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You can’t force teams to work

Most organisations call groups of people teams when really they're just structured arrangements of individuals. If your team is struggling, the answer might not be in the room.

Leadership coach Mark Taggart explores what actually makes a team work, and why you can't force it.

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Going Back to Move Forward

There's something unusual about going back to an organisation you've left. Yesterday I facilitated a workshop with a team I used to lead - helping them move from a group of talented individuals to something more powerful together. Here's what shifted when we created space to talk about what they felt, not just what they thought.

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In My Happy Place

What happens when a perfectly planned workshop goes off-script? In this reflection, I share what a team development session (and a last-minute hybrid curveball) taught me about adaptability, inner voices, and letting go of “perfect.” Spoiler: it all worked out — and I left the room in my happy place.

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