Simply naming a group of people a team – doesn’t make it one.

Without team-work, 2 or more people interacting together – are a group.

Sound like semantics?

It’s not. The way people interact, how they work, the way it “feels” and the results achieved when working as a group vs. a team – are significantly different. When working as a group, each person focuses on achieving individual success; sometimes at the cost of other’s success (consciously or unconsciously). When working as a team, people help each other achieve their individual goals, while collaborating to optimize the results they collectively produce.

Through conscious effort, commitment & strong leadership any group can become a team. This workshop empowers & enables leaders – who really want to – create highly collaborative & productive teams.

• Understand the difference between “group work” and “team work”

• Explore the foundational principles for creating collaborative teams

• Thoroughly explore the stages of team development: the process all groups go through to become a team

• Learn about the common dysfunctions that get in the way of becoming a team and understand how to prevent them from developing

• Engage in a series of activities using tools & techniques designed to help you:

  • decide if you want a group or a team

  • build the solid foundation your group needs to become a collaborative team

  • create an aligned vision of success and sense of purpose

  • create the healthy behavioural norms required for teamwork

  • develop your people to be strong team members

  • create function vs. dysfunction

  • guide your team through the stages of team development

  • overcome the dysfunctions that prevent a group from becoming a team – before they become chronic

  • create clarity of roles, responsibilities and expectations

  • facilitate conflict resolution

• and so much more

• Group maximum of 8

• 2 days

• Delivered face-to-face or online via zoom