The Timezone Tango

Get the most out of dispersed teams while maintaining personal balance and work productivity.

Duration (from):
90 Minutes
Audience:
All Audiences
Workshop Pillar:
Team Effectiveness
Delivery:
In-Person & Online

Workshop Overview

In the era of hybrid and global work, a primary challenge can be misalignment caused by geographically dispersed teams and diverse communication styles. By addressing the essential frameworks to overcome these barriers, you'll gain insights into how to create proficiencies around asynchronous communication, work rhythms and communications styles that reduce confusion and create overall team velocity.

Workshop Objectives

Each People Playbook workshop is built around clear, practical objectives. In this workshop, participants will focus on:

01

Learn how individual communication styles and ways of working may be influenced by culture.

02

Discover new insights around your own unique communication style.

03

Develop practical ways to flex your style and improve your collaboration with others.

A Learning Experience, Not Just a Workshop

We design purposeful, practical and playful learning experiences that help participants arrive prepared, engage fully and apply what they learn.

Workshop Primers
Arrive ready, not cold

We share curated pre-session content so participants build context, spark their thinking and arrive ready to contribute.

Learning Loops
Learn by doing, not just listening

We introduce key ideas, practise them through relevant scenarios, then reflect on how to apply them in real work.

Signature Playbook
Tools to take back to work

We create a practical Playbook with the essential ideas and tools participants need to apply their learning at work.

Musical Moments
Energy, connection, and momentum

We weave in short, engaging musical moments to lift the room, build connection and create the right conditions for learning.

Post-Session Nudges
Small prompts, lasting habits

We share simple, practical prompts after the session to help participants remember, apply and build new habits.

Group Huddle
Momentum through reflection

We bring participants back together online to reflect, share what is working and strengthen application over time.

Meet the Playmakers

Every workshop is led by experienced Playmakers who bring the right mix of expertise, energy and care to help your people feel safe, engaged and ready to participate.

John Puts

Amsterdam, NLD

Lucie Coudret

London, UK

Lesley Powell

Zurich, CH

Roman Dahl

Milan, IT

Real Stories from Real Learning Experiences

See how teams and leaders have experienced People Playbook workshops, programmes and learning moments designed to create meaningful impact.

We have partnered with People Playbook on several projects and each time they have exceeded our expectations.

Lee Moore
VP at Google Cloud
Google

"We had an amazing day today, full of rich, playful and creative experiences. The outcome is a real song we are super proud of!"

Ines
Head of Sales
Google Cloud

“People Playbook provided a refreshing approach to team building. They created an engaging environment where everyone felt they could join in and have fun, while also developing valuable workplace skills."

Tim Harrison
Vice President
Almac Discovery

"Tony and the team at People Playbook always manage to bring our leadership development programs to life."

Peter Holten Mühlmann
CEO & Founder
Trustpilot

"It was a pleasure working with People Playbook designing the event and what they produced was exceptional. We will definitely be partnering with them on future events."

Alan Large
Strategy and Transactions Director
Ernest and Young

"People Playbook brings fun into learning difficult skills. Their playful approach works in creating impactful learning experiences."

Rajvi Shah
Global Talent Development Partner
Trustpilot

"People Playbook has been crucial in shaping our company leadership development offering."

Jitka Foralova
Global Talent Development Partner
Trustpilot

Rajita Saxena
Learning & Development Business Partner
Google

People Playbook create an incredibly engaging environment that is extremely effective in getting to the things that will really move the needle. And, above all else, working with them is fun!

Paul Dutnall
Head of Operations
Work.Life

"We partnered with People Playbook twice. The whole experience left us wishing we had more time together."

Shivana Maharaj
Global Operations
WhatsApp

"This team is amazing at what they do. They helped our leadership team on a number of items including developing our purpose, understanding each other and how to maximize our relationships."

Leo Cunningham
Chief Information & Security Officer
Flo

People Playbook are the best training providers out there by an absolute country mile.

Charlotte Batters
Head of People Operations
Cloud Technology Solutions

"People Playbook created and facilitated an exceptional workshop. We will definitely be partnering with them on future events."

Andrew Dolliver
Partner
Ernest and Young

"People Playbook facilitators bring an amazing energy to any workshop they facilitate and are fantastic at building rapport with each attendee."

Julie Cossen Jensen
Head of HR (CEU)
Trustpilot

"People Playbook worked with my leadership group to rethink and refresh our purpose. Their approach is inspiring!"

Biren Kalaria
Director, Client Solutions & Analytics
Google

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