Full Workshop Toolkit: Team Values & Ways of Working
When your team builds the values, they own the culture.
A ready-to-run workshop that turns abstract values into real, lived team behaviours.
Most teams have values. Few teams actually live them.
The difference isn't intention — it's process. When values are handed down from leadership, people nod and move on. When a team builds them together, something different happens: people own them.
This 90-minute workshop gives you a structured, facilitated process to do exactly that. It's warm, practical, and designed to produce real agreements — not just nice words.
By the end of the session, your team will have:
• A shared understanding of what values actually are — and why generic ones don't work
• 4–6 co-created values with specific, agreed behaviours attached
• A ways-of-working charter: practical agreements about meetings, communication, and conflict
• Individual commitments to take into the week ahead
The facilitator guide gives you everything: how to run the dot-vote, how to navigate disagreement, what to do when someone says 'we've done this before and nothing changed.' It even includes what to do in the first five minutes to make sure people feel safe enough to be honest.
What's Included
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4 files, instantly downloadable: • Facilitator Deck (.pptx) — 12 slides including the values candidate grid and dot-vote activity • Facilitator Guide (.docx) — step-by-step instructions for every section, including how to handle disagreement and scepticism • Participant Workbook (.docx) — space to explore, vote, define, and commit to values • One-Page Summary (.docx) — a team charter template participants complete and keep |
Who It's For
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• New teams who want to start with shared agreements in place • Established teams who've outgrown their old ways of working • Leaders who want to reset culture after a period of change or growth • HR professionals building a values-led culture programme |
FAQ
We already have company values. Is this still useful?
Yes — especially if your team feels disconnected from them. This workshop helps your team decide what those values actually mean in practice, day-to-day. You can use your existing values as a starting point, or work from scratch.
What if people disagree on values?
The facilitator guide covers this in detail. Disagreement is actually a good sign — it means people are engaged. The structured dot-vote and clustering process is designed to surface and resolve differences without forcing false consensus.
How often should teams do this?
Once to set values, then revisit annually or when the team changes significantly. Many teams use the one-page charter as a standing agenda item in team retrospectives.
Can we use this for a full company, not just a team?
The workshop is optimised for teams of 4–12. For larger organisations, we recommend running it in team-level groups, then synthesising themes across groups as a second step.
→ Ready to run. No consultant needed.