The follow-up session: a quiet game-changer

At Teamshaper, lasting impact shapes how we design every programme. We start with the outcomes teams want to see in their day to day work and build the learning journey around embedding those behaviours over time.

One-day professional development workshops are powerful focused learning experiences. They create shared language, surface insight and build momentum around a priority topic, whether that is leadership, communication, strategy or delivery.

To extend that momentum, many public sector teams choose to include a structured follow-up session.

What is the follow-up session?

The follow-up is a two-hour virtual session, typically scheduled around one month after the initial workshop.

It is designed to revisit the work started during the programme and support teams as they apply new approaches in practice. The session is concise, scheduled early or late in the day to minimise disruption, and integrated into the overall programme design.

Why public sector teams include a follow-up session

Where programmes focus on embedding behaviours across a team, the follow-up session strengthens application in three practical ways.

Commitments stay active

At the close of each workshop, participants identify practical commitments linked to their work. The follow-up session creates space to revisit those commitments together.

Teams share what has progressed, what has evolved and what they have learned through application. This collective reflection keeps ownership visible and reinforces shared accountability.

Habits continue to embed

Behavioural change develops through repetition and refinement. The follow-up session allows teams to test early assumptions against live experience.

Participants bring questions, share practical examples, refine action plans and strengthen approaches that support their objectives. This helps translate learning into sustained ways of working.

Change is supported over time

The workshop creates the initial shift in thinking and practice. The follow-up session provides a second structured touchpoint to reflect on progress and build on what has moved forward.

This extended interaction supports teams as they integrate new habits into delivery, collaboration and leadership practice.

Designed to be proportionate and practical

Follow-up sessions are designed to add value without adding complexity.

They are short, virtual and proportionate in cost. Scheduling is flexible, allowing teams to integrate the session into existing working patterns while maintaining continuity from the original workshop.

Supporting lasting behavioural impact

For public sector organisations investing in team development, the focus sits not only on the learning experience itself but on how that learning shows up in practice.

Follow-up sessions provide a simple, structured way to sustain momentum, reinforce commitments and support teams as they embed new ways of working.

Explore how a follow-up session can support your team to embed learning, sustain momentum and translate workshop insight into day-to-day practice. Speak to us about shaping this into your programme via our contact page.