Team process | LoopWise • Katelijne Callebaut

Team issues or challenges?

These can be as diverse as the teams themselves. These examples I see regularly:

How can we form a strong team?

Is your team facing a change such as a reorganisation, merger or downsizing? Or has it already taken place? Such changes are increasingly common, with roles, expectations and organisational context changing ever more rapidly.

Indeed, you are constantly building your team, which is why it's in your interest to know what the ingredients are of a well-functioning and collaborative team.

How do we create a remote team?

Internationalisation, executives with diverse teams, regionally dispersed team members, multiple offices: remote team collaboration has long been on the rise. COVID-19 has only accelerated this evolution.

There is simply no alternative to this development anymore. Knowing how to keep a team remotely connected is accordingly more important than ever. But how do you find the beating heart of your team from a distance?

What if there are conflicts in a team?

Are there tensions hindering partnership and functioning in your team? Or would you like to know how to prevent conflicts?

Gain insight into the causes of conflicts, identify possible ways forward and get help with mediation where necessary. Tip: a conflict often seems to have its origin in the relational sphere, but this is not always the case, with the cause often lying in a lack of clarity about objectives, means, procedures or structures.

Is the question or challenge of your team not listed here? No worries: all of our processes focus on where you are now, what your goals are and what you need. We also adapt the format to these points of departure, through personal or team coaching, thematic workshops or training programmes, or through a combination of all of these.

Achieve these results with a process:

Your team will be mature and secure enough to be self-organising, to evolve within a changing context and to continue to contribute to the goals of the organisation.

Team members will be in a stronger position because of the attention they have received during the process. They will welcome differences of opinion and feedback, and see conflicts as opportunities.

When, in a recent past professional life, our team had reached an impasse due to a number of tensions, Katelijne was there to guide us. Although respectful of everyone's opinion, she still refused to shy away from the difficult questions. She remained firmly in control, while leaving plenty of room for each person, for everyone's story and for what was happening in the group.

Bart Vossen, Director Technology Consulting PWC

How do we design a team process?

In brief, completely tailored to your question and challenge. However, in order to achieve lasting results, we always go through these steps:

First, I zoom in on the context and work situation. I immerse myself in your team, see how it works and get a feel for what is going on among you.

Time to zoom out for a moment. Together, we clarify the question/challenge, desired situation and first step to get everyone in line.

During the process, I zoom in on what presents itself to you and how the team deals with it. Where necessary, we make adjustments based on what emerges.

At the conclusion, we anchor the insights from the process in your work situation. We do this with recurring agenda items, team meetings, review moments, etc.

You can count on a unique learning experience

After all, that's what my clients call it. What’s my approach? Focusing on loop learning: learning with an intense and lasting learning effect, with your team’s potential as the starting point. This means clients achieve results that they keep coming back for.

Tip for corona times: I built up a lot of experience in online or blended processes.

Flexible team, resilient team members

Tackle your team question or challenge and build a team that embraces diversity, is self-organising and, as a result, continues to contribute to the goals of the organisation.