Our Solutions Facilitated Events

Your real work. Properly facilitated.

When a leader runs the session, they can’t also take part in it. We design every strategy day, workshop and conference around one question: what needs to be different when people leave the room?

Lucy at a flip chart facilitating a conference room of teams at round tablesLucy, CEO of TeamscapesDesigned by our senior team. Senior facilitators on the day.
Length
Half-day, full day or conference
Group size
A team of six to a full conference
Format
In person, online or hybrid
Where
Your venue or our countryside site

Four formats

Whatever the room. One outcome to aim for.

In Team Building, your team does activities. Here, your team does its real work: strategy, priorities and decisions.

01

Strategy days

A leadership team agrees direction, priorities and who owns what, in one focused day.

Best for: leadership teams setting or resetting direction.

02

Development workshops

In-depth sessions on feedback, decision-making or leading through change, built around your team’s real situations.

Best for: building one specific capability across a team.

03

Away day facilitation

You’ve planned the day. We facilitate the working sessions, so everyone, including you, can take part.

Best for: teams with an away day already in the diary.

04

Conference facilitation

Breakouts, timekeeping, and bringing every table’s thinking back into the room. Extra facilitators for larger groups.

Best for: large groups and multi-table events.

How it works

Balanced in the room. Owned after it.

We keep the conversation balanced, draw out the quieter voices and hold the group to decisions, so your leaders can take part instead of running it.

Your part, as the organiser
Before
A free consultation with our senior team: what must be different when people leave the room, who needs to be heard, what to avoid.
Once booked
A design call to shape the session itself.
After
A review with us a few weeks on: what has moved, what has stuck, and what comes next.

A programme links several parts, each running the four stages. How programmes work →

Four stages for your team, every time

  1. Before the session

    Engage

    Everyone receives a Preparation Blueprint, so people arrive knowing what the session is for and ready to contribute.

  2. On the day

    Immerse

    A senior facilitator in the room. We keep it balanced, draw out the quieter voices and hold the group to decisions, not just discussion.

  3. Closing the session

    Reflect

    The group steps back from the content: what was decided, what it noticed about how it worked together, and what it will do differently.

  4. Back at work

    Implement

    What was agreed and who owns it, written up in an Implementation Toolkit so the thinking carries into everyday work.

Client stories

Two leadership teams. In their own words.

Barwood Capital · Strategy sessions
“What Teamscapes really does is hold up a mirror to us. It takes us out of our day-to-day thinking and lets us step back and think about where we’re going.”

Andrew Barlow · Director & Head of Fund Management

A leadership team pulling in different directions left with shared values, one strategy, and roles that make ownership clear. Read the story: Barwood Capital →

ICENA · Strategy away day
“Getting Teamscapes to manage the strategy away day meant I was able to really join in on those conversations myself.”

Naomi Butters · CEO & Co-founder

A team working in silos left with a shared five-year plan, and more focused conversations ever since. Read the story: ICENA →

Before you book

Fair questions. Straight answers.

We could run it ourselves. Why bring you in?

The person running the session can’t also take part in it, and the most senior voice tends to dominate. An independent facilitator keeps it balanced, draws out the quieter voices and holds the group to decisions.

Can you facilitate a large conference?

Yes. We bring additional trained facilitators for bigger groups and breakouts, and design the programme with your event team.

Can it run online?

Some sessions can run online or hybrid. For strategy and decision-making we recommend in person, because time out of the office is what gets the best thinking.

Where does it take place?

At your venue, a venue you choose, or our private countryside site, which has its own conference room.

How is this different from Team Building?

In Team Building the team does activities designed to surface how it works. In Facilitated Events the team does its real work: strategy, priorities and decisions. Many clients open a facilitated day with a short activity.

Lucy McGibbon, CEO of Teamscapes

Planning a strategy day or conference? Start with the outcome.

45 minutes with our senior team. Tell us what needs to be different afterwards, and your Team Snapshot follows within 48 hours.

Already know what you need? Ask for a free consultation →

What you’ll walk away with

  • A written view of your team. A Team Snapshot within 48 hours, with page one written for your leadership team or budget holder.
  • Options you can plan around. Three routes with rough costs, so you can budget before anyone asks for a quote.
  • A senior perspective. Lucy or one of our senior team, never a sales rep. Free, with no obligation.
Request a free Team Diagnostic45 minutes with our senior team