Team building for a new leader or new team

Team building for a new leader’s first offsite

A new leader, a new team, or both. A guided art session gives everyone a relaxed way to meet as people, share what they bring, and picture the team they want to become.

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On site at your office, offsite venue or conference, or online.

Colleagues creating side by side at a table
Foundry AGM, North Vancouver, BC, 2018

What the session does for your team

  • Everyone meets as peopleStories and images come before titles and roles.
  • The leader listensA visible, shared activity where the leader learns how the team sees things.
  • A shared picture of the futureThe team creates an image of where it is heading, together.

Recommended formats

Where we would start

Collective Resonance

Individual marks come together into a single shared artwork. Playful and relationship-building.

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Metaphor Atlas

The team maps where it is and where it is heading through images and metaphor.

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How it runs

Most new-team sessions run from 90 minutes to a half day inside your offsite. We talk with the leader first about what they hope the team will feel and know by the end, then design the prompts around it. The finished artwork goes up in the team’s space as a reminder of where they started.

I could not recommend someone more special, creative, capable, and skilled at engaging people of all artistic skill levels than Melanie.Dr. Brittany Jakubiec, Director of Research, Egale

Not sure which format fits?

Tell us your group size, your goal and your timeline. We recommend a format and send an estimate, usually within two business days. Every engagement is priced for the whole group and designed around your goal.

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