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Get Your Team Back on Track with These 39 Essential Workshop Exercises
Core Tools & Activities is a set of practical, entry-level tools designed to bring clarity and momentum to your team.
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The Core Tools & Activities Workshops helps turn stale meetings into high-impact sessions by reigniting motivation and focus with fast, effective activities.
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What You Get In This Collection of Workshops
( Each problem has its own 90-minute workshop with ready-to-use slides, templates and facilitator notes )
Workshops To Fix Problems Within a Team
Change Management
Team members misunderstand instructions, project goals, or roles, leading to errors and delays.
Force-Field Analysis
Collaborative Facilitation
Individuals hesitate to share ideas or ask for help, fearing judgment or criticism.
Fishbowl Discussion
Open Space
World Cafe
Conflict Management
Team members or sub-groups work in isolation, failing to coordinate or integrate their efforts.
Thomas Kilmann Instrument Workshop
Decision Making
Inefficient workflows, duplication of efforts, and wasted time addressing misaligned priorities result in lower output.
Group Decision Making Analysis
Options Framework
Goal Setting
Unresolved disagreements and interpersonal clashes become frequent, disrupting harmony and focus.
Anti-Goals Workshop
Micro-Goals Workshop
Icebreakers
Individuals deflect responsibility and blame others when things go wrong, eroding accountability.
Equilateral Triangles Collaboration
How Well Do We Know Each Other
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Idea Generation
Team members show disinterest, avoid meetings, or disengage from discussions and decision-making.
Brainstorming
How Wow Now
Performance Management
Poor coordination leads to delays, missed milestones, and an inability to meet deadlines consistently.
Skill Will Matrix
Process Mapping
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Customer Journey Mapping
Planning
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Brown Paper Planning
Prioritization
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Problem Solving
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Reflective/Evaluative Processes
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Roles & Responsibilities
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Root Cause Analysis
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Stakeholder Management
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Strategic Analysis
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Strategic Planning
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Team Building Games
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Time Management
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Values Exploration
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
Visioning
The team struggles to address challenges effectively due to a lack of collaborative brainstorming and decision-making.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: Completed "Problem-Solving Pledges" where participants commit to actions to improve problem-solving within the team.
Workshop Closing
Some members are overloaded while others contribute minimally, leading to resentment and burnout.
Workshop Objectives:
Workshop Result: A completed "Team Fairness Charter" containing principles to guide future task allocation.
What customers are saying about our workshops
Craig Bryan
Certified Leadership Coach, Behavior Consultant
Your material is clean, simple to follow, relevant, and well-laid out. It is hard to find plug-and-play content that is useful and easy to integrate into virtually any program. Great job Workshop Bank!
Lore Lapinsky
Organization Development Director
Sometimes the time constraints are tight, and I need a wonderful activity, and quite frankly, don’t have the time to create that AND build-out the Learning / Training components. Your excellent materials help me a lot.
Rebecca Booker
Group Training Manager
Just thought I’d let you know that I have used the relationship triangle and the team evolution curve this week in my workshops with a private home care company, and oh my goodness it went so well. They LOVED it and so did I. It worked brilliantly and I’ve been asked back for another two days!!
I’m sure I would not have been able to have the impact I did without these two invaluable tools and just wanted to say I’m so glad I joined the WorkshopBank. I can’t wait to test out more of the resources!!
Barbara Walsh
Master Executive and Systemic Leadership Team Coach
Before joining I used to spend hours searching for exactly the right activity to enhance the learning of the various teams I work with. Being a member means I have access to an amazing set of tools and activities - there is something to fit almost any purpose here! The biggest benefit for me is in having such a large resource of tools, all categorized and easy to find, on one platform.
Rebecca Southern
Senior HR Partner
Your products give access to ready made tools that have been tried and tested, cover a wide variety of topics, are done in an engaging way and there is an added bonus that you follow up and send me new material……. Which enables be to learn new approaches.
Penelope Barr
Senior Technology Manager
The great thing about what you've done is put all these techniques in one place & curated them by topic, outcome & time. It's really helpful - thank you.
