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Cohesion: build trust and resolve conflict in high-performing teams

Cohesion is a live, facilitated team building simulation that helps L&D teams build trust, resolve conflict and develop the high-performing teams that hold together through change management. Cohesion supports organisations that aim to:

Build trust and psychological safety within a team
Resolve conflict before it damages performance
Develop stronger, more cohesive teams that stay effective under pressure

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How Cohesion can help your business

In Cohesion, participants lead a high-performing team project. They must earn the trust of their team members for a new way of working while actively building the team's effectiveness under pressure. The simulation is grounded in trust, communication, power dynamics and conflict resolution, the ingredients of sustainable team performance: 89% of leaders value psychological safety as central to how their teams perform.

Team building and trust

Build relationships that support collaboration
Understand how process and change work together
Listen actively to guide team development

Team dynamics and leadership

Manage team priorities and new information
Recognise and navigate social and hierarchical power
Conduct effective team health checks

Conflict and communication

Resolve interpersonal and structural conflicts
Balance individual needs with collective goals
Adapt leadership styles to meet team challenges

At a glance

Duration: Cohesion is played over 3–4 hours
Scenario: Participants try to earn buy-in for a new way of working. They must balance task and team priorities, build trust, and manage conflict, while guiding their high-performing team toward even better performance
Skillsets: Team building and trust, team dynamics and leadership, conflict and communication

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Find out how Cohesion builds trust and resolves conflict in high-performing teams.