Marlies Knijnenberg – CHRO & Co-Founder This is Teamwork
Engage in a dynamic 3-hour team session, guided by lessons from elite ocean sailors, to strengthen teamwork (self-guided or facilitated by our coaches).
Utilize practical exercises, comprehensive workbooks, and ready-made flip-overs for immediate teamwork improvement.
Benefit from a structured prep and debrief session, coached for effectiveness.
Optional: Maintain teamwork magic with a straightforward quarterly team assessment, guided team discussions and leadership coaching.
+ Bolsters open dialogue for continuous learning
+ Fosters stronger connections and support among team members
+ Translates knowledge into daily practice
+ Creates a foundation for further team growth
+ Includes coaching to sustain progress
We can handle teams of any size. While our team sessions can host up to 16 participants, we can customize our program to accommodate larger audiences. Our minimum team size is 4.
After the 3-hour kick-off session, we will support you as the team lead with a debrief session to support you in following up.
There’s also the coached “This is Teamwork” version with quarterly coaching sessions for you as the Team Lead and quarterly teamwork health scans. These tools help you track and assess your team’s progress in teamwork development.
Of course, we can help you, but this requires special attention. We have a team of highly skilled and certified coaches available to assist you and your team in moving forward. Please give us a call. Typically, it takes three meetings with a team to understand the issue, address it openly, and take action to move forward.
“This is Teamwork” is set up so you can facilitate the session yourself.
We believe it is most powerful if you, as a leader, lead the session.
However, we are happy to help facilitate the session.
Yes, you can! We will thoroughly prepare you. The toolbox and its tools offer a clear step-by-step approach. We provide the fundamental building blocks of teamwork in comprehensible steps. This approach has been tested and tried with many clients.
No, any team that wants to reflect on how they work together can benefit from THIS IS TEAMWORK. It allows you to recalibrate your teamwork and make progress.
Our team sessions are designed to enhance common understanding and connection among team members. Therefore, we believe that being physically present and interacting live with your team members is crucial for building better teamwork. So if you meet live for the kick-off session, THIS IS TEAMWORK is perfectly suited for your team.
If you need to meet remote, let’s discuss other available options that we can offer.
We will schedule an intake where we will ensure that our offering aligns with the goals you wish to achieve with your team. We will guide you through the session and exercises, provide you with preformatted communication to prepare your team, and a week before the 3-hour kick-off session, you will receive the This is Teamwork box containing all the materials needed. If you have any questions, we are available to assist via phone or email.
A leadership coaching session is a one-on-one coaching session with one of our leadership & team coaches. During this session, we focus on the challenges you face as a leader of a team, helping you gain clarity on the situation and identify steps toward a solution.
It’s a quarterly meeting with your team that you, as the team lead, will host. During this session, you will discuss and reflect on the quality of your teamwork in the past period and identify areas for improvement. The Teamwork Health Scan and a comprehensive meeting script guides you and your team through this session, keeping everyone committed to improving teamwork.
It’s a quarterly meeting with your team that you, as the team lead, host. During this session, you discuss and reflect on the quality of your teamwork in the past period and identify areas for improvement. The Teamwork Health Scan and a comprehensive meeting script guide you and your team through this session, keeping everyone committed to improving teamwork.
Yes, for now, THIS IS TEAMWORK is only available in English. Depending on demand, we may develop versions in other languages.
Yes, we can provide a custom program tailored to your team’s specific needs. THIS IS TEAMWORK is developed by Organizational Consultancy Agency &Connect with years of experience in Team and Leadership development working for local and international clients. We are happy to help you find the right intervention for your team.
The program offers inspiration through personal interviews followed by engaging exercises that address your daily challenges, making it relevant. We maintain a high pace to keep energy and engagement levels high.
You can’t go wrong with THIS IS TEAMWORK, we have made sure of that! Our sessions offer an open, inspiring, and positive reflection on teamwork that adds value to 99% of teams. However, if your team faces challenges not addressed by our toolbox, we can help you find a more suitable approach during our intake process.
THIS IS TEAMWORK is most suitable for teams that work together closely. Our offering is less suited for teams that operate under tightly organized procedures and processes. And of course we can design a custom session if your team requires something specific.
Lucas Schröder – Former Professional Sailor, Performance Consultant & Co-Founder This is Teamwork
In our complex, fast-paced work environment, building a high-performing team is a major challenge for managers. That’s why we’ve created the ‘This Is Teamwork’ toolbox – a practical, hands-on tool designed for real-world application, not just theory.
Our toolbox is crafted to strengthen the core of teamwork right on the workfloor. It’s about enabling managers to enhance team collaboration, learning, and mutual support without external intervention.
We’ve collaborated with a diverse group of experts – from elite sailors to creative artists – ensuring our toolbox is not only effective but also engaging.
Our mission is simple: to elevate teams and leaders beyond the latest fads, focusing on the essentials of teamwork. With ‘This Is Teamwork’, we’re transforming groups of individuals into cohesive, innovative units.
Join us in redefining teamwork, fostering environments where every team member thrives.
Marlies Knijnenberg
Co-founder & CHRO at HDI Global
Lucas Schröder
Co-founder , Team Performance Coach and former sailing athlete
Ineke ten Hoeve
Project support
Bas van Geuns
Visual artist, concept & graphics designer
Jesse Moerkerk
Creative Strategist, former judo athlete
Robert van Ees
Video producer and artist
Wouter Verbraak
Professional navigator, ocean race veteran
Annemieke Bes
Professional sailor, olympian (3x) and ocean race veteran
Jaap Zielhuis
Former head coach of the Dutch Olympian sailing squad
Sander Speet
Professional sailor elite J-boat class
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