Team Development
Perform Better Together
Perform Better TogetherOur workshops are engaging experiences designed to foster self-awareness and personal growth, while creating a better understanding of others to develop stronger teams and more productive organisations. Providing team development workshops enables you to engage and retain key people.
Our Workshops
Enhance communication skills through active listening.Active listening involves not only hearing what someone is saying but also processing the information and responding in a way that encourages further conversation.
This workshop covers:
- defining active listening and its key components,
- using body language to reflect a positive listening attitude,
- understanding the difference between sympathy and empathy, and
- creating a listening mindset.
Participants will also learn how to be genuine in their communications, ask questions, probe for information, use paraphrasing techniques, build relationships, and identify common listening problems and solutions.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the tools and techniques needed to become better listeners and improve their overall communication skills.
Appreciation at work improves job satisfaction and working relationships
Using the 5 Languages of Appreciation, participants discover their own preferences for giving and receiving appreciation ; along with how they are similar of different to their team members.
We create a team appreciation chart and discuss how to implement a culture of appreciation.
Participants will learn:
- Practical examples of Verbal Encouragement and Appreciation, Quality Time, Acts of Service and Showing Appreciation Through Tangible Gifts
- Difference Between Appreciation and Recognition
- How to Keep it Simple
- What Stops Appreciation and Encouragement
- Finding Opportunity to Influence
Note: The cost of the Appreciation at Work assessment is per person and in addition to the workshop cost.
Empower teams to manage their reactions to change constructively and proactively
This workshop is designed to help individuals at all levels to navigate through the challenges that come with change. Whether it’s a workplace change or a personal one, this course provides a practical framework that helps participants gain a better understanding of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in the face of change.
Unlike other training programs that focus solely on the organisational aspects of change, this program emphasises the individual’s experience of change. It provides participants with the tools and techniques necessary to develop self-awareness and assess their reactions to change.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to clearly understand their own responses to change and will have the skills necessary to navigate the sometimes bumpy road of change with confidence.
Develop practical skills and approaches to creative problem solving and decision making
This highly engaging and interactive workshop is designed to introduce participants to a variety of creative solution generation and decision-making techniques. Participants will develop the skills necessary to analyze problems effectively, generate creative solutions, and decide which solution is most appropriate for their needs.
The workshop covers a four-step process for systematically solving problems and deciding on appropriate solutions. Participants will also learn to use methods and tools such as systematic process and fishbone diagramming to discover the underlying cause of a problem. To generate possible solutions they will learn decision-making techniques such as Pro/Con, Force Field Analysis, Decision Matrix, Feasibility/Capability Analysis, and Cost/Benefit Analysis.
By the end of the training course, participants will be equipped with the necessary tools and techniques to analyze problems effectively, generate creative solutions, and make informed decisions that are most suitable for their needs.
Note: Can be offered as one full day or two half day workshops
Mastering Critical and Thinking in a World of Information Overload
In a world where we are constantly inundated with information, it’s more important than ever to have strong critical thinking skills. These skills allow us to reason through problems, evaluate arguments, and distinguish truth from falsehoods. This workshop is designed to give participants practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving.
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define critical thinking and non-critical thinking
- Identify their own critical thinking style, including areas of strength and improvement
- Understand other thinking styles
- Use the critical thinking process to analyze and build arguments
- Develop and evaluate explanations
- Improve key critical thinking skills
- Apply analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
- Prepare and present compelling arguments
Participants will complete the workshop with the skills and knowledge necessary to think more critically and make more informed decisions.
Manage difficult conversations with colleagues, customers and stakeholders
Interpersonal communication can be challenging, especially when it involves addressing difficult topics or managing virtual teams. However, with the right tools, it is possible to turn these situations into opportunities for growth and positive outcomes. This workshop is designed to equip participants with the skills necessary to manage difficult conversations effectively.
Through a combination of interactive exercises and practical examples, participants will learn how to define their frame of reference, establish positive intent and desired outcomes, and use effective communication skills to navigate challenging conversations. The course will also cover the process of drafting a script for difficult conversations, as well as specific steps for carrying out these conversations successfully.
Use the world leading Strengths Profile to create more effective teams
Strengths Profile is a world-leading strengths tool that changes the way we assess, develop and leverage talent in people. Strengths Profile is built from over a decade of theoretical and empirical research in positive psychology. Designed by Professor Alex Linley and his team at Cappfinity in the UK, Strengths Profile is used by leading organisations, including Schneider Electric, Salesforce, QBE, and GE Health.
With the Strengths Profile:
- Enhance performance and increase productivity
- Increase in engagement and wellbeing
- Increase resilience and wellbeing, decrease stress and burnout
- Improve recruitment, selection and development
In this Teams workshop, participants will gain:
- Self-awareness and understanding of their own strengths and weaknesses, together with those of their team
- Ability to recognise which strengths have enabled success to date and which they want to be known for
- Ability to shape their job role and career, knowing what to avoid and what behaviours could cause burnout
- Appreciation and realisation of their own and others potential through harnessing their unrealised strengths
Note: The cost of the Strengths Profile assessment is per person and in addition to the workshop cost.
