GDA:
A DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY
EXPERTISE:
COLLECTIVE DIMENSION OF MENTAL
FOUNDER:
MANON ÉLUÈRE, PhD, 2022
VALUES:
what.
GDA® is a unique, innovative, data-driven methodology designed to monitor, understand and facilitate group dynamics.
Who are your leaders? How do they coordinate? Are the new recruits connecting to the right persons? Is your team able to communicate, solve problems, cooperate? How do players collectively cope with setbacks and adversity? Are all team members clear about their roles, goals, and how they contribute to the collective?
After several years inside the staff of one of the world’s top women football clubs, I now use GDA® to help both sports teams and companies structure their group functioning in a more strategic and informed way.
why.
In today’s data-driven world, almost everything is measured — except how teams actually function together.
Collective performance isn't just about adding up individual talents. It’s about interaction, coordination, trust, resilience, communication... Yet, group dynamics are still mostly managed by intuition or one-size-fits-all team-building.
GDA® was created to change that. A structured, data-informed methodology that makes the invisible visible — to help teams act more clearly, strategically, and effectively.
how.
GDA® operates through two complementary pillars: Group Dynamics Awareness (psycho-education, talks and empowerment) and Group Dynamics Analysis (monitoring, diagnosis and recommendations).
It's not just about data. The strength of GDA® lies in the way it’s implemented.
Its foundations are what makes it effective and meaningful: a tailored methodology, a PhD-level expertise combined with several years of fieldwork in elite sports environments, a commitment to concrete and actionable analysis, a deep respect for contextual nuance and positioning, a clear philosophy of empowerment and sustainably.
testimonial.
GDA! I strongly recommend Manon for the quality of her work, and the expertise she brings and shares around team dynamics.
Laurie DACQUIGNY
Head of Academy (OL)
