Struggling to Lead your Remote or Hybrid Team Culture?
You are not alone.
In a recent survey of 900 U.S.-based leaders, 75% said their firms were still terrible at remote work.
Which of the following feel familiar?
If you can say ‘yes’ to 4 or more of these challenges, there are bigger things at stake.
At our organization:
- Teams lack cohesion and purpose
- Even in-person, conversation is limited
- Mentorship isn't happening
- It's harder to transfer knowledge
- Accountability is slipping
Our employees express:
- Lack of relationship with colleagues
- Disconnection from company mission
- Concerns about career progression
- Simmering conflicts that go unaddressed
- Burnout and other mental health challenges
It's not just that things 'feel different'
Lost Productvity
Retention Risks
Communication Breakdowns
Distraction
Despite challenges, remote and hybrid work are here to stay.
Employees want the flexibility and improved work-life balance; they report greater focus and productivity. Employers cannot ignore the cost savings and stronger stance for recruitment.
So how do you overcome the connection, trust-building and potential innovation that gets lost without consistent face-to-face interactions, spontaneous problem-solving, and organic knowledge sharing?
To increase the caliber of collaboration, team culture needs to be activated with intention.
Ready to Transform Your Remote & Hybrid Team Culture?
A One-of-Kind Team Storytelling Experience
Our signature Team Storytelling Workshop is a powerful half-day experience that enhances speed-to-connection, fosters trust and vulnerability, and creates team cohesion.
Participants uncover and share their personal storylines through a framework that catalyzes deeper, more authentic dialog.
It turns out stories around the fire (or the water cooler) served a deep-seated place in our cultural connections and understanding!
Perfect for your next leadership offsite, team retreat, or annual event, the experience can be adapted to deliver online or on-stage with audiences of 10 to 10,000.
"I learned more about my coworkers in 3-hours than I knew in years of working with them."
How It Works
Before the Event
Our workshop is built around the CultureTalk for Individuals assessment, a 72-question survey that uncovers alignment with 12 human story patterns called Archetypes.
This assessment provides a comprehensive profile of each team member’s primary, supporting, and latent Archetypes, offering deep insights into their motivations and actions.
In preparation for the event, all workshop participants take the assessment (20-minutes), read their full report, and begin to highlight what resonates.
At the Event
Facilitated by a trained practitioner, we start with a tour of the 12-Archetype storylines, including the motivations, strengths, and shadows of each one.
Individuals validate their scores with stories from their life. They build a profile that includes a Primary and two Supporting patterns, and prepare an introduction to others in their group.
The Story Exchange is a highlight of the program where each participant introduces their profile, detailing their storylines in ways that feel empowering.
"I learned more about my coworkers in 3-hours than I knew in years of working with them."
Key Outcomes
Trusting relationships are the foundation of team cohesion, collaboration, and communication. Lay the groundwork for a stronger culture and make permanent gains in team effectiveness.
- Build self-awareness.
- Enhance vulnerability and trust between team members.
- Improve team communication and collaboration.
- Understand unconscious motivations and beliefs.
- Begin learning a common culture language.
"We used to feel like a team on paper – now we feel like a team on purpose.'"
The Return on Team Culture
CultureTalk’s Archetype framework provides a nuanced, yet accessible language that serves as a powerful foundation for designing, aligning and transforming culture.
Managed Services Company
- More than doubled staff
- Reduced turnover from 50% to 25%
- Grew revenue over 370%
- Best Places to Work winner 2022 & 2023
Transportation Company
- Reduced turnover:100+% to under 30%
- Best Fleets to Drive For Hall of Fame, 8 years
- Grew fleet by over 300%
- Front cover of industry publications
A simple, effective framework for deep conversation and real change.
Through the power of storytelling, we create a safe environment for honest reflection and shared vulnerability. In just a few hours, your team can achieve a level of understanding and connection that might otherwise never happen in a remote environment.
Today was so enlightening!
I learned an incredible amount about my co-workers, even after I thought I had got to know them pretty well.
DANNY CRAIG
ARTiculate Real + Clear
Understanding our behavior can be powerful.
Culture isn’t just about who we are, it’s about how we behave. Understanding our tendencies, particularly when we get really stressed, or things get really hard, can be powerful in helping us change those behaviors, both individually and collectively.
AMY DELGADO
Veterinary Services, USDA
We are all different.
My favorite part was learning the Archetypes of my colleagues. In some cases, for specific individuals, I was like ‘hmm that makes sense’, while in other cases I was like ‘what, no way!’
One of my take-aways is that we are all different and we should not take folks for granted not knowing their story.
ADIS DIJAB
Veterinary Services, USDA
It was an eye-opening experience!
Transformative! I think in the moment it was transformative and it will continue to be so.
Hilary Blair
ARTiculate Real + Clear
Don't Kick the Can Down the Road
If you need to show improved results next quarter, the time to start is now.
Results you can build on
The Team Storytelling Workshop is a foundational experience and a pre-requisite to five Additional Culture Activation Experiences.
Future workshops can be layered on that foundation, aligned with organizational priorities, enhanced with executive coaching, and integrated into company operations.
Each workshop includes a new way to view our story patterns with the opportunity to put the learning into action through guided reflection and small group practicums.
This workshop emphasizes the importance of presence for authenticity, relationship building, and influence in leadership. Participants will enhance their leadership presence by leveraging Archetype strengths, enhancing self-awareness, and refining communication skills. They will acquire tools to build trust, inspire others, and lead effectively through powerful and concise communication. Additionally, strategies will be developed to utilize storytelling for building credibility and sharing authentic experiences.
Participants will engage in scenarios and self-reflection to understand how active and latent Archetypes influence perceptions and interpretations of situations. They will share personal experiences of feeling excluded or unsafe and identify their natural roles in fostering equity and belonging within their team. Through collective discussion, the group will explore how recognizing patterns can enable them to adapt responses and foster more inclusive environments.
This team session transforms conflict into self-awareness and progress. Participants will learn to analyze conflict patterns using Archetype intelligence, reframe conflicts, and develop action plans for productive dialogue. By revisiting their Archetypal profiles, identifying conflicts, and leveraging narrative intelligence, participants will enhance collaboration.
In this workshop, participants address the challenges of change and uncertainty, which can amplify existing cracks in team culture. They will explore how different Archetype patterns respond to change, identify their own change triggers, take accountability for reactive behaviors, and learn strategies to tap into their innate motivations for positive outcomes amidst evolving work environments.
Participants reflect on their unique leadership style, and how it impacts their relationships and outcomes with both direct reports and superiors. Using Tip Sheets and Relationship Diagrams, they detail a Leadership Action and Accountability Plan, including how they ‘Manage Up’, how they ‘Manage Down’ to create success.
CultureTalk Certification
Want to bring these Culture Activation Experiences to your company or clients?
Activate your team culture today!
Revitalize your remote team and build a culture of trust and collaboration with CultureTalk’s Team Storytelling Workshop.
This experience is perfect for your next leadership offsite, team retreat, or annual event. It can be adapted to deliver online or on-stage with audiences of 10 to 10,000.
Experience the profound impact of personal storytelling on your organizational culture today!
What are you waiting for?
Join us to transform your remote and hybrid teams into cohesive, high-performing units.
