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You can’t Escape the Stages of Team Development!

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Last week I ran a strategy/team-building day for a newly merged department of around 30 people. Part of the day was about the goals of the department, the reporting lines and key deliverables. The other part of the day was about getting to know each other and how to work together as a team. We decided to keep it theory light, but (in reference to the fact that they were a NEW team) we did cover Tuckman – just to reassure them that it would get harder before it got easier, and that was normal and actually could be quite a good thing. To illustrate this, we went to an Escape Room. With 30 people we had 6 groups, so during the activity, my associate and I observed 3 groups each – approximately 15 minutes each. It was very illuminating! The group I was with first were a bit shell-shocked by the whole situation. They didn’t know what to do, everyone was reluctant to take control, no-one said much, it was all quite polite and although some people did start to fiddle with some of the props and puzzles, they did so alone. There was very little communication. As an…

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When Creativity Strikes

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Designing training is quite a creative thing. Yes – there are some things that you can do to progress the creation of a course when your brain isn’t in it, but when creativity strikes BOOM!! You work so much more quickly and what you create is so much better. I’ve just experienced this in a non-work capacity. In my lunch break, I decided to go and pick the raspberries (we have so many growing!!), and whilst I was outside, allowing my mind to wander, I suddenly knew how I wanted to re-design the garden. It’s been something we’ve been talking about for about a year, but despite looking in magazines, searching on-line, going round garden centres and so on, we didn’t move our thinking on much. But little ideas have been stored here and there. Last week, we found ourselves watching an episode Springwatch. We weren’t even giving it our full attention, but there was a small item on creating a nature garden in a small, urban space. What a nice idea I thought, but that was it. However, today, as I finished picking the raspberries, I turned and looked at my rectangular lawn and dilapidated shed and tatty patio,…

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Pace… Fast and Direct or Slow and Meandering?

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A number of things have prompted this blog: Various articles I’m seeing (particularly on LinkedIn) and my recent visit to Rome. Let’s talk about Rome. We had three full days at our disposal so had to choose how best to spend our time. My husband and I have been before, around 20 years ago, so we knew what was worth revisiting with young teenagers in tow, and what wasn’t. As such we had 2 full days all sorted, and a final day to decide what to do with at the time. On day 1 we saw the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, St Peter’s Basilica and went around the Vatican Museums. We’d allowed ourselves 3 hours for this (based on past experience) and it proved to be ideal. We saw all the bits we wanted to see and had time to listen to the detailed information about the rooms that caught our attention and took all the photos we wanted, as well as sitting in the sun for a 15 minute (much needed) break. Clearly, some people had a lot less time… many tourists practically running past us to get to the Sistene Chapel in the shortest time possible (and no…

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