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Description

Positive Cooperation: Building Trust, Supporting Each Other and Deciding Together

One day to turn side-by-side task delivery into genuine collective work

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

A team can work side by side without ever cooperating. Everyone defends their own scope, information circulates poorly and mutual support depends on personal affinities. A colleague's difficulties remain invisible until the moment they weigh on the whole team.

This 7-hour programme addresses the practical conditions of cooperation within a team. Participants examine what builds trust, identify the ways of working that make mutual support easier, and practise both asking for help and offering it. The day closes with the drafting of ground rules that can be applied immediately in their own team.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the concrete obstacles to cooperation within your team
  • Recognise the behaviours that build trust day to day
  • Formulate a request for help without experiencing it as an admission of weakness
  • Offer support to a colleague without taking over their work
  • Define shared ground rules for the team

What makes this programme different

A cooperation diagnosis based on how participants actually work together
Practice in asking for help, a skill often missing from team habits
Ground rules drafted and adopted before the end of the day

Programme

1Seeing where cooperation breaks down

Scope, information and mutual support

  • Spotting the breakpoints in information flows
  • Effects of protecting one's own scope of work
  • Distinguishing coordination from cooperation
  • Identifying situations where mutual support worked well

2Building trust

Reliability, transparency and recognition

  • Behaviours that establish or damage trust
  • Honouring commitments made to colleagues
  • Sharing difficulties before they escalate
  • Recognising the work of others

3Asking, offering and deciding together

Mutual support practices and shared rules

  • Formulating a precise request for help
  • Offering support without taking over another person's work
  • Leading a collective decision without dominating it
  • Drafting shared ground rules for the team

Who is it for

Members of the same team or of teams required to work together, and anyone wishing to improve the quality of collective work.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.