Releasing the Power of Team

An exclusive member development series

A three-chapter experience exploring how teams thrive, adapt and achieve more together.

Most professional development focuses on the individual. But success rarely happens in isolation. Every one of us works in teams, often multiple teams with different dynamics, priorities, and pressures.  We invest a great deal in teaching people how to lead, yet rarely do we teach them how to be great team members within complex organisational systems.

Our new series, Releasing the Power of Team, explores practical ways to become a better team member, leader and decision-maker — so that together, we achieve more.

Through blogs, podcast conversations and live interactive ‘Shelling the Pod’ sessions, you’ll gain practical ways to strengthen collaboration, decision-making and performance in the teams you’re part of.

Designed exclusively for members, this series supports you in strengthening your collaboration, judgement and leadership as you navigate an evolving and increasingly complex professional environment.

Meet your host

Andy Duncan

Andy Duncan

teamGenie | Client Delivery Director

 

Andy Duncan is the Client Delivery Director at teamGenie, a C-Suite Executive Coach, an AC accredited Master Team Coach, and specialist in developing leaders and teams to unlock their potential, through leadership development and team coaching activities.  Andy has broad and deep experience in building coaching cultures in organisations and successfully designed, systemised, embedded and scaled a team coaching programme and supporting culture at NatWest Banking Group. He has a passion for supporting and driving change at an enterprise level, in service of building high levels of engagement and performance.

Andy has over 30 years’ experience working in large financial services organisations, in a range of customer facing, operational, senior leadership and organisational effectiveness partnering roles.  During this time Andy has built a strong, fundamental understanding of the organisational, coaching and developmental needs of senior leaders and teams.

What you’ll gain

This series strengthens three critical areas:

  • Professional Capability - Sharper decision-making, stronger influence and more confident distributed leadership.
  • Team Effectiveness - Insight into the dynamics that enable teams to thrive — and how to address those that cause stagnation.

  •  Practical Application - Clear techniques and perspectives you can apply immediately within your own organisational context.


How the series works

1. Read → Reflect

The series begins with a flagship public blog that sets the foundation for the themes explored throughout.

Launch Blog (5-minute read)
Releasing the Power of Team: Rethinking How We Work Together

This thought-provoking piece introduces the core themes and challenges assumptions about how teams function.

Start here. Reflect on your own team.

2. Listen → Explore in Depth

Next, Member Podcast Conversation (20–25 minutes)

Following the launch blog, members gain access to focused podcast discussions.

In each episode, Andy Duncan explores key themes with guest speakers, bringing experience, perspective and practical examples to life.

This is where the thinking deepens — and connects directly to real organisational contexts.

3.  Apply →'‘Shelling the Pod' Live Mini-Surgery 

An interactive, member-exclusive session shaped around your questions.

  • Tell us the team challenge you’d like guidance on

  • Bring a real scenario from your organisation

  • Gain practical, focused insight

Short. Practical. Action-oriented.

Attend live or submit your question in advance.

The Three Chapter Themes

Over the course of the series, we will explore three powerful dimensions of team effectiveness:

What team coaching is and how to use it to unlock potential in your team.

 

Coming up next:

Chapter 2

The Individual’s Role in the Team — Becoming the Team Member Everyone Wants to Work With

Exploring personal contribution, distributed leadership and the behaviours that strengthen collective success.

Chapter 3

Navigating Informal Teams and Networks — Flexing Your Style to Make Influence Count

Understanding how networking, influence and cross-organisational connections enhance team performance.

Final Panel Session - Bringing it all together

A live discussion panel synthesising the key lessons from the entire series.

Practical, reflective and interactive — this session helps you turn ideas into habits.


More chapters will follow in the coming months.

For now, we invite you to begin with Chapter One and start releasing the power of your team.