Workshop Culture: A guide to building teams that thrive

by Alison Coward

What if every day at work felt like your team’s most productive ‘away day’? The most successful and innovative teams and organisations are highly collaborative, creative and productive - you will find the principles of great workshops infused throughout their culture. This is a book about how running great workshops, and taking inspiration from them, can lead to a great team environment. Workshop Culture will show you how to create a happy and engaged team through small actions which lead to big results. It features a practical and accessible toolkit to help improve your team’s performance and productivity. Workshop Culture gives Alison Coward is a team culture coach and consultant, founder of Bracket, a consultancy that partners with ambitious, forward-thinking companies to build high-performing, collaborative team cultures.

Genres: Nonfiction

230 pages, Paperback

Published November 21, 2023

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Workshop Culture: A Guide to Building Teams that Thrive" by Alison Coward is a transformative handbook that redefines workplace dynamics. I felt like I was being carried into a world where every day at work manifests the best aspects of collaborative and creative away-day sessions.

Coward's book is an illuminating exploration into the impact of well-structured workshops on team performance and organizational success. It illustrates how embracing the principles underlying exceptional workshops can revolutionize team environments, fostering productivity, engagement, and a pervasive sense of fulfillment.

Through enlightening case studies drawn from pioneering and inventive teams, Coward delivers invaluable insights into how a workshop-centric culture sparks innovation and drives success. The book's structured methodology acts as a roadmap, guiding you step-by-step towards establishing an atmosphere of collaboration and accomplishment within your own teams.

"Workshop Culture" is a practical guide filled with actionable exercises. These exercises are tailored to equip you with the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to enhance team performance, elevate productivity, and cultivate a culture of engagement.

Coward's expertise as a team culture coach and consultant offers you an understanding of how intentional workshop practices can be harnessed to craft thriving team environments. "Workshop Culture" is a strategic toolset for fostering harmonious and high-achieving team cultures that propel organizations toward success.

"A transformative blueprint for fostering collaboration and productivity in teams."

"An insightful roadmap to cultivate engaged and high-performing team cultures."

"A practical and accessible toolkit for driving innovation and success in the workplace."

"A comprehensive guide to unlocking the power of workshops for organizational growth."

"An illuminating journey into the dynamics that fuel exceptional team environments."

"A strategic handbook that redefines workplace dynamics for lasting success."

"Insightful case studies unveiling the transformative impact of workshop-centric cultures."

"Practical exercises designed to elevate team performance and foster engagement."

"Expert guidance from a seasoned team culture coach for building thriving workspaces."

"A thought-provoking approach to maximizing productivity and happiness within teams."

[AnnieM · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who facilitates workshops and team-building sessions, I thought this was a practical and accessible book for managers and leaders who either have no experience or some experience facilitating. The book is structured around identifying the problem -- such as too many meetings with no purpose and low engagement and how to evolve to creating a workshop culture where collaboration is increased and teams are high performing. She introduces a framework that outlines alignment, cohesion, communication, designing ways of working and change and continuous improvement. Each chapter lists learning outcomes, a "try this" section to apply immediately as well as key takeaways. She also uses case studies and reflection exercises throughout. I recommend this book to all leaders who want to increase their team effectiveness.

Thank you to Netgalley and Practical Inspiration Publishing for an ARC and I voluntarily left this review.

[Dora Okeyo · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the very beginning, this book is all about teams, communication and collaboration. I loved that. I was looking for a book on how to increase productivity at the workplace and instead came across one that reminded me of how to engage people, first as people and on their ideas and also what conflict is and how to be a better facilitator.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC, this is for anyone who wants better for their workplace.