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Description

Team Cohesion: Setting Shared Ground Rules, Building Unity and Reviving Mutual Support

Two days to unite a team that works side by side without genuinely cooperating

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Everyone does their own part correctly but nobody looks at what their colleague is doing. Information circulates poorly, mutual support is rare and long-standing tensions remain unresolved. The team adds up individual skills without producing a collective result.

These two days focus on building and sustaining cohesion. You will analyse how your team actually operates, then prepare the shared ground rules, rituals and collective moments that make cooperation possible. The final session addresses partially remote teams.

Learning objectives

  • Analyse how your team actually operates and where it gets stuck
  • Identify the roles each person occupies within the group
  • Develop shared ways of working together with the team
  • Facilitate collective sessions that genuinely produce cooperation
  • Sustain connection within a partially remote team

What makes this programme different

A diagnosis of your own team's functioning completed during the session
Team rituals designed and then tested in sub-groups
A dedicated sequence on teams spread across several locations

Programme

1Understanding what makes a team

A group is not yet a collective

  • Conditions for cooperation at work
  • Stages in the formation of a team
  • Roles occupied by each person within the group
  • Diagnosis of how your own team operates

2Setting shared ground rules

What is said and what is done

  • Developing ways of working together with the team
  • Information flow and reciprocal commitments
  • Addressing behaviours that damage the collective
  • The space given to disagreement

3Keeping the collective alive day to day

Cohesion is built through rituals

  • Team meetings that serve a purpose beyond information sharing
  • Short rituals and informal exchange time
  • Opportunities for paired working and sharing of practice
  • Recognising collective achievements

4Sustaining cohesion over time

Distance, arrivals and departures

  • Onboarding newcomers and passing on established practices
  • Sustaining connection in a team spread across several locations
  • Rebuilding after a period of tension
  • Your team engagement plan

Who is it for

Team managers, department heads and project managers wishing to strengthen cooperation between their team members.

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.