We asked Jo to run a team-building workshop with the new Artist Liaison team – a group of nine eager and energetic people of mixed ages and varying experience including the Head, Manager, Officers and assistants. Having identified key areas of development, the aim was to help the team communicate effectively, build a sense of self and pride in achievement and ability, and to encourage effective problem- solving. This was set against the background of the values and principles of behaviour that underpin the business.
Jo worked to this brief and facilitated a four hour workshop that was fun, active and highly productive. She used a mixture of Jung’s analytical psychology, emotional intelligence and her wealth of experience to help us understand basic differences in working and communication styles; how to build trust and work in an open and honest way and how to develop strategies to build a creative, high performing team.
Jo quickly gained the confidence and trust of the group and encouraged equal participation throughout the workshop. She encouraged self-awareness through discovering individual strengths and weaknesses and how both opposite and complementing traits can be made to work in a group with shared objectives. As the workshop progressed, so did the group’s co-operation, participation and understanding.
There is no doubt the team came away motivated, purposeful and determined to perform both individually and as a collective. They felt positive in their own personal development and in the commitment of the business to help them perform to their best ability.