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Introducing healthy ways of working in a team
Healthy ways of working are the methods and habits a team uses to organise its work so that it remains manageable in the long term. They include clear priorities, time for focused work, agreed availability, breaks and a fair distribution of tasks.
We teach these methods and help teams introduce them into their everyday work. To do so, the team makes its own agreement, which we review together after six weeks.
Starting point
Typical starting points.
The task list is longer than working hours allow, and no one decides what can wait.
Short-notice requests regularly interrupt planned work.
Between meetings there is hardly any time left for focused work.
Breaks are often skipped.
Each person works with their own methods, and the team has no shared rules.
Our approach
What we change together.
Methods for individuals.
Methods that each person can apply straight away: setting priorities, planning the day realistically, batching interruptions and planning breaks.
Agreements in the team.
Shared rules on priorities, responsibilities, availability and focus time that the team sets itself and its manager supports.
Embedding in the company.
Rules that have proved their worth are documented, for example in the employee handbook, and carried over into onboarding and management routines.
Suitable services
How we work on this topic.
- Team workshopA workshop day on which your team learns methods and makes an agreement with three rules.
- Topic workshopsTwo or four hours on one topic, for example priorities, focus time or availability.
- Organisational consulting and supportWhen several teams need to introduce new ways of working and keep them in the long term.
Results
What you have afterwards.
Each person knows methods that they apply themselves in everyday work.
The team has a signed agreement with three rules.
After six weeks, we have reviewed together whether the rules are being followed and are working.
Rules that have proved their worth are documented.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a time management seminar?
No. Methods for organising your own work are part of it, but the focus is on the team: it sets shared rules that apply to everyone and reviews them after six weeks.
Where do the methods come from?
About half come from established approaches such as Kanban and sociocracy and from work psychology and recovery research. We developed the other half ourselves. For each method we state where it comes from.
Which teams is this suitable for?
For teams of 6 to 12 people including their manager, above all in office, project and knowledge work.