A Simple System for Building Healthier Teams
SPARK gives leaders a practical way to measure engagement, understand what their people need, and build those insights into the way they lead.
Most leaders know when something feels off. Energy drops. Good people disengage. Burnout creeps in. But knowing something is wrong isn't the same as knowing why.
SPARK gives leaders a framework to identify what's missing, understand what their people need, and make practical changes that create healthier, more sustainable engagement.
You can’t improve what you don’t understand
The SPARK Process
Measure - see what’s happening
Use the SPARK Organizational Health Assessment to measure how your team is experiencing the five SPARKs and identify where engagement may be breaking down.
Understand - Understand your people
The Personal SPARK Discovery helps each person identify the internal motivators that most influence how they experience their work.
Equip - Learn to lead differently
SPARK gives leaders practical tools for creating Space, Support, Structure, Stretch, and Significance based on what their people actually need.
Apply - Put SPARK into practice
Build the framework into everyday leadership: one-on-ones, team meetings, communication, development, recognition, decision-making, and more.
Measure Again - See what's changing
Reassess organizational health over time to identify progress, uncover new gaps, and keep engagement from becoming something you only think about when there's a problem.
Measure → Discover → Equip → Apply → Measure Again
Two Assessments. Two Different Questions
Organizational Health Assessment
"How are we doing?"
Measures how employees experience Space, Support, Structure, Stretch, and Significance across the organization.
It helps leaders see where the culture is healthy and where gaps may be contributing to burnout or disengagement.
PERSONAL SPARK DISCOVERY
""What do I need?"
Helps individuals understand which SPARKs most strongly influence their own engagement, energy, and sense of fulfillment at work.
Together, they show leaders both sides of the equation:
What our organization is providing + What our people need.
The five SPARKS
SPACE - the freedom to do my work well.
STRUCTURE - The clarity to know what's expected
SUPPORT - The confidence that you're known, valued, and supported
SIGNIFICANCE - The connection between your work and something that matters.
STRETCH - The opportunity to grow and be challenged.
Everyone needs all five. But we don't all need them in the same way or to the same degree.
Start by finding out where your team stands.
You don't have to guess what's driving engagement, or what's quietly working against it.
Take the free SPARK Team Health Assessment to get a snapshot of how your team is doing across the five SPARKs.