Learn the stages of team development & what makes high performing teams
This workshop defines teams and the stages of team development: Forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning.
Using this understanding teams development, along with research into what makes high performing teams, participants reflect on their own team and how they would describe the team norms.
Using this information a Team Charter is drafted to describe expected team behaviours and standards.
Discover your EQ Strengths and Potential using Everything DISC® Agile EQ™
This training course offers a comprehensive approach to emotional intelligence development by combining the personalized insights of DiSC® with active emotional intelligence training. Participants will learn to read the emotional and interpersonal needs of a situation and respond appropriately, even outside their comfort zone. The training empowers participants to meet the demands of any workplace interaction with an agile approach, ultimately leading to a more emotionally intelligent workforce that can support an agile culture.
Throughout the training, participants will discover their EQ strengths and recognize their EQ potential. They will also learn customized strategies for building agility, allowing them to effectively navigate workplace situations and respond with emotional intelligence.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have the tools and knowledge needed to develop an emotionally intelligent workforce that can support a thriving agile culture, regardless of location. With this training, participants can improve their interpersonal skills, foster stronger relationships with colleagues and clients, and become more effective and adaptable in their roles.
Note: The cost of the Everything DISC® Agile EQ™ assessment is per person and in addition to the workshop cost.
Use Everything DiSC® Workplace to provide self reflection and understanding
Everything DiSC Workplace® is a powerful training and personalizsd learning experience that can benefit individuals across all levels of an organization, from entry-level employees to executives. This virtual or classroom-based program is designed to help participants build more productive and effective relationships in the workplace by developing a deep understanding of themselves and others.
Through personalized insights and actionable strategies, participants will gain a greater appreciation for the different priorities, preferences, and values that each person brings to the organization. They will also learn how to adapt their own style to better connect with and engage others, leading to greater collaboration and improved overall quality.
With this workshop, participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to improve relationships, boost engagement, and increase productivity in the workplace. Whether you are an individual seeking to enhance your own effectiveness or a manager looking to build a stronger team, Everything DiSC Workplace® is an essential resource for achieving your goals.
Note: The cost of the Everything DISC® Workplace assessment is per person and in addition to the workshop cost.
Encouraging teams to create better solutions, new methods, find more efficient and effective ways of completing a task, and create new processes or workflows.
Innovation is a critical component of success for any organisation. It involves creating new and improved ways of doing things, developing more efficient processes, and finding better solutions to problems. In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, innovation is essential for staying competitive and driving growth.
This workshop is designed to help teams understand what it means to foster innovation, and how they can help create a workplace environment that supports and encourages innovation. Participants will learn what an innovative workplace looks like, and how to identify and develop the skills and attitudes that are necessary for fostering innovation.
By the end of this workshop, participants will have a clear understanding of their role in helping to foster innovation, and how their efforts can contribute to a more innovative and successful organisation.
Presenting skills for in person and online delivery
There are differences between the skills and knowledge needed to deliver online versus in-person presentations. In this workshop we take participants through the steps to plan and create effective presentations for both delivery types.
Each participant will bring an idea for a presentation to the workshop that they will design and practice by the end of the session.
This workshop covers:
- Types of presentations
- Story-telling model
- Establishing rapport
- Engaging different types of people
- Engaging Communication
- Visual aids
- Nervousness
- Importance of practice and feedback
- The difference between in-person and online delivery
- Using MS Teams and/or Zoom effectively to present
Note: This can also be offered as a half day session if you only need to cover in-person presentation skills
Gain a better understanding of the causes of stress, and specific strategies to be more resilient and flexible
Today’s world has different stresses that affects workers at all levels. The demands of work and home can often feel overwhelming, leaving people feeling stressed out, insecure, and misunderstood. The consequences of prolonged stress are well-known and can have a negative impact on an individual’s overall well-being, including physical and mental health. This workshop aims to explore the root causes of stress in the workplace and provide effective strategies for managing stress on a day-to-day basis including building resilience and flexibility.
The workshop is designed to help participants understand that stress is an inevitable part of life, and provide them with practical tools to recognize the symptoms of stress overload. Participants will learn how to identify situations and actions that can be changed to reduce stress, as well as strategies to help them cope with situations that cannot be changed.
The goal of this workshop is to provide a valuable investment in the well-being and productivity of employees at all levels of an organisation.
Self leadership includes being in control of your behavior and results to achieve your goals
Self-leadership is a critical skill that involves taking responsibility for our own outcomes and managing our priorities effectively. It’s a skill that is essential for success at all levels of an organization, from front-line workers to CEOs.
During this workshop, participants will learn:
- Understanding the concept of self-leadership
- Knowing who you are and what you want
- Managing change effectively
- Identifying your strengths and weaknesses
- Developing motivation and optimism
- Using what you know to achieve your goals.
