Belonging
Exploration
Needs
Relationship
Recognition
Self-Esteem
Self-
Fulfillment
Needs
Purpose
Our human needs follow a hierarchy.
For example, we must first care for our physical needs,
before we can attend to our self-fulfilment needs.
physical needs, hunger, rest
life purpose, meaning
Body
Body
Safety
Needs
Basic
Belonging
Exploration
Needs
Relationship
Recognition
Self-Esteem
Self-
Fulfillment
Needs
Purpose
Our human needs follow a hierarchy.
For example, we must first care for our physical needs,
before we can attend to our self-fulfilment needs.
Maslow, A. H. (1971) The farther reaches of human nature
Shealy, C.N. (2015) Making sense of beliefs and values