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Helping teams work better together.
Helping teams work better together.
Every team is unique. Whether you're bringing together a newly formed team, supporting a team through change, or addressing challenges in communication and collaboration, I work alongside leaders and team members to understand what is really happening beneath the surface to create practical, engaging solutions.
Services can be tailored to your organisation and may include:
Team diagnostics and health checks
Team effectiveness workshops
Facilitated team discussions
Insights Discovery workshops
Team development action planning
Communication and collaboration development
New team integration
Support through organisational change
Leadership team facilitation
Follow-up reviews and ongoing development
Every engagement is designed around your team's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
Case Study: Rebuilding Team Relationships
Case Study: Rebuilding Team Relationships
The Challenge
An Accounts Payable team had experienced significant change over a three-year period, working under three different managers. Frequent leadership changes had impacted team relationships, communication and engagement, leaving the team feeling uncertain about the future.
Working alongside the Heads of Financial Operations, I was asked to support the team in understanding the underlying issues and identifying practical steps to improve team effectiveness and rebuild trust.
The Approach
Recognising that open discussion within the team would be difficult without first understanding individual experiences, I recommended beginning with confidential one-to-one conversations.
Working with the Heads of Financial Operations, I developed a structured question framework covering topics such as:
● Team communication
● Leadership support
● Ways of working
● Team relationships
● Current challenges
● Ideas for improvement
These conversations created a safe space for every team member to share honest feedback and ensured quieter voices were heard alongside more confident individuals.
Following the interviews, I analysed the responses and produced a report highlighting key themes, common concerns and practical recommendations for the senior leadership team.
The Intervention
One of the strongest themes emerging from the discussions was the team's desire to reconnect and better understand one another following several years of organisational change.
To support this, I designed and facilitated an Insights Discovery Team Workshop, enabling colleagues to:
● Explore individual communication preferences
● Understand different working styles
● Appreciate the strengths each person brought to the team
● Develop more effective ways of working together
Alongside the workshop, I worked with leadership to develop an action plan addressing the wider themes identified during the diagnostic phase, ensuring the intervention extended beyond a single team-building session and created meaningful, sustainable change.
The Outcome
The combination of individual listening sessions, data-led recommendations and facilitated team development helped rebuild relationships and improve collaboration within the team.
The positive impact of the programme led to the wider finance function requesting a similar intervention for an team based in another location, recognising the value of the approach in strengthening communication and team effectiveness across different locations.
Facing similar challenges in your team?
I'd be happy to discuss your team's current situation and explore how we can work together to build stronger relationships, improve communication and create lasting team effectiveness.
LD North Ltd
📍 East Yorkshire - Supporting organisations across the UK
MCIPD | Insights Discovery Practitioner
Company number 17349391
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