Integral: The Dynamics of Leading a Team
Overview: In today's workplace, team leadership is complex. To keep a team on course, it is crucial that leaders attend to the underlying dynamics, cohesive forces, and key relationships that are easy to miss. Integral helps leaders develop their team skills and encourages people to think together.
Content:
Day 1:
1. What is the team here to do? Using an adaptation of Ralph Stacey’s Chaos and Complexity model, we can create a clear container for a team to give it purpose. It provides a reliable foundation for any change.
2. What draws individuals into teams? Humans have many reasons for gathering in groups. Using Forces of Cohesion, we will examine the range of human motivations, so that individuals can be understood better in a group context.
3. How is power exercised in the team? According to Bert Hellinger, there are dynamics that pervade across cultures. which determine how power is distributed in a team. Understanding these can help us identify dysfunctions and methods of redress.
4. What are efficient and resilient ways to collaborate? Triangles are the basic stable foundation of culture. Creating triadic relationships around projects generates greater resilience and efficiency in the team culture.
Day 2:
1. How do we address the group’s negative traits? Shadow work is a staple in leadership development, though typically focused on individuals. Understanding collective consciousness and group shadow can deepen team relationships.
2. How do we handle conflict? Entrenched positions and justification of our own rightness keeps hostility in place. Learning how to unpack the core defensive beliefs and focus on interests instead can turn conflict into creativity.
3. How do we take collective action? In complex systems, there are no guarantees of outcomes when we act on the system. Fractals are a great way of intervening experimentally, with a view to affecting the whole system.
4. Who do I need to support my teamwork? There are four key archetypes that support leaders in any undertaking but are particularly relevant to team activity. Making sure these mentors are in our lives can keep us resilient.
Learning Objectives: The purpose of the event is to generate practices to help leaders improve their team’s performance and create a high performing culture.
Specifically delegates will learn to:
Create a resilient vision for the team that is responsive to changing circumstances.
Understand the personal motivations of team members.
Notice “invisible” power dynamics and generate ways of working with them.
Establish relational triads that make the team culture more delivery focused and energy efficient.
Engage with the shadow side of a group, understand its value and integrate it.
De-escalate conflict and turn it into positive tension.
Provoke the organisation with experiments that could create positive system-wide change .
Build a support network of specific contributors that will improve their performance in the team.
Cost: £695 (+VAT) per person. Groups of 5 cost £2850 (+VAT).
Refreshments and lunch included.
Contact: Email Peter or Jim at office@neish.co to book on or find out more.
Feedback from Previous Delegates:
“The single best investment of time on a real training course, with practical examples and tips by experienced practitioners.
Already looking for the next one.”
Ross Milburn, Principal Portfolio Manager BP.
“A dynamic development tool that will enhance the dynamics of any team. We bolted on an extra day to put what we’d learnt on Integral in to team reality. What transpired was “mind-blowingly” amazing and insightful.
We’re an even closer and more confident team as a result. Can’t thank Jim and Peter enough.”
Michaela Buck, CEO, Mastercall Healthcare
“It was truly transformative. They embody humility and authenticity, creating an environment where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued. What stood out most was their ability to make the material relatable, weaving in real-world examples and encouraging practical application.”
Laura Smith, HR Manager, Vallourec