The Team Development guide is for the person who brings a team together to talk about how it works: the team leader, the facilitator of a workshop or retreat, the team coach, the HR or organisational development professional.
It helps a team build trust and psychological safety, handle disagreement productively, see the strengths each person brings and celebrate what it has achieved. The questions are grounded in research on psychological safety, trust, constructive conflict, strengths and shared purpose.
Inside are a hundred facilitation questions in seven categories that follow the essentials of team development: Team Purpose & Vision, Psychological Safety & Trust, Communication & Collaboration, Conflict & Difficult Conversations, Strengths & Diversity, Accountability & Performance, and Celebration & Appreciation. Each theme opens with a question such as what our team exists to accomplish, or what trust means in the context of our team. The guide adds implementation strategies for team launches, offsites, conflict mediation, virtual facilitation and multi-day retreats, a framework for the stages of team development and a quick reference. With it comes a personalised card deck, with a card for each category and your name on every card, ready to print for breakout groups.
On WorkSmart4Life the guide sits with the decks under Connect, and it is the leader's part of the Team Pack and of the Leadership Intake pack. To start, add the guide to your cart; both files arrive by email, and I suggest beginning with the Psychological Safety & Trust questions.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life