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Team Strategy Days
Team Strategy Days; Creating memorable team offsites
At I-TRUST HR, I specialise in designing and facilitating bespoke team offsites and workshops that allow you to align teams to your organisation’s strategic objectives, connect teams and solve problems together.
My approach is to enter a conversation with and others in your team to get a clear set of outcomes and to create a session plan that achieves those requirements. All you need to do is to choose a great venue and environment where this experience can take place and people can be at their best.
These offsites or workshops provide opportunities to empower and engage your teams in the challenges your organisation face. Through activities and collaborative discussions, I ensure that every team member is involved, and the session has actionable outputs for the team to take away.
In a world where hybrid working has become the norm it makes it even more important to provide an opportunity for the team to further connect, have fun and create lasting memories together. These can be through informal activities and evening meals that you put in place during their time they are together.
I understand that every team is unique which is why I adopt a flexible approach to facilitation. Whether it’s guiding reflective discussions, sparking creative ideation sessions, or facilitating constructive debates, I adapt my methods to ensure that your offsite achieves its intended outcomes.
Each session is structured to deliver team actions and individual commitments to help create momentum when back in the normal working environment.
Together, let’s design an offsite experience that promotes growth, encourages connection, and drives meaningful change.
“Workshops are relevant, thoughtful and meaningful, Jo is a pleasure to work with”
“All the sessions were fun, useful, engaging and really helped the team re-align and pull together. Absolutely invaluable!”
“Amazing facilitator; you were able to facilitate conversations without being forceful or hurrying things along but pressed us to keep to time when needed. Such a great skill to have!”
“Awesome off-site, the planned sessions fitted our needs, but you also allowed us to deviate from the set plan to facilitate the discussions as they were happening. Your energy and kindness kept everybody engaged and bought in so that we got the most out of that time. I can’t wait for the next one”.
In Summary:
My partnership with this fintech startup demonstrates the power of strategic collaboration and tailored interventions. By addressing their changing needs through facilitation, personalised assessments, and outcome-driven agendas, I have supported them in their growth. With each annual offsite, I continue to focus on achieving impact, evidenced by the exceptional eNPS scores and glowing testimonials from team members. As I look ahead, I remain committed to nurturing this partnership and empowering the team to reach new heights of success together.
Results:
Outstanding eNPS: Achieved an outstanding eNPS score of 100%, reflecting the team's overwhelming satisfaction with the offsite experience.
Testimonials: from team members highlight the impact these offsites have made to them.
Future Engagement of Services: The client continues to engage in thesse services in their annual offsites, demonstrating their confidence in my ability to adapt and deliver their changing needs year after year.
Key Actions:
Developed and facilitated collaborative workshops - to co-create the company's vision, values, and strategic priorities.
Used personality assessments – such as Lumina to enhance team understanding and cohesion.
Focused on Team Dynamics – by introducing Squadify to optimise how the teamwork together
Created Sessions – to drive performance towards their north star around OKR’s
Outcome Driven – aligned offsite agendas with CEO and team objectives, focusing on actionable outcomes.
Sought feedback - from team members to continuously improve the offsite experience.
Solution implementation:
To address the client's challenges, sessions were developed each year to meet their changing needs. My collaborative process involved working closely with the CEO and their team to identify desired outcomes and design offsite agendas that would effectively achieve those goals. I then facilitated engaging sessions tailored to these outcomes and used tools such as Lumina to assess personality dynamics and Squadify. Through guided discussions and interactive exercises, I was able to ensure every offsite was meticulously developed to maximise impact and drive actionable results.
Client Overview and Challenge
The client is a dynamic fintech startup experiencing rapid growth whilst experiencing the challenges any startup face. Over the past four years, their team offsites have grown from 15 to a team of 40 passionate professionals all focused on making this start up a success. Their commitment to fostering a cohesive team culture, aligning themselves to vision and values, and strengthening strategic alignment has remained steadfast throughout their journey.
At the onset of our partnership, the client wanted to collaboratively develop their vision, values, and strategic roadmap. Subsequently, as the team expanded, it became necessary to ensure that every member remained aligned with the company's vision and values. Additionally, the client wanted to maximise their time together and develop connections among team members especially as some worked remotely and others hybrid.
