Team workshop: Clarifying and shaping collaboration together
Target group l Occasions l Content I Attitude I Moderation l Methods l Procedure l Benefits I FAQs
Our team workshops provide time and structure to look at both factual issues and interpersonal dynamics. Teams reflect on their current situation and work together on the issues that shape their collaboration.
A Coachingwerk team workshop creates a shared space in which people consciously take a closer look at how they work together. They pause, talk to each other and focus on what is important at the moment. Exchange becomes possible, tensions can become visible and new perspectives emerge.
As a moderated work process, a team workshop helps to work on issues of collaboration, role clarity, communication and alignment – with external moderation and responsibility for content and results within the team. The aim is to create clarity, orientation and concrete agreements for collaboration.
For which teams a workshop makes sense
A Coachingwerk team workshop is aimed at:
- new teams, departments or divisions
- Existing teams and organizational units
- Project and working groups
- Management and management teams
- Teams in change or clarification processes
Our team workshops are aimed at teams of 5 to 40 participants from business, administration and non-profit organizations. From a group size of 12 participants, we can conduct the workshop with two coaches on request.
For larger departments or areas with 40 to 500 participants, we offer our workshop format as a large group moderation with several coaches.
Typical occasions for a team workshop
These occasions often form the starting point for a joint reflection process:
- if there is a need for improvement in cooperation
- for role and task clarifications
- the desire for better communication and constructive feedback
- for an understanding of common values
- to strengthen the sense of unity
- in dealing with conflicts
- to accompany change processes and management changes
- for strategic alignment and orientation
Expert tip
from team coach Daniela Wirtz
Not every development need in a team can be clarified in a single workshop. Depending on the issue, a different suitable format may be required:
Team coaching for long-term team development.
Team mediationwhen it comes to resolving conflicts.
Team strength profileto make personalities visible and strengthen interaction with one another.
LEGO Workshop as a creative method for complex topics.
Large group moderationif you want to involve more than 40 participants.
In an initial discussion, we clarify together which of our team development formats offers the right framework for your concerns.
What happens in a Coachingwerk team workshop
In our team workshop, we guide your team through a moderated process in which collaboration, communication and roles are consciously considered and worked on together. Our moderation combines three essential building blocks consisting of analysis, processing and securing results. The focus is on:
- Joint consideration of the current team situation
- Open exchange about expectations, roles and communication
- Structured processing of the topics currently relevant to the team
Depending on the issue, we often work on two to four key topics in the workshop, which are prioritized and explored in greater depth together.
Our attitude: How we understand collaboration
In team development, we see collaboration as a joint learning and clarification process. In unserem Teamworkshop betrachten wir Ihr Team als eigenständiges System, das seine Lösungen selbst entwickeln kann, wenn ein geeigneter Rahmen vorhanden ist.
Our attitude is appreciative and impartial. These principles guide us in every phase of the workshop. Different perspectives, roles and experiences have their place with us and are consciously included without being evaluated or prioritized. This attitude characterizes our moderation and forms the basis for the work in the team workshop.
Our role in external moderation
In the team workshop, we provide professional moderation, ensure a clear framework, a structured approach and respectful interaction.
Our role includes:
- Structuring the process
- Involving all stakeholders
- Enabling reflection and exchange
We control the process – the responsibility for the content and the decisions deliberately remain with the team. This ensures a clear demarcation between process responsibility and responsibility for content.
Methods and work formats
In our team workshops, we work with different methods and formats that support the joint work process:
- Structured reflection phases
- Work in small groups and in plenary sessions
- Moderated exchange rounds
- Interaction and participation, e.g. with Liberating Structures
- Visual forms of work
- creative-artistic and playful methods
The methods are combined in a target-oriented manner.
Your benefit: What your team will take away from our team workshop
After the workshop, your team will be in a better position:
- classify your own current situation and set priorities
- Address expectations and concerns openly and constructively
- to clarify and implement common directions in a binding manner
- make concrete agreements that work in everyday life
Typical results are documented agreements, coordinated communication rules and prioritized development topics. The benefits arise from the joint work process and the active participation of all team members.
Procedure: This is how a Coachingwerk team workshop is structured
Preparation
- Preliminary discussion to clarify the occasion, objective and framework
- Coordination of duration, participants and setting
- Individual workshop design & choice of methods
Implementation
- Introduction and joint orientation
- Active systematic moderation, organization of transitions and breaks
- Thematic work phases in varying formats
- Securing key results
The duration of a team workshop is usually between 1/2 day and 2 days, depending on the issue, objective and team size. The workshop can be held in person, online or hybrid.
Follow-up
- Structured summary of the results
- Documentation as a photo protocol or presentation
- Joint evaluation meeting
Contact us
In a non-binding initial meeting, we will examine together how your team workshop can be organized in a targeted manner and discuss the occasion, framework and possible next steps.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions about the team workshop
What is a team workshop?
A team workshop with Coachingwerk is a moderated work process in which teams work together on topics of collaboration, communication and alignment.
In contrast to training or consulting, content and solutions emerge from the team itself.
Who are team workshops suitable for?
Team workshops are aimed at new and existing teams, management teams, project and working groups as well as teams undergoing change or clarification processes.
In which situations is a team workshop useful?
For example, when there is a need for clarification in cooperation, in the event of conflicts, management changes, in change processes or when teams want to review their direction.
How does a team workshop work?
A team workshop consists of preparation, joint work in the workshop and follow-up work on the content and results. The duration is usually between 1/2 day and 2 days.
What role does the moderator play?
The moderator structures the process, creates a trusting framework and supports the exchange within the team. Their attitude is appreciative and impartial. Responsibility for content and results remains with the team.