For organisations

Team workshops

For a team that is stuck

Team workshops are for a specific team with a real problem. I come in as an outside pair of eyes, work out what is actually going on, show the team what I see, and we work through it together, live. Not a generic talk, a session built around your team's actual knot.

A small team connected around a shared knot, drawn from nodes

Where a training teaches a topic to a group, a team workshop works on your team's actual situation. No set curriculum, we start from what is really going on.

We begin with a conversation with you about what is happening, then I hear from the team. I bring back what I am seeing, and we work with it in the room, together. The value is in the live work, not a handout.

Bring me a team that is stuck on…

Ways of working

Broken handoffs, meeting overload, too much in progress, a process everyone complains about but no one owns. We redesign how the team actually works together.

A retrospective

After a rough launch, a missed quarter, or an incident. Honest reflection that leads to change, not blame.

Alignment and direction

Busy, but pulling in slightly different directions. We get everyone on the same page about priorities and who owns what.

Insight into action

Research, data, or customer findings that are not turning into decisions. We turn what you already know into what you do next.

Decision under uncertainty

A choice the team keeps circling because the information is incomplete. We make a sound call and move.

Not on the list? If your team is stuck somewhere else, tell me on a call and we will shape it.

The top marker of a high-performing team is not talent

When Google studied more than 180 of its teams, the single biggest factor was psychological safety, how safe people feel to speak up. That is exactly what this kind of session builds.

Research: Google, Project Aristotle (re:Work)

How it goes

  • A short brief with the team lead to understand the situation.
  • A read of the team, through a quick, honest look at the dynamic.
  • Live work together, where the team does the real thinking and I hold the process.
  • Optional light follow-up to keep the change alive.

What teams take from it

Teams leave with a clearer sense of what was really going on, and a shared language for it, which is often what unlocks the rest.

Frequently asked questions

When is this the right fit?

When a specific team is stuck, tense, or navigating a change, and a generic training would not touch it.

How long does it take?

Usually a day to a day and a half, depending on the team and the knot.

Online or in person?

Both work, and in person often helps for this kind of work.

Do you follow up?

Optional. Some teams like a light check-in afterwards; others take it from there.

How do we start?

A short call with you to understand the situation, then I scope it.

Got a team that is stuck?

Book a short call and tell me what is going on. Every team workshop is scoped to your situation and quoted accordingly.

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