The activities in Talking Teamwork comprise simple, yet effective exercises for strengthening team relationships and inspiring exceptional performance.

Most of the activities require little preparation and few material resources, making them easy to incorporate into team meetings and to implement as part of everyday practice in the workplace.

All have been designed so they can be modified and adapted as required to meet individual, team and organisational requirements.

Designed for you to return to time and time again as the composition and needs of your team change, Talking Teamwork can be used to construct an ongoing team development program.

The Toolkit is broken into sections, based on focus:

knowing and understanding one another as individuals and team members

establishing a sense of unity - defining the team's identity, mission and purpose

working together effectively as a team

planning for success

inspiring and motivating exceptional performance

appreciating and celebrating contributions to team achievement.

Unlike many other books about teambuilding and teamwork, Talking Teamwork: A Teambuilding Toolkit does not claim to offer a step-by-step, magical formula for creating a successful team overnight.

Rather, as the word 'toolkit' implies, it includes a range of activities and ideas that you can select from and use to develop the key skills that underpin teamwork, as appropriate to your team's needs and stage of development - with the overarching aim being to assist team members in cultivating relationships and working styles that are productive, sustainable and mutually rewarding.