One of my facilitation challenges was connecting ten public sector teams in a conversation on raising their collective performance. Following scene setting on organisational vision and the attributes of high performing teams the session moved to collaborative action. The first step involved reflection on strengths, successes and areas to improve. With these shared, each team was then briefed to develop their ‘manifesto’ for higher performance. Alongside their priority commitments I requested a memorable team tagline conveying their distinct contribution and cause. Their output supported a discussion on shared challenges and opportunities to better understand and leverage collective capabilities.
Their work was supported with a pack of stimulus cards. These featured winning team attributes, inspirational quotes and (most importantly) achievable actions to promote cohesion and collaboration (drawn extensively from Daniel Coyle’s Culture Code book).
The sharing session was energising and illuminating –enabling participants to appreciate the ambition and contributions of the teams they work alongside. As importantly, is was a lot of fun. This was undoubtedly helped by the entertaining and creative delivery of some unforgettable taglines (and a few logos).
You may find the stimulus helpful and can download it below:
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