Research & Evidence Base
The Impact Target is built on decades of organizational psychology research and evidence-based practices for team effectiveness.
Google's landmark two-year study examined 180 teams to understand what makes teams effective. The research identified five key dynamics that distinguish high-performing teams from average ones:
- Psychological Safety: Team members feel safe to take risks and be vulnerable
- Dependability: Members reliably complete quality work on time
- Structure & Clarity: Clear roles, plans, and goals
- Meaning: Work is personally meaningful to members
- Impact: Members believe their work matters and creates change
Dr. Amy Edmondson's pioneering work on psychological safety has shown that teams where members feel safe to speak up, share ideas, and admit mistakes outperform those where members stay silent.
Edmondson (1999) - Administrative Science QuarterlyResearch by Hackman, Wageman, and others has established frameworks for understanding team effectiveness across contexts, emphasizing the importance of clear goals, supportive organizational context, and enabling team processes.
Hackman & Wageman (2005) - Annual Review of PsychologyThe Impact Target synthesizes research from organizational psychology, leadership studies, and team science to provide actionable insights for real-world teams. Our assessment framework:
- Uses validated measurement instruments from peer-reviewed research
- Maintains participant anonymity to encourage honest, constructive feedback
- Provides dimension-specific scores aligned with Project Aristotle's framework
- Generates personalized development recommendations based on team data
- Enables longitudinal tracking to measure improvement over time