Often we are asked to work as consultants rather than trainers or coaches, so facilitating a session with a team to achieve a purpose may be something we are asked to do. Andonella Thomson of Kingscavil Consulting kindly shared these 3 documents to help run a session on helping a team to define and draw...
So many resources on team-working focus on the role of the team leader, or rely on personality-type assessments. Belbin is very specialised, and perhaps best saved for project teams, rather than teams of people who work together doing a similar (if not the same) role. Team Player Styles were defined by Glenn Parker in his...
Patrick Lencioni highlights 5 dysfunctions of teams i.e. reasons why they may not perform as well as they could. There's a nice article explaining it HERE, and it's one of the models explored in the Build a High Performing Team Power Hour. This Questionnaire helps to identify which of the 5 dysfunctions might be the...
A nice team exercises that allows you to explore a range of topics including problem solving, planning, leadership, communication, team roles and decision making. Works best face-to-face but not impossible to run virtually with forward planning. DOWNLOAD NOW
A simple exercise to help teams to critically appraise where they are now and to start start visioning where they want to be in the future. It's flexible nature means it can be run face to face or virtually, and you can tackle big topics like company strategy or more specific ones like service level...
This is an example of a useful resource that can be used with individuals in a coaching session or with a team in team development/team building sessions. Ask people to identify themselves (and potentially others) and use that to drive discussion and exploration. DOWNLOAD NOW This content is only available to logged in users. If...
A nice, quick versatile activity that works well virtually or in person. Can be used simply as an energiser, or to explore communication, problem solving and team work. Sourced from the Mindtools website. DOWNLOAD NOW This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like to become a member of the Training...
A quick, self-scoring questionnaire that can be used to help teams to gauge how close they are to be "High Performing" DOWNLOAD NOW This content is only available to logged in users. If you would like to become a member of the Training Designer's Club, you can join here Please log in / become a...
A quick, simple and active exercise that links well to team development and problem solving. It can also be used in communication and leadership courses. All you need is a light football and some space! For larger groups, you can make it competitive by having two teams go head to head. DOWNLOAD THE EXERCISE This...
An active exercise that works will with large groups (you need at least 6 people to make it work). It takes around 30 minutes and can bring out a number of issues including objective setting, communication, change, process management, and team working. Very versatile! DOWNLOAD NOW And here's a sheet directly from LegoLand with a......
