teamshaper for
leadership teams
you are
Part of a senior leadership team working to turn policy into delivery, direction into action and complexity into clarity. You’re balancing ambition with accountability: leading people, managing change and delivering outcomes under public scrutiny.
You know that real leadership in the public sector depends on how the team leads together. To work well, it needs shared understanding, clarity of roles and genuine connection. Investing in how you operate as a team builds the trust, cohesion and confidence to lead complex organisations with clarity and shared purpose.
we are
A collective of experienced trainers and coaches who design and deliver team-based professional development programmes for public sector organisations.
We work with leadership teams to strengthen trust, alignment and shared purpose. Using your live strategic priorities and GC Index insight as a foundation, we create sessions that improve collaboration, decision-making and collective leadership, helping leadership teams identify their strengths and focus collective energy where it matters most.
how we add value
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training that drives delivery
We use your team’s strategic priorities and live challenges as training materials, so time together moves real work forward and strengthens how you lead collectively.
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alignment with your priorities
Programmes are built around what your team is working to achieve, creating shared focus, stronger alignment and collective accountability for decisions and outcomes.
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insights that build impact
Outcomes are agreed at the start and reported at the end. GC Index insight reveals how strengths combine, guiding focused and informed work on team dynamics.
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expertise you can trust
Programmes designed and delivered by specialists with extensive public sector experience, who understand the pressures of leadership and bring insight from across organisations.
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continuity across programmes
Our associates work as one integrated team, sharing insight and context from every engagement so learning connects, progress builds and impact strengthens over time.
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more for your budget
Our collective model gives you access to senior expertise without corporate overheads, with transparent pricing that helps resources stretch further and benefits last longer.
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expert partners who listen
We take the time to understand your team’s goals, challenges and realities, designing programmes that fit your needs and build genuine momentum, rather than forcing you into templates.
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lasting leadership cohesion
Your leadership team leaves with stronger connections, shared perspective and confidence in how they work together to lead effectively as one team.
examples of some programmes we designed
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Voice of the Leadership Team
Unify your leadership voice. Develop clarity, presence and confidence in how senior teams communicate direction, purpose and decisions to staff and stakeholders.
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Dispersed Leadership Teams
Reconnect hybrid or cross-site leadership teams. Build shared purpose, trust and consistency in decision-making across boundaries and geographies.
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Realigning for Strategic Impact
Refocus leadership teams around shared goals. Strengthen clarity, collaboration and strategic decision-making to translate ambition into coordinated delivery.
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Leading Digital Transformation
Align leaders with digital delivery. Clarify roles, remove barriers and build confidence so transformation projects run smoothly and deliver lasting organisational change.
What is the GC Index
Every Teamshaper programme starts with understanding how a team works. The GC Index is one way of gaining that insight. It’s a simple but powerful framework that shows how people make their greatest impact at work. Rather than analysing personality or job title, it highlights the distinct ways individuals naturally contribute to a team’s success: by generating ideas, shaping strategy, driving delivery, refining outputs or connecting people.
For public sector leadership teams, it provides a shared practical language for understanding how each member leads, collaborates and adds value. Seeing the collective profile helps identify strengths, gaps and where energy is concentrated or missing, insight that can make any development programme more targeted and effective.
The GC Index is an optional add-on to Teamshaper programmes, used where it adds clear value.
To help you experience its benefit, we’re offering a free no-commitment individual GC Index assessment and review for leaders or members of public sector or third sector leadership teams in the UK (organisations with more than 50 staff, one free assessment per organisation).
Click below to book your session and see how this simple framework can help shape your team’s growth.
how we work
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step 1: booking your consultation - FREE
Once you reach out, whether via email, phone, website form or LinkedIn, we’ll schedule your consultation. Alternatively, you can book it directly using our calendar tool for added convenience.
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step 2: initial call - FREE
Your first call with us is all about fact-finding, which is why we call it a Discovery Call. We'll take the time to understand your team or organisation, your specific needs and the objectives you’re aiming to achieve.
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step 3: in-depth consultation - FREE
We’ll then arrange a more detailed follow-up consultation, which may involve one of our associate trainers and relevant stakeholders from your organisation. This allows us to tailor our recommendations more precisely.
