TEAM DEVELOPMENT

We have worked with a variety of teams for a variety of reasons to support their development. We are accredited to use two tools to support team development and activities which are:

                     Case Study (1)

In this case, the manager of a successful team in a well known Building Society was asked to merge two teams together - one team was larger than the other.

The outcome required for this project was to prepare both teams for the forthcoming merge so that disruption for the business and the individuals was kept to a minimum.

The Belbin Team Role profiling tool was used to demonstrate how successful teams can operate and we ran a lively and participative workshop to allow them to 'practise' working with others.

To give the team a day to remember, we hired a motor racing circuit and the final part of the day included team racing and rallying events - great fun with serious preparation for the future.

Click here for an example of the Belbin Team Role Profile. (PDF format)

Case Study (2)

This situation was different. A team had been pulled together for a project within a County Council. The choice of team members was based on the 'technical' expertise of each person, with no real consideration of the personalities involved or how they might work successfully with each other in order to deliver what was required.

As the incumbent manager was being moved to another project, the Council felt that the existing team could self manage and facilitate the work they had to do through a matrix management approach, thus saving on the cost of replacing the managers.

However, there were concerns that without some form of guidance, some of the team members might lose direction and motivation. GMD people ran a two day event using a variety of activities and tools aimed at helping individuals within the team understand themselves better and their colleagues. MBTI provided a useful tool to highlight the topic of different preferences in the work setting and how they might handle different types of situations they would face as a matrix team.

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