Team workshops and away days
Workshops that help a team pull together
Workshops and away days for teams, leadership teams and boards. Each one is shaped around your team, with space for honest conversation and room to think.
What would you like to work on?
For teams building trust, settling in, or working through tension.
Help your leadership team or board pull in the same direction.
Set direction, agree priorities, or put into words what you stand for.
Practical training - learn a method by using it on your own work.
- Theory of Change workshopBuild one for your programme, and learn how to build the next.
- Process mapping workshopMap a real process together, then design a better one.
- Scenario planning workshopPicture a few possible futures, and test your plans against them.
- Change management trainingFor managers leading change, using ADKAR and the change curve.
Away days: Time to step back and plan together
A day to look up from the everyday, agree what matters and plan what comes next.
Your day might cover
- Where you are, and what's changing around you
- What matters most, and what can wait
- Who does what, and by when
- How the board and the executive work together
Half a day, a full day or a few shorter sessions. At your place, somewhere away from the office, or online.
Plan an away dayHow we build a day together
It starts with a conversation
About what's going on, what you'd like to leave with, and who needs to be in the room.
We shape it with you
The day takes shape around your question, often with a few of the people who will be there. Nothing comes off a shelf.
Your people do the thinking
Everyone works on real issues from your organisation, so the ideas belong to you.
It carries on afterwards
A write-up of what you made, and a follow-up session if it would help.
What people said
He is not afraid to challenge and has a knack for doing this in a way which sparks healthy debate and ideas to really get people thinking outside of the box.
“Workshop was great and really helpful to understand the issues with other departments not just where I am.”
Workshop participant, housing association “We all thoroughly enjoyed it and we continue to take pride and ownership in the little things we have implemented as a result of your workshop.”
Workshop participant, housing association “The way you facilitated the sessions was great. Not corporate, not telling us what to do, instead all working together to achieve positive results. Despite serious discussion taking place, we also had humour which made the days even more enjoyable.”
Workshop participant, housing association
Some of the organisations I've worked with
Free tools to try
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Questions people ask
How long is a workshop?
Half a day, a full day, or a few shorter sessions. It depends on what you want to leave with.
Where do they happen?
In person anywhere in the UK, at your place or somewhere away from the office, or online wherever you are.
How do we get started?
Get in touch and tell me what's going on. We'll talk it through and plan the day together.
James Freeman-Gray
Who you'll work with
You'll find me in the room rather than at the side of it - facilitating, designing with your people, and bringing the kind of energy that makes serious work feel lighter.
I lead every piece of work myself, from the first conversation to the handover, with senior associates alongside when the work needs more hands.