Team Building Consultants, Facilitators, Business Coaches, Team Leaders

Team building, whether with a new group just coming together, or with an established group that needs revitalising, is where On Q works so well. It offers an unusual and fascinating way of building links between colleagues from different social, cultural and racial backgrounds, as well as people of different ages.

Facilitators, consultants, team leaders and line managers will find On Q, with the hint of structure and formality offered by its Qcards, and the openness, sharing and trust invited by its story-telling format, very effective as:

  • Instant icebreakers - use one of the informal ways to play as described in the booklet, or select a particular question and ask each member of the group to answer or split people into twos and threes to talk over one of the Qcards.
  • Meeting/training interlude - use the Qcards to change the rhythm of a session and provide a useful interruption.
  • Project team tool - use On Q to uncover prejudices and hidden beliefs among team members, reveal unsuspected links and connections and explain more about each team member 'perspective'.
  • Marketing/creativity catalyst - use the Qcards to think yourselves inside the minds or lives of customers and colleagues and develop new understandings about what makes other people tick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What people are saying

"We had just finished an intense 3-day training session with our external partner organisations, and I wanted to find a way during our 'team day' to connect on a more personal level rather than simply as colleagues. I had scheduled 1 hour to play On Q - in 2 teams of 4 as per the instructions - we played for more than 2.5 hours, because no one wanted to stop!

With people from Australia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, France, India, and England On Q was fantastic at facilitating a deep understanding of where we all came from, what we all dreamed of, and what we all cared about.

On Q did exactly what I was hoping it would do, and more. In the short time available the questions and method of playing brought laughter to the room as well as empathy and understanding for each others stories."
Lise Melvin, Consultant in Sustainability and Multi-stakeholder processes

"At the start of a six-month course, which mixes face-to-face workshops with remote group work, we wanted to get people networking and breaking ice fast - within and between their 'project groups'... I'd come across On Q before, because the AMED Council has been using it to get to know each other better in on-line conversations. I ordered a set. It comes in a reused video box, very neat!

... I wasn't sure if people would react positively to having their networking structured in this way. I needn't have worried - the buzz in the room was immediate and people carried on asking their questions in other situations during the 24 hour workshop."
Read the full review here, May 16th entry.
Penny Walker, Facilitating change for sustainability.