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teamwork and teambuilding training courses - case studies

We think the best way to get a flavour of our approach to teamwork and team development is to take a look at some of the courses we've run for our clients. A couple of examples (click each to read more) are:

We've also written extensively about teams, teamwork, and team development, and the following articles may be of interest:

After taking a look at those, come back and read more about our general approach to programmes to develop your team.

teamwork and teambuilding programmes - our principles

Our training courses in helping people and teams develop their teamwork skills fall into two categories - courses for groups from a single company, and teamwork development courses for individuals.

The common aspects of our work in delivering teamwork skills training courses to teams are as follows:

The way we cover teamwork skills varies enormously, and depends heavily on a joint pre-courses assessment of what the needs are, and the flexibility during the course to change and adapt the approach as needed. As an indication of the areas we tend to get involved in, please take a look at the examples below:


teamwork using Myers-Briggs

We've found that using Myers-Briggs (MBTI) profiling as part of creating an understanding and appreciation of differing operation styles and approaches hugely valuable. As with all the management training tools we use, we don't "teach" MBTI as a subject in itself, but use it effectively to deliver the teamwork training our clients need.

By looking not only at the individual dichotomies, but looking at specific combinations, we can access a rich resource of information about people's preferred styles of behaviour. This knowledge is then advanced to develop the skill to both adapt our own behaviour whilst being part of a team, as well as create a greater appreciation of the styles of others, enabling the individuals and the team as a whole to be much more flexible, resourceful and successful in working together.

As with all our courses, we introduce the theory, use real-world, practical, and usually outdoors experiential learning to flesh out and internalise the knowledge gained, and then focus on reviews to really capture the essence of what has been learnt and ensure that it is translated into practical benefits back at work.


teamwork using NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)

NLP, it goes without saying, has a massive amount to offer in terms of developing a greater understanding of our own behavioural styles, and how our styles come across to others. By enabling us to take a very deep look at how we behave, why we behave in certain ways at certain times, and what the impact is of this on others, we can analyse our behaviour and model more successful behaviours in order to help clarify and understand what will deliver the results we want.

It is almost impossible to overestimate the power of having a greater understanding of your own behaviour, and the differences between when your behaviour delivers what you are looking for and when it doesn't. It's also hugely powerful to develop the skills and attitude that helps you to change the behaviour patterns you use at will. Whether you are motivating, supporting, encouraging or even disciplining others, sharing your ideas, listening to others, or driving towards a common goal, enhancing the range of your capabilities to do so will make you far more successful.

As with all our courses, we introduce the theory, use real-world, practical, and usually outdoors experiential learning to flesh out and internalise the knowledge gained, and then focus on reviews to really capture the essence of what has been learnt and ensure that it is translated into practical benefits back at work.


teamwork challenges

We regularly operate in the great outdoors, as well as in classroom training environments, and have developed a suite of flexible courses to really push and challenge teams. By creating safe but challenging missions for teams to achieve, and carefully monitoring their performance, we help each individual to understand much more about themselves and the team around them.

The exercises provide a huge amount of "raw data" that can be reviewed later and translated into the actions that will really make the difference back at work. This marks us out as significantly different to many training companies - with our "real world" experience, we know that team building and teamwork training is about much more than a nice day (or 3!) out - it's about learning how to perform better every day.


teamwork using common sense

Sounds obvious, but common sense is missed far too often on training courses, overruled by the latest fancy theory and snazzy quotes from the "gurus". We don't miss this part, at all. By giving teams the opportunity to undertake challenges and tasks, and then simply reviewing with them what went well and what didn't, it's (no longer, to us!) astonishing what comes out.

Our skill here is in genuine, open facilitation, and in creating the environment for people to come up with their own answers - much, much more powerful than listening to a lecture.


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