About this session
Learn to navigate the complexities of leading established teams while building trust, addressing historical challenges, and creating positive momentum for meaningful change.
Learn effective strategies for addressing performance and cultural issues in inherited teams. Master techniques for evaluating existing team dynamics, addressing historical issues, and implementing necessary changes while maintaining team stability and morale.
What your people take away
- Understand team dynamics and past experiences
- Build bridges across existing team structures
- Create foundations for lasting trust
- Lead purposeful organizational change
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What each length covers
2 hours
2 Hours — Modules 1 and 2: Building Trust & StabilityParticipants connect through focused listening sessions and explore previous leadership approaches thoughtfully. They also create consistent communication rhythms and navigate historical team dynamics carefully.
- Module 1: Understanding Your Inherited Team
- Module 2: Building Trust & Stability
Covers 2 of 3 parts: Understanding Your Inherited Team and Building Trust & Stability.
Half day
Half Day — All Three ModulesThe complete workshop across all three modules, with more time to work through real workplace situations, practice the approaches together and plan next steps.
- Module 1: Understanding Your Inherited Team
- Module 2: Building Trust & Stability
- Module 3: Shaping Future Success
Covers all 3 parts.
What’s covered
Understanding Your Inherited Team
Every lengthReading Team Dynamics
- Connect through focused listening sessions
- Map key relationships and influence patterns
- Identify informal team leadership networks
- Recognize team energy and motivation drivers
Learning Team History
- Explore previous leadership approaches thoughtfully
- Understand successful and challenging transitions
- Identify unresolved team concerns
- Document valuable team practices
Building Trust & Stability
Every lengthEstablishing Credible Leadership
- Create consistent communication rhythms
- Build transparent decision-making approaches
- Develop meaningful feedback exchanges
- Design inclusive problem-solving methods
Addressing Past Challenges
- Navigate historical team dynamics carefully
- Create spaces for constructive dialogue
- Build bridges between team members
- Establish forward-looking team practices
Shaping Future Success
Half day onlyDriving Team Progress
- Design practical improvement initiatives
- Lead collaborative planning processes
- Implement thoughtful change strategies
- Create meaningful success measures
Growing Team Capabilities
- Shape clear development pathways
- Build supportive learning environments
- Strengthen core team capabilities
- Develop future team leadership
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- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
- Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
- Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide
How long is When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide?
When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide runs as 2 hours or half day. You choose the length when you book. A 2-hour session covers Understanding Your Inherited Team and Building Trust & Stability. A half-day session adds Shaping Future Success.
Can When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide?
Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open When Teams Come With Baggage: A New Manager's Guide to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.
Who leads the session?
A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.