Team Development Training for High Performing Teams

Align Goals & Accelerate High Performing Team Results

Our core program, Building High Performing Teams, is based on the TeamStart Process, a 2-day program created by GE and refined during our time at JP Morgan in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia/Pacific. The process is designed to help newly formed or established teams define and clarify the essential elements for team and organization success:

• Mission and Vision: Establishing a clear purpose and future direction.
• Value Proposition: Defining the team’s unique contribution.
• Goals and Strategy: Setting actionable targets and a plan for achievement.
• Role Clarity: Defining responsibilities and streamlining workflows.
• Team Interaction Processes: Maximizing effective communication, collaboration, and conflict management skills.
• Relationships and Trust: Fostering strong connections to maximize performance.

To achieve dramatic improvements in team effectiveness, we frequently employ customized diagnostic surveys and utilize psychometric instruments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II (MBTI), Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (EQ-i), Herrmann Brain Dominance (HBDI), and DiSC. 

This seminar focuses on accelerating organizational transformation and driving team performance to the next level, starting with executive leadership. The process can be extended to include additional team members, potentially engaging hundreds of managers and professionals through large group intervention processes to create a degree of alignment many would say is not possible. 

Designing seminars and facilitating cross-functional, multinational teams is a unique skill set we have applied hundreds of times globally with exceptional results.

Team Communication & Decision-Making Training

Our Six Thinking Hats course helps team leaders and individual contributors enhance decision-making, communication, creative thinking and group dynamics. By introducing a common language to enable Parallel Thinking, this one-day course empowers participants to approach problems creatively and solve them collaboratively, driving engagement and promoting creative thinking. Lynn Reed is a Master Trainer certified personally by Dr. Edward de Bono, creator of the Six Thinking Hats methodology.

Key Benefits

• Increases meeting and team decision-making efficiency and effectiveness (cycle times can be reduced by 50%-75% based on data-driven research)
• Enhances quality of communication and engagement in diverse, multicultural environments
• Creates a culture of creative thinking to drive innovation throughout the organization
• Balances decision-making by overcoming natural human pessimism and risk aversion

The Six Thinking Hats method is perfect for teams looking to improve collaboration and build a culture of innovation. Lynn has trained and facilitated the successful application of this method to over 10,000 managers and professionals worldwide, from Boards of Directors / C-Suite executive leadership teams to graduate trainee populations. 

Lynn’s expertise in delivering this course has helped companies like JP Morgan and other Fortune 100 organizations transform their approach to decision-making and problem-solving.

Engage Teams with Strategic, Facilitated Meetings

How often do people come away from a business meeting feeling engaged and energized about the process, and enthusiastic and committed to the outcome? Sadly, not very often. We are experts at generating just such results, having designed and facilitated hundreds of meetings over the past 35 years in over 20 countries. Our skills and experience in group dynamics and facilitation, including large group intervention processes, are, quite frankly, second to none. 

Specific Expertise in:

• Executive retreats
• Keeping multi-day events interactive and on track
• Navigating and diffusing difficult situations (i.e., dysfunctional situations or teams)
• Interjecting a bit of fun, or “light but useful” education into an otherwise heavy and/or dull conference agenda
• Avoiding long, boring, mind-numbing “show and tell” sessions that seemingly drag on forever

Our facilitated sessions have ranged from a few hours to multi-day events. Past audiences have ranged from graduate trainees to boards of directors at some of the largest firms in the world.

Onboarding for New Leaders and Team Integration

The JumpStart Seminar is a one-day, structured session designed to integrate new managers or new team members into existing or newly formed teams. This process, which should be completed within 3-4 weeks of the arrival of the new manager or team member, significantly boosts team collaboration and accelerates performance.

Key Outcomes

• Accelerated integration of new team managers and members
• Improved team collaboration and communication
• Increased team effectiveness and alignment

JumpStart ensures a smooth transition, setting the stage for long-term success and high performance.