Team Formation

When teams come together, whether it be through expansion, restructure or new leadership - early clarity and alignment is essential.

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Service Overview

Our ‘team formation’ work supports education teams who are either at the start of their journey or looking to reconnect and re-establish themselves as a thriving team. We support teams to embed strong foundations that enable trust, confidence and effectiveness from the outset and into long-term team performance.

When To Use This Service 

Teams often seek this support when:

  • A new leadership or senior team is forming

  • Roles and responsibilities feel unclear or have changed

  • New leaders have joined an existing team

  • Ways of working haven’t yet been agreed

  • Trust and relationships need time and intention

  • There is pressure to perform quickly - rapid turnaround

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What this looks like in practice:

This work focuses on the early stages of team development.

Through facilitated sessions, teams explore value alignment, clarify purpose, roles, expectations and decision-making processes. Space is created to build relationships, establish trust and agree how the team will work together.

This proactive approach helps teams avoid common early pitfalls and build confidence quickly.

Common themes:

This service is particularly valuable at the start of a team’s journey, to build strong foundations that support confidence, cohesion and early effectiveness.

  • Establishing purpose and direction

  • Building trust and psychological safety

  • Understanding other team members and their roles

    • Clarity around role, responsibilities and leadership contribution

    • A deep understanding of own personal values, those of other team members and how differing values can complement each other within the wider mission of the team

    • Confidence in how to lead and work within the team dynamics

    • Stronger early relationships and trust

    • A shared understanding of expectations and ways of working

    • A clear, shared sense of purpose and direction

    • Strong foundations of trust and psychological safety

    • Agreed ways of working and decision-making

    • Faster cohesion and early effectiveness

    This creates the conditions for teams to work well together from the outset.

    • Aligned leadership teams with clear direction- work is purposeful

    • Reduced early friction, confusion- enhances efficiency

    • Consistent messaging and decision-making- reinforces understanding

    • Increased confidence from governors, trustees and partners- builds capacity

    Strong foundations support long-term organisational effectiveness and trust.

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