Clint Reece
Project Director
Before joining I used to spend a lot of time planning a workshop. Being a member has meant I've been able to save time and deliver a better experience for my clients. As an independent project director, the workshops I'm called on to facilitate can be quite varied. I subscribed with two goals in mind -- saving prep time and making my events better for my clients. The resources on the site are well organized and definite time-savers, and between the training videos and Nick's one-on-one guidance, my clients are definitely getting a better experience.
Andres Marquez-Lara
Leadership & collaboration expert helping organizations tackle complex challenges in Latin America
While I have a lot of experience doing workshops and I have a framework, mine wasn't as comprehensive as Nick's. The way he really baked into it the sustainable elements of it has been helping me think about how to do that for my own. I also have access to other facilitation tools but I'm always looking for variations and new ones and I like having all of them systematized in one place.
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Owner at Moore Productive LLC
Before joining, I used to develop all my workshop and team facilitation tools myself. And because I'm very picky about the way my work looks and the results it yields, I spent hours on each deck I prepared. As a member, I have access to tools and processes focused on all the key aspects of facilitation and team building that are ready to use and I can put my company logo on them. And I've found tools here that I didn't even know I needed. Everything I've used has yielded great results and saved me many hours of work! I've been a member of WorkshopBank since early after launch and I've seen the growth and the deep focus on customers. I know Nick will continue this growth and he continually surprises and delights his clients. Also, I've shared WorkshopBank with many of my colleagues and they've all loved it as much as I do. Don't hesitate! You'll be glad you joined.
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Coach & Facilitator
I used to spend hours planning my workshops - I wanted the process to be JUST right and sometimes would get stuck in a spin. Being a member means I'm able to draw from more tools to enhance my client experience. Plus I feel like part of a great community of facilitators. The biggest benefit of membership for me is the instant support I received from Nick, and I love the overview index sheet that shows you exactly where you need to head for the outcome you want to achieve.
Peter Fulcher-Meredith
Before I joined the WorkshopBank I would spend forever searching for the right tools and process to help me facilitate my sessions - it was such a pain and such a waste of time. This membership now means I have everything I need at hand 1 click away and some extra bonuses I didn't expect but appreciate. Don't hesitate joining it is a win-win. You won't regret it for one moment - it's all there waiting for you. You just have to make a small investment and it's there forever.
Vanda Alexander
CIPD Qualified HR Consultant
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Emily Wilson
Professional Development Coordinator at Appalachian State University
I have used your resources in my work with various departments, and they have always found the activities meaningful, which is why I decided to become a member. This is an awesome resource!
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Certified Health Coach
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Debra Dubow
Team Excellence & Engagement Leader
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Colin Danvers
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Samuel Hill
District Manager at Sodexo
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Gill Cromhout
Visual Facilitator, Coach, Trainer
I wanted to give you some positive feedback about your Think, Feel, Say, Do activity. I used it as an agenda setting exercise “live” in a group of 6 University Staff (Academics and Administrators). It worked brilliantly. I simply facilitated the process about their priorities, their preferred agenda, their preferred approach, roles and timeframes. The end result was that they felt extremely proud of their collaboration and co-creation as a team who had previously “been at war” with each other. So a huge thank you from me.
Imtiaz Hasan
Leadership & Management Program Developer
The way you present your workshops makes it easy to implement and offer some great solutions to our learners/ teams and managers. Wonderful work. Thank you
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Organizational & Leadership Development Coach and Facilitator
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Senior Consultant
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Business Advisor - Revenue Development
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Business and Sports Development Consultant
I used to spend a lot of time searching for facilitation tools. Trying to find the right content for workshops and transferring the information to powerpoint slides. Being a member means I'm able to find relevant and useful tools and techniques for my workshops which saves time and improves outcomes for my clients. When I have a challenging workshop I schedule a call with Nick who provides brilliant support, signposting me to the most suitable resources. The biggest benefit of membership for me is access to tools and techniques that help me to a better job for your clients. Access to insightful thinking and signposting to the right tools to help you do the job. Cutting edge resources and tools saving you time and enhancing your capability.
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Transformation Expert at Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate
Before joining I had to combine several sources for information on facilitation and change management. Now I’m able to find detailed methods and techniques quickly, and in different formats. Being part of a growing community of professionals is a big advantage.
