Team
Development
Organisations are conditioned to focus on individual performance and potential, but aren’t always sure how to evaluate and improve the efficacy of their teams.
Harnessing the power of teams
We believe that to reach ambitious goals, we need to expand our focus from the individual to the team. Our work with teams begins with enquiry and analysis: What’s it like to be in this team? How is this team being experienced? How is it performing?
Building trust and cohesion for team growth
We design structured interventions to address the team’s challenges. Real-time observations, experiential learning, and targeted feedback bolster team performance- building the peer-to-peer muscle and transferring capability to the collective.
Our team development work improves the quality and speed of decision-making, boosts productivity, and holds focus on the overarching vision and goals – ultimately driving team and organisational success.
Introducing the X-Model
A powerful tool to elevate team performance
In just five minutes, we capture your team’s experiences with vision, trust, collaboration, and execution.
This allows us to provide a structured, detailed, and clear picture of your team’s current health – identifying key areas for growth and setting the stage for lasting transformation.
What our clients say
I was a bit sceptical at the start of the process – I wondered how much we were really going to get into it. I have seen these things before and they can end up as a nice conversation that doesn’t go anywhere. But I came around as the session went on; we have reached a new level of openness.
Market CFO
Vodafone
ig supported my newly formed leadership team. We wanted to improve our collective ability to lead change at pace, and to raise the level of challenge and provocation in the team to help shape better outcomes. ig ran a well-structured program that gave us time to get to know each other better, and progressively ramped up our candour and active debate. They bring a refreshing directness and efficiency to the process, but also have empathy for those in the room and the difficulty we can face in changing. I felt really pleased with how we progressed as a team, with impact from the first session and a nice ‘crescendo’ at the last.
Christopher Gowland
Chief Customer Office
Lloyds Banking Group
As part of Executive team in O2 and as an individual I had the pleasure of working with ig for over 2 years. They helped us understand our team dynamics, potential blind spots and ambition and then allowed us to help each other grow and to create a high performing team.
They were most beneficial to me (and to the team) as we transitioned towards the creation of Virgin Media O2. This was a highly complex, emotional and challenging time for each of us as individuals and as a team. ig helped us navigate the need to deliver each day, to engage and motivate our teams and to support each other through an uncertain future… I felt in a much better position to deal with whatever outcome the future had in store for me.
Gareth Turpin
Chief Commercial Officer
Virgin Media O2
ig has been instrumental in my successful transition to a new role, providing personal development for me and team effectiveness coaching for the wider team. Their approach is really effective, creating a safe space for constructive challenge and holding people to account. Their counsel and interventions have had a positive impact on me and the broader team. Thank you!
Laura Needham
Group Chief Internal Auditor
Lloyds Banking Group
Having been appointed CEO of Telefonica 02 UK, I asked ig to work with me and my executive team in identifying some issues that were holding us back. Namely, pushing conflict down into the organisation – rather than us sitting safely in negotiation and occasionally, in conflict.
The process was difficult at times, but ig helped us work through issues and challenges that we’d previously avoided. As a result, we were much more effective – and both our employees and our shareholders felt the impact.
Mark Evans
Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Telefonica
During our management buyout, ig played a crucial role in helping the board deeply understand our existing leadership talent – and assisted me in designing the senior management team. Their work was highly informative and pragmatic, building a high-performing leadership team with the right emotional tension and the drive to continuously improve.
Nuno Almeida
CEO
Nourish Care
Our Global Marketing Leadership team partnered with ig to elevate our effectiveness in driving marketing transformation for growth. Their approach is practical, engaging, and focused on action and impact. By the end, we left more connected, empowered by feedback, and committed to elevating our impact together.
Sonia De Castro Gaspar
Chief Human Resources Officer EMEA
Mondelez
ig were a great partner to my CEO and the broader Executive Team as we embarked on our journey towards building one cohesive, effective executive team. They focus on context and develop deep understanding of business strategy, tailoring solutions to that environment – and have a really results-driven approach.
Shira Aharoni
Chief People Officer
Aderant
Case studies
With a focus on trust, cohesion, and collaboration, we’ve helped leadership teams transform into high-performing units.
