lead / leading dispersed teams in a hybrid public sector

This programme is designed for leadership teams in public sector organisations where staff are based in different locations and rarely all in the same place. It supports leaders in being present and connected with their teams in a hybrid working environment, even when they aren’t physically in the same location. The programme explores how leadership can be delivered through systems, culture and communication to ensure everyone feels part of one organisation with a shared purpose.

    • To help your leadership team develop a shared approach to leading dispersed and hybrid teams, with clarity, consistency and confidence.

    • To practise the communication, behaviours and leadership habits that build alignment, trust and performance across different locations.

    • To strengthen the way your leadership team works together: supporting each other, holding each other to account and setting the tone for the wider organisation.

    • To develop practical ways to lead culture, change and day-to-day management when your teams are rarely in the same place.

    • A leadership team that is more joined up, more consistent and more confident in how it leads across locations.

    • Clearer expectations and shared standards for how leadership is delivered across the organisation.

    • Stronger relationships and mutual support within the leadership team, helping leaders feel less isolated and more aligned.

    • Practical tools and approaches that can be applied immediately to improve communication, performance and culture in a hybrid environment.

  • 09:30 – Welcome and introductions

    09:45 – Expectations

    10:00 – What’s changed, what hasn’t

    • Exploring how hybrid working has changed the way leadership works

    • What’s harder now? What’s better? What’s still essential?

    • Identifying the specific challenges your team faces

    10:30 – What kind of leadership team are we?

    • Reflecting on how your team currently works together

    • What do people across the organisation see and feel from your leadership?

    • What do you want to be known for?

    11:00 – Break

    11:15 – Communicating across distance

    • How to keep people informed, connected and aligned when you’re not in the same place

    • Setting expectations for communication across your leadership team

    • Agreeing what good communication looks like: upwards, downwards and sideways

    11:45 – Delivering performance and accountability

    • How to manage performance when visibility is low and contact is limited

    • Making sure standards are consistent across teams and locations

    • Holding each other to account as a leadership team

    12:30 – Lunch

    13:15 – Delegation, trust and empowerment

    • How to delegate effectively when you’re not physically present

    • Building trust in people you don’t see every day

    • Supporting each other to let go and lead strategically

    14:00 – Leading culture, ethos and change

    • How to lead values, behaviours and change across dispersed teams

    • Making sure your leadership team is aligned and consistent

    • Planning how to lead the next phase of change together

    • Agreeing how to deliver a consistent and connected onboarding experience for new staff, wherever they are based

    14:45 – Break

    15:00 – Coaching, feedback and support

    • How to give and receive feedback as peers

    • Creating a culture of support and challenge within your leadership team

    • Building habits of reflection and continuous improvement

    15:45 – Commitments

    • Agreeing shared leadership standards and behaviours

    • Identifying what you’ll do differently as a team from tomorrow

    • Planning how to keep this work alive

    16:30 – Close

  • Full-day programme
    Delivered virtually or face to face

    One-to-one coaching (following the training)

    After the team session, selected leaders may receive individual coaching to:

    • Reflect on their role within the leadership team

    • Strengthen their personal leadership in a hybrid context

    • Work through specific challenges or goals

    Follow-up session (3 months later)

    A 2-hour virtual session to:

    • Reconnect as a leadership team

    • Review progress and challenges

    • Refresh commitments and embed learning

  • As a GC Index partner, Teamshaper uses this data-led tool to shape a programme that’s truly tailored to your team. The GC Index focuses on how people naturally contribute: not personality, but impact.

    We use the Team View feature to combine individual profiles into a visual map of your team’s collective style. This helps us design a programme that fits how your team actually works, giving it the best chance of lasting impact.

    It also raises awareness within the team of what kind of team they are: where their collective energy sits, where there may be untapped potential and how they can work together more effectively across locations.

Lead - a Teamshaper training module