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President at The Gregg Resource Group, LLC
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Founder of Scale2Grow
You have done a fantastic job of creating high-quality, high value content that aligns with how I facilitate, saving me prep time. Keep it coming.
Anton de Leeuw
Managing Director at Salus Group Limited
Becoming a member gives me access to a complete online library of easy to adopt and brand templates and most importantly access to one-to-one sessions with Nick. What you see is true. What you read is true. Everything is laid out and works just as Nick describes and includes more information than I expected. Before joining I would question the source of information and concern myself with not having an oversight over all possible resources. I also concerned myself the approach was suitable for the industry.
Rating: 4.92/5 (from 11,000+ members)
What's Inside?
Slides
Each workshop includes a set of clean, professionally designed slides that you can customise with your own branding and corporate identity. The layout is simple, ensuring a professional look while allowing for easy modifications.
Processes
Every workshop includes a clear, step-by-step process that anyone—regardless of experience—can understand and facilitate. The instructions are straightforward, making it easy to follow and adapt. If needed, they can also be translated into other languages with minimal effort.
Objectives
Each workshop is designed with three specific objectives that guide the session and define what participants will achieve. These objectives ensure that every session stays focused and delivers measurable results.
Facilitator Notes
Every workshop includes Facilitator Notes that guide you through each step of the process. These notes highlight what to expect, common challenges, and key insights to watch for, making facilitation smoother and more effective.
Questionnaires
Some workshops include interactive elements, like quizzes or self-assessments. For example, Workshop 5 comes with a ready-to-use quiz, embedded in the slides, along with clear instructions on how to facilitate it.
Handouts
Certain workshops require printed handouts for exercises and discussions (e.g., Workshops 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19). These are fully prepared for you and included in the download, ready to print and distribute.
Visuals
Workshops that use frameworks or structured models include all necessary visuals, diagrams, and charts. These are built into the slide packs, making it easy to present complex ideas in a clear, engaging way.
Materials Needed
Each workshop comes with a simple materials list so you know exactly what you need. Nothing complicated—just standard facilitation supplies like flipcharts, sticky notes, markers, and any required handouts (which are provided).
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National Safe and Secure Manager, Coop Food
The success of teams relies on collaborative problem solving especially in large organisations. Your workshops bring collective minds to solve a problem together or alternatively build rapport through cross functional thinking which is a win for me.
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FAQs
Who, specifically, is this library of workshops for?
If you run workshops, this library will save you time and effort. Many of my customers used to spend hours planning sessions, only to feel stuck or unsure about their approach. This resource gives you access to proven tools that work. Whether you’re leading strategy sessions, team-building exercises, or problem-solving workshops, you’ll have everything you need to design and run effective sessions with confidence.
Who should NOT buy this resource library?
If you already have a set of tools you rely on and aren’t looking to learn new ones, this library may not be the right fit. It’s designed for leaders, facilitators and consultants who want to improve their sessions, expand their toolkit, and work more efficiently.
How can I trust you? How do I know this is legit?
I’m Nick Martin, a senior leader, consultant and facilitator who built WorkshopBank.com from scratch. Since 2009, more than 260,000 people have joined my list, all through word of mouth. Please don’t have to take my word for it though—read the feedback from professionals who have used these tools to run better workshops and improve their results.
But my industry is different! I don't believe this can work!
These tools have been used in a wide range of industries, from education and healthcare to finance, tech, and manufacturing. They work because they focus on how people collaborate, solve problems, and make decisions—fundamentals that apply in any industry. If you work with teams, these tools can help.
Does the tool library come with email or call support?
No, the library is designed to be self-paced. With over 11,000 paying members, we can’t offer free one-on-one support. However, when you sign up, you’ll have the option to purchase a discounted 1-to-1 video consultation if you need additional guidance.
How big is the library and what format is it in?
The library includes 20 workshop processes that improve collaboration within a team or between different teams. ou can access everything from any device with an internet connection.
Each comes with:
- Downloadable, unbranded PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and PDF files.
- A text-based step-by-step guide on how to use each process.
Can you provide a custom invoice?
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