Supercharged Teams

Teamwork will become even more important in the future. There will be different challenges and more complex issues to face. We will work with new people, in new ways and on new problems.

We’ll also have far more information. Emotional intelligence, curiosity, and creativity we be even more essential for good decision-making and great teamwork.

Join Pam Hamilton, Jane Hanson (Nationwide Building Society), Ellie Shaw (Ipsos) and Patrizia Sorgiovanni (Paraffin) in conversation on how work has changed, and how work is likely to continue to change in future – and what this means for teamwork. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

Pam Hamilton (Author of Supercharged Teams), Jane Hanson, Chief People Officer, Nationwide Building Society), Ellie Shaw, (Employee Research Expert, Ipsos) and Patrizia Sorgiovanni, (Teamwork Expert, Paraffin) in conversation on how work has changed, and how work is likely to continue to change in future – and what this means for teamwork. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

A high performing team is super aware of the culture they work in, and depending on their goal, can adapt their work to fit the culture, or work to change the culture.

A team can have excellent new ideas, and all the best evidence for change, but if the team’s goal doesn’t fit the company’s current culture, their work may not succeed.

Emma Wingate (Unilever), Andrea Wareham (Pret A Manger) and Bruce Robertson (Company Culture Expert) talk about the importance of culture and behaviours, and how to build a brilliant company culture. 

The guests draw on their experience providing case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

Pam Hamilton (Author of Supercharged Teams), Emma Wingate (Pitch Director, Global Beauty & Personal Care, Unilever), Andrea Wareham (Chief People Officer Pret A Manger) and Bruce Robertson, (Company Culture Expert) in conversation about the importance of culture and behaviours, and how to build a brilliant culture. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

Engaging stakeholders is crucial, but difficult.

Involving stakeholders too much or too early means they might expect to make decisions for you. But, if you leave it too late they may feel they have had no influence on the project and reject your work, no matter how good it is.

The balance is in including them enough, so that when your project is a success, they feel they’ve played a part in it.

Pam Hamilton discusses with Clare Thompson (K7 Media) and Monica Juanas (Brand Leadership Group) about the challenges in keeping stakeholders updated and on-board with your team’s work.

The guests draw on their experience on how to balance just the right amount of stakeholder engagement to give your stakeholders regular, useful and constructive updates that don’t hold your teamwork back. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

4-minute highlights: Pam Hamilton (Author of Supercharged Teams), Clare Thompson, (K7 Media) and Monica Juanas (Brand Leadership Group) in conversation about the challenges in keeping stakeholders updated and on board with your team’s work, and how to balance just the right amount of stakeholder engagement to give your stakeholders regular, useful and constructive updates that don’t hold your teamwork back. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

Managing upwards or getting support from your leaders is crucial to any supercharged team.

Most teams have a leader who has an influence on our work.  Not the team leader but someone higher up in the organisation who doesn’t sit in the team, but is responsible for supporting it, for example approving budget, giving us advice or representing us at board level.  If your team is not properly supported by this leader your work could be wasted.

Pam discusses tools and techniques for managing upwards with Stefan Homeister (Business Leadership Expert) and Remy Blumenfeld (Creative Leadership Expert).

The guests draw on their experiences on getting your leaders to support your work and what leaders really want from teams. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

3-minute highlights: Pam Hamilton, Author of Supercharged Teams, Stefan Homeister, Leadership Expert and host of the Leitwolf leadership podcast, and Remy Blumenfeld, Creative Leadership Expert and Forbes contributor in conversation about managing up, getting your leaders to support your work and what leaders really want from teams. Enjoy case studies, stories and advice in this informal discussion to help you supercharge your team.

If your team faces constant conflict or bad behaviour, the whole team suffers. If you ignore it and hope it will go away - it is likely to get worse, not better.  

Pam Hamilton discusses with Jodie Rogers (author of The Hidden Edge) and Irene Grindell, (Conflict Mediator) about how to prevent conflict, how to deal with existing conflict, and how to intervene if one person in the team is causing difficulties.

The guests draw on their experiences of how conflict can start and give advice on how to move forward, and how to agree to help each other avoid that conflict in future.

Teams sometimes get into habits that are hard to change.  Carefully calling out bad behaviour and reminding each other how you’ve agreed to work together are amongst the techniques discussed to resolve and prevent issues.

4 min highlights from our conversation with Pam Hamilton (Author of Supercharged Teams), Jodie Rogers (author of The Hidden Edge) and Irene Grindell, Conflict Mediator