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Questions teams ask us

Practical answers to the questions we hear most from business leaders, HR teams, schools and colleges, with ideas you can try straight away.

Player in a VR headset gesturing while solving a puzzle in The Train Challenge
Business

Why does our team keep having the same arguments?

Repeated clashes are rarely about the issue on the table. More often they come from working styles that nobody has named yet.

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College teams working at tables during a Teams Glued session in a large hall
Education

How can students build the teamwork skills employers want?

Employers keep asking for collaboration and communication. Students rarely get to practise them in a way that feels real.

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Team members guiding a colleague in a VR headset at a Teams Glued session
Business

How do we get a new team working well, fast?

New teams can lose weeks working out how each other operates. You can shortcut that by making working styles visible early.

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Education

How do we stop student group projects falling apart?

One student does everything, two coast and one disappears. Group projects often fail for the same reasons workplace teams do.

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Business

Why doesn’t our away day make any difference by Monday?

Most team days are enjoyable and forgotten within a week. The problem isn’t the day itself. It’s what happens before and after it.

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Education

How can schools and colleges develop middle leaders?

Heads of department and curriculum leads are often promoted for their teaching, then left to work out leadership on the job.

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Business

How can a new manager lead people who work differently to them?

Most new managers lead the way they like to be led. That works well with people like them, and misfires with almost everyone else.

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Education

How do we help staff teams work better under pressure?

Inspections, exam season, budget pressures: education teams spend a lot of time under pressure. That is exactly when working styles collide.

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Facilitator presenting a group's Panther, Koala, Meerkat and Fox percentage mix on a large screen
Business

How do we know if team development is actually working?

“Everyone enjoyed it” isn’t evidence. Measuring team development means looking for change at three levels, over time.

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Team members guiding a colleague in a VR headset at a Teams Glued session
Education

How can students learn to talk about their strengths at interview?

“I’m a team player” doesn’t stand out. Students who can describe how they work with others, with a real example, do.

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