--- title: PMA Blog | Stephanie Sibille & Steve Ockerbloom description: Great ideas in team and leadership development --- [![PMALogo.jpg](https://blog.pmaphil.com/hs-fs/file-2568491770-jpg/Pmaphil-Feb2015_images/PMALogo-Nooutlinekw-6-14-12.jpg?width=226&height=132&name=PMALogo-Nooutlinekw-6-14-12.jpg "PMALogo.jpg")](http://www.pmaphil.com) [![Learn More](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/465278/a88b2d17-e736-4b2e-8665-27561e7a69ba.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/465278/a88b2d17-e736-4b2e-8665-27561e7a69ba) # The PMA Blog ## Stephanie Sibille & Steve Ockerbloom ## Recent Posts [![](https://blog.pmaphil.com/hubfs/Stock_photos_and_images_of_people/Business%20group%20with%20their%20hands%20in%20the%20air%20-%20isolated.jpeg) ](https://blog.pmaphil.com/where-do-they-stand-a-simple-technique-for-understanding-buy-in) ## [Where Do They Stand?  A Simple Technique for Understanding Buy-in](https://blog.pmaphil.com/where-do-they-stand-a-simple-technique-for-understanding-buy-in) [fa icon="calendar'] 4/16/18 12:13 PM / by [Stephanie Sibille & Steve Ockerbloom](https://blog.pmaphil.com/author/stephanie-sibille-steve-ockerbloom) posted in [Insider](https://blog.pmaphil.com/topic/insider), [Organizational &Talent Development](https://blog.pmaphil.com/topic/organizational-talent-development), [All About Teams](https://blog.pmaphil.com/topic/all-about-teams), [Leadership Matters](https://blog.pmaphil.com/topic/leadership-matters), [HR Executives](https://blog.pmaphil.com/topic/hr-executives) [[fa icon="comment"] 0 Comments](https://blog.pmaphil.com/where-do-they-stand-a-simple-technique-for-understanding-buy-in#comments-listing)   Raise your hand if this scenario sounds familiar: you’re 55 minutes into your one-hour team meeting to introduce a new change, you wanted your team to weigh in, and now you’re heading down a rabbit hole that you don’t think you can get out of.  You know that one of two scenarios are inevitable: you risk running over and making people late for their next appointments, or someone is bound to leave feeling thoroughly unsatisfied. As managers, how do we get in front of this phenomenon while still giving people a voice? One of our favorite ways to gauge buy-in is with an incredibly simple but effective tool: Fist to Five. If you’ve never heard of this, it’s based on a 0-5 scale, with the idea that you can take the temperature of the room simply by having people hold up one hand to display where they stand. 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