Leading High-Performing Teams: strengthening trust, ownership and collective excellence
Experiential workshop that blends classic models with fresh insights on team dynamics and bias.
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“A team is not a group of people who work together — it’s a group of people who trust each other.” — Simon Sinek
What does it take to lead a truly high-performing team? Beyond targets and task lists, great teams are built on trust, purpose, and shared ownership. This practical, experiential four-hour workshop explores what sets exceptional teams apart — and what leaders can do to create the conditions for sustained collaboration and success.
Drawing on the latest research in team dynamics and classic leadership models, we’ll explore the foundations of high performance, from clarity of goals and roles to psychological safety and accountability. You’ll gain insights into John Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership model and the five dysfunctions of a team identified by Patrick Lencioni, translating both into actionable strategies for your own context.
We’ll look at common biases and leadership habits that can unintentionally hold teams back, and practice ways to build trust, ownership, and responsibility. Through reflection, discussion, and applied exercises, you’ll clarify what great team leadership looks like in action — and how to cultivate it consistently.
By the end, you’ll leave with practical frameworks, renewed confidence, and a clear understanding of how to help your team perform at its best - together.
What you’ll gain:
A deep understanding of the 8 key elements of high-performing teams and how to strengthen them in your own context.
Insight into Adair’s Action-Centred Leadership model to balance task, team, and individual needs.
Understanding of Lencioni’s five dysfunctions of a team.
Awareness of common cognitive and leadership biases that can derail collaboration.
Strategies to build trust, ownership, and accountability across your team.
Techniques for delegation, empowerment, and shared responsibility that drive results.
A renewed sense of confidence in your ability to create a culture of clarity, connection, and collective performance.
Ideal for:
Leaders, functional and project managers who want to:
Strengthen collaboration, trust, and alignment within their teams.
Move from managing tasks to enabling collective success.
Build lasting high-performance habits across changing contexts.
Format:
Duration: 4 hours
Style: Interactive, reflective, and practical — combining frameworks, discussion, and real-world application.
Group Size: Ideal for 10–25 participants
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Sabine Clappaert is a Prosci-certified change strategist and executive and team coach who helps leaders and teams build trust, navigate change, and create cultures where people and performance thrive.
Born in Belgium and raised in South Africa, she witnessed leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu lead with courage and compassion — an experience that shaped her belief that leadership is both strategic and profoundly human.
With over two decades of experience across global organisations, Sabine brings a rare mix of business insight and human understanding. Her workshops and coaching experiences invite leaders to deepen self-awareness, strengthen relationships, and translate purpose into action.
Whether guiding an executive team through transformation or helping a leader find their authentic voice, Sabine’s work always begins — and ends — with people.
Prosci-certified change strategist and executive & team coach enabling leaders and teams to thrive in times of uncertainty
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