Team Building Services

Experience: John has led hundreds of teambuilding workshops. Core skills include expert facilitation, conflict mediation and being adept at designing sessions to attain the client’s desired outcomes.

Data-driven: John uses a data-driven approach for teambuildings, typically via interviews, focus groups or surveys. Data is fed-back to develop ownership, readiness, agreements and action plans. 

Safety: We help the teams communicate in safe ways and seek to create a culture of inclusion & psychological safety. 

Style: Our team buildings typically are fast-paced, interactive, informative, inspiring, relevant, results-oriented, and fun. A variety of styles are used, including presentation, small/ large group discussions, experiential activities, videos, role playing, case studies, scenario planning, and assessment instruments.  

Goals:  The objective of a team building is to improve the team’s bottom-line performance, climate, and teamwork. 

Team buildings aim to create a more cohesive, supportive & trusting group that will have high expectations for task accomplishment & will also respect individual differences in values, personalities, and skills.  

The team building strengthens team leadership and team member mindsets and behaviors, addresses issues, and enhances the capacity to manage the day-to-day operations and issues that arise in the future. 

Our approach seeks to create a culture of 

inclusion and psychological safety.

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life 

by what we give." - Sir Winston Churchill

  High-Performing Team Model: One of the models used by The Gavares Group for assessment is Richard Beckhard’s High-Performing Team Model.  The model helps diagnose team functioning, strengths, and areas for improvement, and to develop solutions for improvement.

The core elements of the model are identified below: 

1. Vision, mission, values: Consensus about the team’s vision, mission and values, and preferred culture.
   
2. Goals: Agreement on mutual goals & objectives.
   
3. Roles and Responsibilities: Clarity of roles and responsibilities, and lines of communication
   
4. Policies and procedures: Agreement on policies, procedures, systems & structures
   
5. Climate and Relationships: Commitment to a positive climate and supportive relationships

 The other elements of this model are leadership and communication. These might be referred to as 

the life blood of the team or organization. 

- USIU-Kenya Management Team

- JFK Memorial Hospital Department Heads

- City of Visalia Management Team and Council

- City of Pomona Mgt. Team and Council  

- City of Visalia Mgt. Team and Council

 - City of National City Council and Department Mgt.

- Helix Water District Board

 - Rancho Santa Fe Art Jury 

- Coachella Valley Water District Executive Team 

- San Diego Housing Commission

- City of Carlsbad Public Works Department

- San Diego Public Utilities and Public Works Departments

- Padre Dam Municipal Water District

- Loaves and Fishes, Sacramento  

- City of San Diego’s Development Services Department