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TEAM DEVELOPMENT AWAY DAY

Creative Edge tailor all their courses to the specific requirements of the organisation and team they are working with. This generic course outline just gives a flavour of some of the areas that might be covered.

PROPOSED TIMINGS

Pre-course work
Two hour face-to-face meeting with manager
Email consultation with team, and outline created
One-day course
Post-course work
Phone consultations and coaching with the manager
Report written covering teams’ action points
One month break
Half day course
Post course work
Phone consultation and coaching with manager and report written if needed

GENERIC COURSE OUTLINE
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

FIRST DAY COURSE
TEAM DEVELOPMENT

• Recognise individual’s role within the team
• Create greater team cohesion, through exploring common values and goals
• Look at ways of working more effectively together
• Spend time getting to know each other better
• Explore ways of supporting each other within the team

COMMUNICATION

• Look at patterns of communicating within the team
• Explore developing ‘assertive behaviours,’ within the team
• How to communicate effectively in times of pressure and change
• Explore the difference between reactive communication and reflective communication
• Create a working agreement together to help improve communication

THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE

• What is the purpose of the team?
• What needs to be done to fulfil the team’s purpose?
• Create a collective vision for the future
• Practical strategies for making the vision for the future a reality
• Commitment to action

POST COURSE REPORT

• Facilitator writes all the actions points and strategies written by the team
• Phone consultation with managers

HALF DAY COURSE REVIEW

• Review learning from previous course
• Review actions from previous course: what has been achieved, what more needs to be done
• Celebrate successes of team
• Commitment to actions

OTHER AREAS OF SPECIALISATION FOR TEAMS

• Team mergers
• Managing change
• Creating mission statement and purpose of team
• Understanding role of the team within the organisation as a whole
• MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator)

ORGANISATIONS THAT HAVE DONE TEAM DAYS WITH CREATIVE EDGE

• Easyjet
• Virgin Atlantic
• NHS
• Tearfund
• Oxford University
• Oxford University Press
• Oxford University Libraries
• Oxford City Council
• Reading Council
• Royal Borough of Kensington Council

WHAT TEAM MANAGERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THEIR TEAM DAYS

• “After the sessions, I was able to discuss with Ms Sinclair the areas that I needed to concentrate on in the team and the areas that are working well were highlighted. Ms Sinclair gave me a lot of support before, during and after the sessions and I do feel that I could contact her in the future, if necessary. Ms Sinclair is very intuitive and has a great deal of insight and made sure she got to find out each member of the team personally. I could not recommend her highly enough for a team-building exercise.”
NHS manager: full comment available on references page
• “My team was going through a great time of change, two separate teams had been merged with very different remits, which was causing interpersonal problems. Milly has worked with us over two years with 3 one day seminars and many consultations. I have been consistently amazed at the personalised help that has been provided. Everything was devised specifically for us and our particular needs. As the commissioning manager I have been confident of value for money, and have recommended Creative Edge to many of my colleagues.
Royal Borough of Kensington Council Manager full comment available on references page

“The potential of the Human Spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you need to know is how to tap into that well.”

(Jack Welsh, CEO, General Electric)

"Complex concepts, delivered in a fun way that makes them real!"

(Chris Goscombe, Director of Human Resourses, Easyjet)

Please contact Milly Sinclair
creativeedgeuk@aol.com 07703 181 630