Professional Gatherings with Heart
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Work Examples
Rebuilding Connection & Culture
Client: A 70-person global team of technical specialists
Challenge: First gathering since a major reorganization with a need to foster connection, creativity, and alignment around Safe and Sustainable Business Outcomes.
Approach
✔ Designed a 3-day immersive offsite experience.
✔ Blended structured facilitation & open exploration to help the team co-create their future culture.
✔ Integrated movement and interactive elements to support fresh thinking.
✔ Focused on deep connection—going beyond roles to tap into shared purpose.
Impact & Outcomes
✅Stronger team cohesion—participants built trust and a shared vision for working together.
✅ New ways of thinking and problem-solving—the group embraced creative approaches to their technical work.
✅ Sustained engagement beyond the offsite—teams took actionable strategies back to their day-to-day operations.
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Testimonial
“Shannon displayed a strong desire/curiosity to understand the key objectives of the event and then utilized the objectives to define an engaging/interactive and thought-provoking workshop. The feedback that we received from the participants clearly demonstrated that the engagement exceeded expectations...”
Guiding a Newly Formed Team Through Change
Client: Corporate team undergoing leadership and structural changes
Challenge: Following a company-wide reorganization, the team’s membership had shifted, and a new leader had been assigned. This created uncertainty and an unclear team identity.
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Approach
✔ Designed a series of engagements with new team lead.
✔ Facilitated interactive sessions to navigate the storming phase, build trust, and establish a shared purpose.
✔ Integrated leadership coaching to enhance the new leader’s capability in group dynamics.
✔ Provided strategic guidance to ensure long-term team effectiveness.
Impact & Outcomes
✅ Accelerated team cohesion and identity formation—reducing uncertainty and improving engagement.
✅ Developed leader’s facilitation and change management skills—leading to sustained team success.
✅ Created a foundation for long-term collaboration—empowering the team to move forward with confidence.
Testimonial
"Shannon met with us weekly brainstorming ideas for the workshop, asking a lot of questions, and understanding our objectives and challenges. She put together a great agenda and then facilitated a series of events. The success of the workshops far exceeded my expectations and there is no way we would have achieved that without her expertise..."
Facilitating Virtual Cross-Team Collaboration on Emerging Technology
Client: Organization evaluating a potential long-duration energy storage technology
Challenge: The opportunity had the potential to impact several different teams, and the client needed to determine how to progress while considering the needs of various stakeholders.
Approach
✔ Co-created a 2-part workshop to explore key issues.
✔ Facilitated structured discussions to help stakeholders align on goals and challenges.
✔ Designed interactive exercises to foster cross-team collaboration and generate actionable insights.
Impact & Outcomes
✅ Clearer strategic direction—teams aligned on a way forward.
✅ Improved stakeholder engagement—participants felt heard and included in decision-making.
✅ Stronger cross-team collaboration—establishing a foundation for ongoing cooperation.
Testimonial
“It was a challenging cross-business environment that required navigating the stakeholder landscape to get what we needed out of the virtual workshop. Now we have direct actions to follow up on and the main stakeholders mapped out.”