The Steve Test: 12 Steps to Better Teams

Steve 'vudu' Tauber
We are madewithlove
5 min readNov 7, 2023

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Evaluate your team’s culture with a simple test. For managers, learn how you can improve your team. For individual contributors, learn what you’re missing out on when it comes to team culture.

This article was originally published on April 25, 2023 on the madewithlove blog.

What are the traits of the best team? I’ve seen the best and the worst, while performing technical due diligence for seed, series A and B, and M&A rounds. As a firefighting CTO, I’ve helped some of these companies turn the team around. It all starts with culture.

A strong company culture is essential for success, but evaluating it can be difficult. A cultural assessment test can help measure and improve team culture. The Steve Test is a fast and easy way to assess your company’s culture.

Use the test to answer questions like the following:

  • What workplace culture assessment can I perform?
  • How do I analyze good company culture?
  • What’s the best company culture fit for me?
  • How do you perform a culture assessment?
  • How do you evaluate organizational culture?
  • How can you measure company culture via a test?
  • How do I know if a…

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