Team Culture and Cohesion

Team Culture and Cohesion is a practical workshop that helps staff build stronger, more effective teams by developing trust, managing conflict, strengthening commitment and accountability, and creating a positive organizational culture.

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At a Glance

Team Culture and Cohesion

FocusTrust, cohesion and professional performance
FrameworkLencioni five-behaviours model
SkillsConflict, commitment and accountability
CultureOrganizational Culture Profile strategies
Workshop Overview

Build stronger teams through trust, clarity and shared accountability.

CTI's Team Culture and Cohesion program gives staff an opportunity to practise team-cohesion strategies that promote professional performance.

Participants learn how to strengthen teamwork by cultivating trust, resolving conflict, increasing commitment and accountability, and keeping attention focused on shared results.

Learning Objectives

Strengthen how your team works together.

CTI's workshop focuses on practical strategies for cohesion, culture and team performance.

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Cultivate Team Cohesion

Learn strategies for creating stronger connections, clearer collaboration and a greater sense of shared purpose.

02

Team vs. Group

Understand the difference between simply working in a group and functioning as a coordinated, interdependent team.

03

Apply the Lencioni Model

Study the five behaviours of trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and results.

04

Identify Effective Team Features

Explore the characteristics and behaviours commonly found in highly effective supporting teams.

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Strengthen Accountability

Connect clear expectations and mutual accountability with stronger team follow-through and performance.

06

Build a Culture Profile

Learn key strategies for developing an Organization's Culture Profile and understanding the culture your team is creating.

The Five Behaviours

A practical framework for stronger team performance.

CTI's workshop explores the Lencioni model as a way to understand the behaviours that support cohesive teams.

Trust

Create the foundation for openness, reliability and productive collaboration.

Conflict

Address disagreement constructively instead of allowing important issues to remain unresolved.

Commitment

Build clarity and stronger buy-in around decisions, priorities and shared direction.

Accountability

Create a team culture where expectations are clear and people follow through on commitments.

Results

Keep the team focused on collective outcomes rather than competing individual priorities.

Practical Team Development

Turn team culture into something staff can actively shape.

The workshop helps teams move from abstract discussions about culture toward practical behaviours that can improve communication, trust, decision-making and professional performance.

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Build TrustCreate stronger conditions for openness, reliability and collaboration.
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Resolve ConflictDevelop healthier approaches to disagreement that protect relationships while addressing real issues.
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Strengthen CommitmentImprove clarity around team direction, decisions and shared priorities.
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Increase AccountabilityClarify expectations and create stronger follow-through across the team.
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Focus on ResultsAlign individual contributions with shared team and organizational outcomes.

Building an Organizational Culture Profile

CTI includes strategies for building an Organization's Culture Profile. This can help teams examine the values, behaviours and expectations that shape how people work together and identify where stronger alignment may be needed.

Training for Organizations

Strengthen culture and cohesion across your staff team.

Team Culture and Cohesion can support organizations experiencing growth, change, communication challenges, conflict, unclear accountability or a need to strengthen trust and collaboration.

CTI can deliver organizational training and can custom-develop courses to meet the specific needs of your team, workplace culture and professional-development goals.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions About Team Culture and Cohesion

Learn more about CTI's Team Culture and Cohesion training, including trust, workplace conflict, commitment, accountability, organizational culture, and strategies for building stronger teams.

What is Team Culture and Cohesion training?

This workshop helps staff practise team-cohesion strategies that support professional performance by building trust, addressing conflict, strengthening commitment, improving accountability and focusing on results.

What will participants learn?

Participants learn how to cultivate team cohesion, understand the difference between a team and a group, explore the Lencioni five-behaviours model, identify features of highly effective support teams, and build an Organizational Culture Profile.

What is the Lencioni five-behaviours model?

The model focuses on five connected behaviours: trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and results.

Does the workshop address workplace conflict?

Yes. Conflict is one of the five behaviours explored in the workshop, with an emphasis on constructive team interaction rather than avoiding difficult issues.

How does the course support accountability?

The workshop connects accountability with trust, commitment and shared results so teams can create clearer expectations and stronger follow-through.

Does the training cover organizational culture?

Yes. Participants learn key strategies involved in building an Organization's Culture Profile and connecting team behaviour with workplace culture.

Who can benefit from this workshop?

The workshop can benefit staff teams, supervisors, managers, program teams and organizations that want to improve collaboration, trust, cohesion and professional performance.

Can Team Culture and Cohesion training be customized?

Yes. CTI states that courses can be custom-developed to meet organizational needs.

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