Team Development & Facilitation
Throughout my career in HR I’ve worked with leaders and supported them to get the best from their teams. The role of a leader can be challenging and at times lonely – creating and sustaining high performance takes intention, time and effort. I work with leaders who want to make a change. Whether it’s unpacking and addressing the results of a staff survey, confronting the culture and changing it, or coming together to solve real issues and get some space and challenge to do some strategic planning, I work in partnership with my clients to design interventions that will make a difference.
I’ve used a variety of tools and techniques and am qualified in MBTI (Step 1 and 2) and Strengthscope. I work with a number of colleagues who bring a different style and approach to me, and am intentional about the tone of the intervention you need. If an additional facilitator is required, I have a number of colleagues who can work alongside me.
“Tamsin helped facilitate an ‘away day’ for a newly formed department at the University of Bath. The audience was a large team of 36 people, with varying times working at the University across a diverse range of disciplines, all with service delivery as the common thread. The team have been re-structured into a new department and so the focus of the away day was to build connections with colleagues as a newly established team, and to reset How, What and Why of the jobs that we do. When I met with Tamsin to discuss the scope of the project, I was reassured by Tamsin’s professional approach, in particular, the questions that were asked to help tease out the goals, aims and objectives of the day. Tamsin also suggested venues and was able to share her experience on timings and formats that had worked previously – we even got the team outside and used nature to prompt thinking. Following our first meeting, Tamsin was responsive and helpful and together we devised a day to meet specific objectives that I had in mind, but importantly, I could whole-heartedly rely on Tamsin to interpret my objectives and apply her experience to devising activities and questions for the team to demonstrate the desirable behaviours and meet the objectives. On the day itself, Tamsin was prompt, organised, prepared, and facilitated a brilliant day that everyone enjoyed. I would highly recommend Tamsin and Natural Steps Coaching to get the most out of a team building day in a non-intimidating, relaxed, and productive way. Thank you!”
“Tamsin’s ability to problem solve our ‘people’ challenge is second to none – she can translate a complex brief and drill right to the core of what needs addressing, whilst hitting the tone just right for a full day of engaging and productive workshops. If only we could have a session every week!”