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step 4: proposal and refinement - FREE
Following our discussions, we’ll provide you with a detailed proposal. There may be some back-and-forth to fine-tune the details, ensuring everything aligns perfectly with your goals. Once agreed, we’ll send you an order form to formalise the engagement.
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step 5: programme development
With the order confirmed, we’ll start developing your bespoke training programme. This may involve refining existing materials or creating entirely new modules from scratch. We’ll collaborate with you throughout this process to ensure it meets your expectations.
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step 6: programme delivery
Once everything is ready, and based on the agreed delivery schedule, we roll out the training. We can handle as much or as little of the logistics and administration as you prefer, including: sending invitations and managing attendance, organising venues (if applicable) and handling pre-course communication. If your training is delivered virtually, we also provide a fully supported platform.
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step 7: post-delivery and impact reporting
After each session we’ll share feedback, highlight any issues and offer suggestions for improvement. Once a programme is completed, or at agreed intervals for ongoing training, we’ll provide a comprehensive impact and value report, including follow-up recommendations to maximise long-term benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Teamshaper specialises in bespoke team-based training for public sector organisations. Our programmes are built using 7 CPD-accredited modules that capture and distil many years of experience working with public sector teams. They provide a proven foundation while allowing each programme to be shaped around the organisation’s objectives and context.
We start by agreeing clear outcomes with the client, then design a programme that uses the team’s real work as the learning material, builds shared commitment within the team, and ends with documented actions and practical next steps. Where possible, programmes include a follow-up session to revisit those commitments, embed learning and refine what happens next. The result is training that creates habits teams continue to use in day-to-day work, making a lasting impact on how the team works.
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Teamshaper specialises in training for intact teams, because working with a team as a team can strengthen shared commitment and ongoing support.
We also deliver training for individuals and groups, including leadership cohorts and cross organisational groups, where that is the right approach. All learning has an individual component, and programme design always includes personal reflection and practical application. The format is chosen based on what the client is trying to achieve.
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Working with Teamshaper is collaborative, attentive and refreshingly straightforward. We take the time to really understand what your team is experiencing and what you want to achieve, then shape the right programme based on that conversation, our experience, and what we are seeing work with similar teams across the public sector.
You can be as involved as you want to be. Some clients like to stay close to the design, others prefer us to take the lead. We ask the right questions, propose a clear approach, and make it easy for you to influence the programme without having to manage it. Where helpful, we can also support with practicalities such as internal communications, attendance and delivery logistics.
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Impact is defined before any design work begins. At the outset of each team training programme, we work with the client to define the outcomes that matter and to agree what evidence will demonstrate progress. These outcomes might relate to confidence, behaviours, ways of working, decision making or delivery.
Our approach to measuring training impact is structured and explicit. We establish a baseline, capture the commitments and actions agreed during the programme, and gather structured feedback at the end of delivery against the agreed outcomes. This forms the basis of a post-programme Impact and Value Report, with clear data, summaries and visualisations that can be shared internally.
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Yes. Teamshaper programmes are CPD accredited.
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Most Teamshaper workshops run as a full day (typically 7 hours including breaks), and some are designed as a half day format where that better suits the objectives and operational constraints. We also use our Teamshaper in Minutes micro-learning model to deliver short bursts of training at regular intervals over time.
Programme length is shaped by what the client wants to achieve. When organisations commission a single focused workshop, we often recommend an optional follow-up session several weeks later to help embed learning and revisit commitments.
We also design longer modular programmes delivered over time. In all cases, the structure is designed to support the outcome, rather than impose a fixed format.
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Teamshaper meets public sector compliance requirements and is an approved supplier on the Crown Commercial Service Learning and Training DPS (RM6219 and RM6124) and the YPO Training Solutions DPS (000999).
We comply with the Procurement Act 2023 and hold Cyber Essentials certification, appropriate insurance and ICO registration. Full details are available on our Public Sector page.
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Teamshaper uses a transparent pricing structure based on the time spent designing and delivering your programme. Work is charged at a day rate, with any additional costs, such as travel or materials, agreed in advance and billed at cost.
Because Teamshaper operates as a collective of experienced trainers rather than a large agency, overheads are kept low. This means clients get specialised facilitation and programme design without paying for layers of account management or unnecessary infrastructure. Pricing is straightforward, predictable and proportionate to the work being delivered.
