What is it?

This practical, interactive session helps your leadership team strengthen trust, clarify purpose and priorities, and define clear roles so you work better together, make faster decisions, and reduce stress, confusion and friction across the team.

Why is it useful?

This workshop will give a leadership team the clarity, trust and alignment needed to drive real results. Without confusion, politics or wasted effort.

Objectives

• Build trust through honest, constructive conversations.
• Create shared answers to Lencioni’s six clarity questions.
• Align on one top organisational priority for the next 90 days.
• Clarify leadership roles and reduce overlap or confusion.
• Make a personal commitment to strengthen team health.

Resources Required

• Time: 2 hours
• Number of People: 6-20
• Flipcharts or whiteboard
• Markers
• Sticky notes (two colours)
• Printed handouts with the six clarity questions
• Timer
• Poster of Lencioni’s 5 behaviours pyramid

Process

Welcome and framing (10 minutes)

1. Brief intro to The Advantage model
2. Emphasise that organisational health is built, not gifted
3. Share the four disciplines briefly
4. State: “This session helps us do what only leadership teams can do. Build trust and clarity.”

The Trust Line (20 minutes)

Activity: Vulnerability Trust Walk

1. Each leader draws a horizontal “Trust Line” on paper
2. Privately plot a point showing how much they feel able to be honest and vulnerable in this team
3. Pair up and share their score and why
4. Debrief in the group:
   • What builds trust here?
   • What damages it?
   • What one small behaviour would make this team more open?

Creating clarity together (35 minutes)

Activity: Six Questions Sprint

1. Split into small groups or pairs
2. Each group tackles one or two of Lencioni’s six clarity questions:
   • Why do we exist?
   • How do we behave?
   • What do we do?
   • How will we succeed?
   • What is most important right now?
   • Who must do what?
3. Groups write their proposed answers on flipcharts
4. Regroup and compare
5. Discuss gaps, overlaps, and differences

Aligning on top priority (15 minutes)

Activity: Thematic Goal Voting

1. Hand out sticky notes
2. Ask: “What do you believe is the single most important goal for our organisation in the next 3 months?”
3. Each person writes one goal
4. Stick all notes to a board
5. Group similar themes
6. Discuss and agree on one Thematic Goal for the organisation
7. Define 2–3 supporting objectives

Who must do what (20 minutes)

Activity: Role Clarification Wall

1. Each leader writes their key responsibilities on a sticky note
2. Place them on a shared board under their name
3. Discuss overlaps, gaps and confusions
4. Agree on key roles for the next 90 days

Personal commitments (10 minutes)

Activity: One Commitment Circle

1. Each person answers: “What’s one thing I will start, stop or change to make this team healthier?”
2. Go around the circle and share aloud
3. Optional: Write them on a team charter poster

Close (5 minutes)

1. Recap insights
2. Acknowledge openness, especially if trust was built
3. Share follow-up plan: document clarity answers, revisit in 30 days
4. Optional take-away: Send a short summary of the six answers, thematic goal, and personal commitments after the session.