The TEAM is a training company that provides leadership development services and business-specific training environments. The TEAM is also a group of independent community building business owners who choose to work together to create a culture of inspiration, training, and leadership.

The motto of the TEAM is: “Have Fun, Make Money, Make a Difference.”

The TEAM has a vision of reaching 1 million people with its positive training and life transforming information made available through the LIFE business.

Any person who utilizes the TEAM training materials and buys into the culture of business leadership training available therein is loosely considered to be part of the TEAM. Typically, a person is introduced to the TEAM through members of his or her business support team.

Numerous training environments are available through the TEAM. All of them are optional based upon one's desire, drive, and dreams. The items available include but aren't necessarily limited to the following:

1. Electronic Business Center (EBC) - The EBC consists of training videos, “TEAM Talk” communication service, a TEAM email account, a personal homepage website (PHPs), an exclusive blog, calendar events, personal development articles, webcast options, a media library, and individualized group data. The EBC is priced at $15 per month. Many organizations have communication tools at or above $20 and PHPs for an additional $10 or more, so a $15 total price for all of the above is one of the industry's highest values.
2. CDs of the Week - The TEAM offers a subscription service consisting of two training CDs per week, containing both fundamentals and specifics, at a price of $6 a piece. This compares very favorably with an industry average somewhere around $8 per CD.
3. Weekly Opens - Every week, either through TEAM Casts (Internet webcasting) or live events, the TEAM hosts “Open Invitational Meetings” (Opens) across North America. This provides an environment for business leaders to expose prospective participants to the LIFE products and the LIFE business. Whether live or through TEAM Casts, the Open meetings are one of the keys to the TEAM's success.
4. Monthly Seminars - In either a live setting or broadcast over the Internet via a Team Cast, monthly seminars are designed to give the business builder and customer information and training to successful living and the building of profitable businesses. In the current format, there are three standard seminar sessions - First, the community building session in which leaders teach participants how to build a profitable business community. Second, the LIFE Leadership training session in which specially qualified teachers impart personal leadership development training. Third, the seminar “story” in which business leaders share how they overcame the struggles and challenges on their way to success. Seminars are $25 for people who have pre-paid through the Standing Order Ticket (SOT) program, and $35 at the door.
5. Leadership (Major) Conventions – The TEAM's Leadership Conventions are the culmination of months' worth of business building experience into one action-packed event. They consist of advanced leadership development, high-level business development training, top achievement recognition, and new product and training announcements and rollouts. When a person buys a $125 ticket for a Leadership Convention, he or she also qualifies for all “Ticket Holder” events at the end of each monthly seminar. In this way, there are as many as three additional free meetings made available to the Ticket Holder participant.

Yes, based upon the amount of total TEAM profits (if any) left over at the end of each month. Those who participate at this level are called Directors. The TEAM invites certain individuals to become Directors from a pool of business builders who have proven their ability to build and lead successful teams of people. Directors must exhibit high character, integrity, professionalism, teamwork, people skills, consistency, and the ability to help the other Directors run and manage the TEAM training environment.

When Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady began their business careers they unknowingly joined an organization in which profits were weighted towards those who “got there first.” They didn't like this situation and vowed to fix it. As a result, in 1999 they formed the TEAM, with the goal of developing the fairest, most equitable plan to share 100% of the profits remaining each month. This, in fact, caused many rival organizations to attack them as they made an issue of, made public, and sought to end the unfair distribution of profit from training materials.

No one, not Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, nor any of the other Team Policy Council leaders makes any money from ownership of the TEAM. Nor do they receive consideration for any travel related (or otherwise) expenses necessary for their responsibilities therein. All profits (revenue minus expenses) are pooled at the end of each month and disbursed based upon each Director's performance. In other words, any character-based leader can build an organization bigger than the founders on a per-organization basis and make more money than anyone else.

The TEAM is a “grace” organization, seeking to restore people in a spirit of love and understanding. However, if someone continues to violate the core principles of character, integrity, and conflict resolution, then he or she will not be invited to continue as a Director. Until he or she address the character-based issues, it is simply too dangerous to the rest of the community.

Yes. However, and thankfully, there have been less than five instances out of nearly five hundred Directors over the course of twelve years in which character issues have not been resolved. The TEAM wins when others win, so the goal is always to restore relationships where possible. With that said, however, no one will be allowed to exploit others for their personal gain within the TEAM community. Anytime lack of character is displayed, the Policy Council will and must act out of duty to protect the entire community against destructive behavior.

There is also the condition wherein a Director stops leading his or her organization and thereby stops contributing to the work requisite to leading and managing productive teams. In these cases, character and ethics are not the problem but rather leadership and participation. In these situations, obviously, Directors are not invited to continue participating until their contribution becomes requisite with the position.

Yes. The TEAM is so sure of the effectiveness of its training materials that it guarantees them with a 100% refund policy in effect for thirty days after the time of purchase. If for any reason the purchaser is not satisfied, he or she may return them within that time for a full refund.