Developing Successful Groups
Team Development
Our team development and dynamics work is largely based on our trademarked Thrive Model. Our Thrive Model is the result of decades’ worth of research combined with the practical experience of what helps groups thrive and perform.
Our focused team development work uses the 6 foundational elements for performance, innovation and impact explored in our book “The Social Brain: The Psychology of Successful Groups.”
Our team development approach
Team
diagnostic
We help new teams to begin well.
Our team diagnostic (developed from the science behind our book) provides insights into team strengths and weaknesses and also identifies foundational elements for performance that may be missing or under-appreciated.
Team
development
We work closely with teams to help them put in place those foundations needed for the team to thrive – this can be through team dynamics facilitation from an experienced psychologist, specific learning modules or team coaching support.
Team
principles
We work closely with teams to
help them agree and commit to a set of team principles and ambitions that aligns with the team’s purpose and the organisational strategy.
Focus Areas
Bespoke team development learning
These are always curated and cocreated and can range from half a day to a week. They may be for an executive team, to consider succession, a strategy retreat, a trust building experience for new joiners, etc. Delivered in global locations to suit our client, programmes can include team coaching, virtual workshops and team away days.
Team development consulting
We partner with our clients to design approaches that fast-track and optimise team performance and impact. We help teams to think about their optimum size in relation to task - and what to do when things aren’t working well. We offer team diagnostics based on the science behind the Thrive Model.
Coaching for team development
We help new and established teams to achieve their purpose and ambition and to ensure each team member thrives. Our team coaching focuses on team dynamics, identifying helpful and unhelpful behaviours, recognising the impact of individual interactions and embedding productive practices that create safety and help deliver performance.
Our exco work
We advise boards and leadership teams on how to future-proof their organisations in an increasingly complex world. We work closely with C-suite and board-level leaders, bringing commercial and strategic direction amidst major change. As trusted thinking partners, we challenge and support them to create thriving, successful organisations.
Thrive 3-Day Programme
Thriving teams do not emerge by chance.
They are created when leaders understand and shape the conditions that allow people to perform at their best.
Grounded in the Thrive Model, this programme explores the six elements that underpin performance, innovation and impact. Leadership teams leave with a shared language and clear commitments to create cultures where people perform, collaborate and deliver extraordinary results.
“The Programme created a ‘wake-up’ moment resulting in the Circular Economy and the Sustainable Development Agenda being much more ‘front’ and ‘centre’ of strategy and thinking.”
"I wanted to express my gratitude for your exceptional contributions to our recent Berkeley retreat. Your efforts in securing excellent external speakers, skilfully coordinating events, and fostering insightful discussions were invaluable. Your dedication played a pivotal role in the success of the retreat, contributing significantly to the reinvigoration and alignment of our team. The energy and enthusiasm you helped maintain over long days did not go unnoticed. Thank you once again for your commitment and outstanding work".
CASE STUDIES
Transformational storytelling: Leadership retreat for Rio Tinto
Our brief was to help a global group of senior economists with a technical background – used to working with spreadsheets and scenarios – to become more confident to tell stories of the future and to inspire their audiences to make transformational changes, particularly as regards new energy.
The retreat provided the chance for a far-flung global team to come together to think, enjoy one another’s company, connect and take steps towards new ways of working. The client valued the excellent faculty, insightful discussions and smooth event coordination. According to the Chief Economist, the retreat reinvigorated the team and bolstered team alignment.
Are aspects of your culture that served you in the past holding you back?
Would you like to identify clear interventions to evolve a thriving culture fit for the future? We would love to help you both to understand the scaffolding of your current ways of working and to map, model and encourage your aspirational culture. Our research highlights how an enhanced sense of shared purpose and values , ritual, belonging and human connection can shift a culture from the inside out.
