Leading For Collaboration

Leading for Collaboration

You and your team will gain the awareness, process and tools to lead effective collaborations that engage the right people at the right time, move everyone along at an equal pace, and reach the finish line.

"Ginny from Neolé brought exceptional facilitation, engagement, and problem-solving skills to lead our senior leadership team in a dynamic half-day session. This session provided valuable insights into our individual and collective workplace culture and practices, equipping us with actionable steps for future success. We’ll definitely keep Ginny and Neolé at top of mind for future leadership sessions!"

Linda Tsang

Director of Human Resources, Cottage Dream Vacations

Leading for Collaboration is for managers and leaders who need smart, diverse people to collaborate within or across teams, but find it difficult and painfully time-consuming to get everyone on the same page and collaborate effectively towards a common goal.

During this workshop, we explore how to lead effective collaboration and how to be an outstanding contributor to collaborative initiatives/projects. This training gives participants the awareness, process and tools they need to lead effective collaborations that engage the right people at the right time, move everyone along at an equal pace, and reach the finish line as a whole and better team. Whether you are a team leader or a member of a loose collaboration, you will leave this training with a deep understanding of your team’s strengths and blind spots, and what’s required for successful collaboration to take place.

This course includes the FourSight self-assessment and Team Report. *

*FourSight is a self-assessment tool informed with over two decades of scientifically-confirmed data. It produces a profile that illustrates each participant’s diverse thinking style and how it relates to their problem solving approach.

When people develop awareness of their thinking and problem-solving style, they become better able to collaborate, to value cognitive diversity and to compensate for their blind spots. All of this while also gaining understanding of their team’s strengths.

Benefits

Gain awareness into how each team member approaches challenges and opportunities

Step up your ability to collaborate towards innovative outcomes

Deliberately enhance individual and collective creativity

Develop trust and respect on teams

Improve team dynamics when working under stress and prevent conflict

Leverage the team’s psychological differences in the approach to problem solving

Develop a common language that supports your team’s collaboration efforts

Integrate a repeatable process for every project that requires collaboration

Intended Audience

Leaders who understand the value of engaging their teams in creative thinking, ideation and problem solving.

The workshop can be customized for a team of leaders or designed in such a way that leaders can take it with their team members so that the entire team can upskill all at once.

“This was so well executed - the pace and skill but above all, the principled human approach was foundational to everything you did. I learned a lot and built some confidence for me to take back to my work, the success factors, and .. thank you!”

Workshop Participant

Training Formats

All our workshops can be delivered as a half-day or full-day session, in a virtual, in-person or hybrid format. Our expert facilitators will guide participants through a dynamic blend of experiential exercises, group discussions, personal reflections, science-backed presentations, and provide personalized coaching within the workshop. This ensures that participants not only gain valuable insights but also have the support needed to seamlessly apply the lessons learned to their daily work and personal life. Count on us to help you and your teams achieve meaningful and lasting transformation.

Each of our workshops can be taken separately or combined for additional impact.

We customize our workshops to your unique situation and the needs of your team and organization. Email info@neole.ca or book a free consultation. We’ll ask you about your team, the type of transformation they would most benefit from, and answer any questions you might have.

Meet Your Instructor

Ginny Santos

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, COACH, TRAINER & FACILITATOR

Ginny Santos works primarily with organizations that truly care about their people and want a healthy workplace culture that enables and sustains high performance. That’s why she founded Neolé, a training, facilitation and event production company that specializes in designing and facilitating team development and retreats that make a lasting impact— resulting in increased engagement, productivity and retention, and most importantly, a healthy workplace culture.

Everything she does is influenced by her drive to have a positive impact, and the practical skills and knowledge she developed while completing a Master’s of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership and several graduate certificates in Solution-Focused Coaching, Nutrition Sciences and Productive Thinking. Ginny is also a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University where she teaches creativity and innovation to executive MBA students.

Originally from Spain, she is an entrepreneurial mother, a digital geek and an enthusiastic dancer in the privacy of her kitchen.

Accreditations:

M.Sc. Creativity and Change Leadership
B.A. of Political Science and Peace & Conflict Studies
Certified FourSight Presenter and Master Trainer

Certified Solution Focused Coach
Certified Nutrition Science Coach
Certified Stormz Digital Facilitator and Trainer

What Our Clients Have Said

“Neolé exceeded our expectations. The workshop helped open our eyes to innovation and the areas that we can strengthen as a team to help our corporate culture to be more innovative. We were very pleased at how organized and seamless the facilitation was with participating as large groups as well as entering break-out rooms. It was very engaging and helped us connect. Our team was lacking connection because of COVID. This was the first time that we engaged with each other in a meaningful way. We felt connected and it felt good”

“I think you are a great team which have the good spirit for education and sharing knowledge. One of the most important ideas I got through this workshop was the beautiful concept of the diversity of the thinking preferences. No one of these preferences has an advantage over the others, however they complement each other to make the big picture of innovative teamwork. Thanks”