Retaining Talent - Team Maintenance

Presenter: Birte Becker-Steel, TeamTime.

This four‑hour interactive workshop is designed for business owners, managers, and team leaders who want practical, evidence-based ways to strengthen workplace culture as the foundation for employee engagement, motivation, and retention.

Participants will explore the core elements of workplace culture, current research on what keeps people engaged at work, and the role of everyday agile leadership behaviours in shaping motivation and performance. The workshop places a strong emphasis on “team maintenance” - the ongoing actions leaders take to support trust, clarity, connection, and collaboration, particularly during periods of pressure and ongoing change.

The session combines research insights, practical tools, and facilitated discussion, with a clear focus on actions participants can implement immediately within their own organisations.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the key drivers of employee engagement and retention in today’s business environment
• Identify the cultural and leadership factors that influence motivation, performance, and burnout risk
• Strengthen workplace culture through practical, everyday management practices
• Apply a team maintenance mindset to sustainably support staff wellbeing and productivity over time
• Use simple tools and techniques to improve communication, trust, and clarity within teams
• Recognise early warning signs of disengagement and take proactive steps to retain capability

So attendees can;

• Understand the relationship between workplace culture, motivation, performance, and retention
• Identify specific actions leaders and managers can take to positively influence culture, even in resource-constrained environments
• Apply techniques to support employee engagement and reduce burnout risk
• Strategically strengthen their capability in leading and motivating people through change and uncertainty
• Develop a set of practical, actionable steps they can implement immediately within their own business or team.

About Birte, TeamTime® Founder, Director and Chief Facilitator

Birte Becker‑Steel is an experienced facilitator and coach who works with organisations to strengthen workplace culture, engagement, and retention - particularly during periods of change and uncertainty.

With over 25 years’ expertise designing and delivering workshops, Birte brings together evidence-based practice, engaging facilitation, and a grounded understanding of how people experience work on the ground. Her approach focuses on the everyday drivers of culture that directly influence workplace interactions, performance and retention.

Birte supports leaders and teams to step back, regain perspective, and identify practical actions that improve how people work together - even when resources are stretched and pressures are high.

As an external facilitator, she helps organisations see patterns that are often difficult to recognise from within, turning complexity into clear, workable strategies.

Cost Support

This training is registered with the Regional Business Partnership Network (RBPN) and participants may therefore qualify for support for this programme.
For more information, please contact Sandra Crone sandra.crone@neslontasman.nz prior to Wednesday 22 July.

Eligibility criteria:

To attend/be eligible for co-funding the customer must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Has less than 50 full time employees
• Have an NZBN
• Must be the business owner or person in a key management role, i.e senior managers, in the business.
• Must register on the RBP Platform and have a discovery meeting with the region’s Growth Advisor

 

Standard cancellation policy applies to paid events/workshops/courses (unless otherwise stated on event listing). Cancellations must be received 7 working days prior to the event. Cancellations after this time and ‘no shows’ on the day will be charged the full invoice amount. Substitutions are permitted if you can no longer attend.