Moving from disorganisation and disruptions to being planned and effective
In this workshop, participants will discover practical strategies for maximising their productivity and making the most of their time.
Participants will learn how to:
- Organise themself and their workspace most effectively
- Set and achieve goals that are meaningful and realistic,
- Plan and schedule their time effectively,
- Identify tasks that can be delegated and delegate them successfully,
- Minimise distractions and disruptions that can derail their productivity,
- Manage your workload and avoid burnout.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a toolbox of practical techniques for managing their time, tasks, and priorities.
Getting Started with Whole Brain Thinking® using HBDI®
Starting with an online survey to complete the HBDI®, which measures Whole Brain Thinking®, participants learn about the model and how it applies to their thinking preferences and those of their team.
In this interactive workshop, participants will:
- Explore and reflect on their own skills, attributes and challenges
- Understand thinking preferences and diversity of thinking
- Explore the Whole Brain® Model and how it can be applied to communication, coaching, effective team meetings, planning and more
- Review the implications of their thinking styles in a context
- Create an action plan for leveraging their thinking preferences
Because this is our most popular workshop for teams we have more information available here including pricing of the HBDI® and more information on the benefits of Whole Brain Thinking.
You can combine this workshop with Thinking Agility, Think About Your Client or Think About Communication for a whole day workshop.
Note: The cost of the HBDI® assessment is per person and in addition to the workshop cost.
Whole Brain® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global, LLC. Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Oce. HBDI® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global,
LLC.
Thinking Agility is the ability to consciously shift your thinking
This is a half day workshop, using Whole Brain Thinking. (Note: Participants need to have completed the Whole Brain Thinking – Start Thinking workshop prior to this workshop).
Participants will be able to use their existing Whole Brain® Thinking learning to apply to the concept of Thinking Agility. They will learn how to:
- Gauge how agile their thinking really is
- Recognise the need to think differently in different situations
- Use the Agile ThinkAbout™ to analyse the demands of different situations
- Shift their thinking as and when the situation demands it.
Whole Brain® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global, LLC. Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Oce. HBDI® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global,
LLC.
Use Whole Brain® Thinking to connect and understand your clients more easily
This is a half day workshop, using Whole Brain Thinking. (Note: Participants need to have completed the Whole Brain Thinking – Start Thinking workshop prior to this workshop).
Participants will be able to use their existing Whole Brain® Thinking learning to apply to the concept of Thinking About their clients. They will learn how to:
- Understand their clients’ needs more clearly
- Gain acceptance for their ideas and solutions more effectively
- Influence outcomes and get better decisions from others
- Avoid any potential misunderstandings
- Avoid ‘missing the point’ and giving clients something they don’t want.
Whole Brain® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global, LLC. Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Oce. HBDI® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global,
LLC.
Use Whole Brain® Thinking to understand more about effective communication
This is a half day workshop, using Whole Brain Thinking. (Note: Participants need to have completed the Whole Brain Thinking – Start Thinking workshop prior to this workshop).
Participants will be able to use their existing Whole Brain Thinking learning to apply to the concept of Thinking about communication. They will learn how to:
- Use the Whole Brain® Model as a way of understanding how other people communicate
- Recognise their own communication style and the implications of their thinking preference
- Recognise and understand the ‘language’ that someone else is using
- Communicate more effectively with people by using the languages of the various quadrants
- Use the Whole Brain® Model to avoid misunderstandings and miscommunications
- Communicate in a more Whole Brain® way
Whole Brain® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global, LLC. Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Oce. HBDI® is a registered trademark of Herrmann Global,
LLC.
A great experience to learn about your peers and yourself
Very engaging and not only helps understand issues, but also allows to understand team members
Great learning workshop- understanding the mindset/thinking of people yiu are dealing with and how you can then relate to them better
Great presentation skills to have either – presenting to clients or internal staff or for an interview.
A wonderful starting point for team discussions, assessing your team and beginning the journey to making desired improvements.
The structure of the day was informative, fun, stimulating and reflective. Good balance of info, activity and opportunities to ‘play’ with all members of the team
With a Graduate Diploma of Psychology, Karen Kirton is our master trainer and certified in delivering different assessments including Whole Brain Thinking, EQi-2.0 and Strengths Profile.
With our workshops you can choose from a range of half and full day options as single team development days, or combine into a program of development workshops over a period of time.
The Future of Work
We continually update our workshops to align with the skills needed into the future of work. The World Economic Forum (WEF) Future of Jobs report includes the skills that will be required in the workplace into the future, and in particular, the top-10 skills that will be needed through to 2025. Eight of those top-10 skills are people skills, or soft skills.
The WEF also reports on the rate of automation in the workplace which means that 50% of employees will need reskilling by 2025; and 40% of current workers’ key skills are expected to change in the next five years. This means that it has never been more important to upskill your employees so you can stay relevant in the market and engage and retain great people.
