Expert Facilitation and Team-Building
Oftentimes, educational groups or teams struggle with guiding discussions, encouraging participation, and ensuring that everyone’s input is valued. Conversations go off track and stray into unproductive tangents. Dominant personalities take over and not all voices are heard.
This prevents people from effectively working together with mutual respect and finding common ground. Disagreements often go unresolved. The outcome is that the groups or teams do not achieve their objectives and remain unfocused on the goals – rarely being on the same page.
Lack of team cohesion among school staff can lead to a variety of issues, impacting both the internal school environment and the overall effectiveness of the educational process. Staff members may work in isolation, failing to share resources, ideas, or best practices, hindering overall effectiveness and potentially leading to inconsistent student experiences.
Without a shared vision and alignment among staff, various members may pursue different goals, potentially leading to conflicting messages and an inability to implement common strategies. Lack of team cohesion can make it difficult to achieve consensus and implement new initiatives, especially when some staff members are resistant to change. In addition, a lack of open and effective communication between staff and administration can lead to confusion, misunderstandings, and conflict, negatively impacting the ability to collaborate and resolve issues.
Bring your team-building, goal-setting and strategic planning to a whole new level with expert facilitation and team-building led by Phyl Macomber, International Education Specialist.
Phyl expertly works with administrative leadership teams, district or building staff, organizations, and planning committees to solve these very problems which interfere with genuine teamwork.
Phyl builds trust with individuals which allows individuals to freely share ideas, feel comfortable taking risks, and relying on one another. She provides a clear direction and neutral support through her skillful leadership style.
Phyl helps to build a sense of belonging, which results in creating a team identity of any size. Her effective team-building centers on clear communication, defined roles, trust, working together, and a shared understanding of goals.
Phyl brings to the table her proven “5 Cs of Teamwork Model” which includes a guided journey of getting everyone on the same page:
- Communication
- Cooperation
- Contribution
- Cohesion
- Commitment
Phyl Macomber’s 5 Cs of Teamwork Model
From a lens of neutrality, Phyl guides you in the following:
- Simplifying the development of your plan of action and aligning it to your mission statements and long-term vision
- Opening the doors for clear and efficient communication
- Boosting active listening
- Keeping everyone on task and effectively staying on topic
- Improving your focus through paraphrasing techniques for key details
- Synthesizing information to expedite understanding so everyone is on the same page
- Setting up a checks and balance system to ensure accountability
- Walking through a list of action steps by summarizing “Call-to-Actions”
Phyl’s results-oriented model ensures that everyone will do their best thinking and make meaningful contributions in a positive and collaborative environment. Phyl is a “master” of fostering a shared understanding of what the team aims to achieve. This is crucial in Phyl’s eyes and includes both the overarching goals and specific measurable objectives.
