Build Better Teams: Team Building, Corporate Events, Strategic Planning Sessions, LEGO Serious Play
Build Better Teams is a team building podcast designed for HR leaders, executives, managers, and event planners who want to create stronger collaboration, clearer strategy, and more engaged teams. If you are a team manager, organizational development professional, or leader responsible for leadership retreats, team building workshops, workplace culture engagement, or strategic planning sessions, this is the podcast for you. Hosted by Shannon Russell, a strategic leadership and team facilitator certified in LEGO® Serious Play®, this team building podcast explores innovative, hands-on, practical approaches to team building, strategic planning, and creating innovation through play in modern workplaces. Each episode shares insights, tools, and real-world facilitation strategies that help organizations align their teams, improve communication, and build employee engagement. Episodes explore topics like: • Corporate team building strategies that strengthen communication and trust • The LEGO® Serious Play® methodology and hands-on facilitation techniques • Strategic planning methods for leadership retreats, offsites, and team building workshops • Employee engagement and workplace culture improvements • Innovation workshops and creative problem-solving techniques You’ll also discover how hands-on facilitation approaches like LEGO® Serious Play® help leadership teams think differently, solve complex challenges, and build alignment without relying on endless slide decks or technology overload. If you’re searching for team building workshop ideas, leadership training strategies, strategic planning tools, or creative facilitation techniques for your organization, this podcast delivers actionable insights you can apply immediately. Whether you lead a small business, nonprofit organization, corporate department, or executive leadership team, Build Better Teams will help you create clarity, strengthen culture, and improve team performance. Subscribe and start building better teams. *Planning a leadership retreat, team building workshop, or strategic planning session for your organization? Learn more about Shannon’s workshops and facilitation services at https://buildbetterteamsconsulting.com.
Episodes
What can workplace leaders learn from sports teams, volunteers, and nonprofit organizations?
Quite a lot.
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell sits down with sports management consultant and facilitator Lara Schroeder, founder of Spark Solutions, to discuss leadership, strategic planning, communication, team culture, and the importance of creating systems that help organizations thrive.
Drawing on her experience work...
What makes high-performing teams different from everyone else?
According to Google's groundbreaking Project Aristotle study, the answer isn't talent, experience, or intelligence. It's psychological safety.
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell explores the psychology behind successful teams and explains why trust, belonging, and open communication are essential for improving employee engagement, collaboration, and wo...
Are you trying to grow your business while feeling overwhelmed by everything on your plate?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell sits down with leadership strategist and founder of High Voltage Leadership, Lindsay White, for a powerful conversation about leadership, delegation, hiring, workplace culture, founder burnout, and building high-performing teams.
With more than 20 years of experience in HR, people strategy...
What can a hilarious Netflix comedy teach us about workplace culture, employee engagement, and effective team building?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell breaks down the new Netflix series Company Retreat and explains why the show accidentally highlights one of the biggest problems with traditional corporate retreats and leadership offsites.
From awkward icebreakers and forced bonding exercises to endless present...
Are your team-building events truly engaging your employees, or are they just another meeting everyone forgets by the next day?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, host Shannon Russell explores creative team-building workshop ideas that help organizations improve communication, increase employee engagement, and build stronger workplace collaboration through active participation.
Shannon shares why traditional workplace events ofte...
Are your team meetings increasing… but employee engagement is still low?
In today’s workplace, more meetings are not the answer to better communication, stronger collaboration, or higher employee engagement. In fact, too many meetings can lead to disengagement, burnout, and lack of productivity.
In this episode of Build Better Teams, we break down how to improve employee engagement without adding more meetings and what a...
Do you ever feel like you’re building your business completely alone?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell shares a powerful case study on how solopreneurs, remote workers, and business owners can build a “team” even without employees.
If you’re working from home, running your business solo, or feeling stuck without collaboration, this episode will shift how you think about team building, net...
Why does team communication break down even when everyone is in the same meeting?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell breaks down the real reason teams struggle with communication, collaboration, and engagement, and why more meetings are not the solution.
If you’ve ever led a meeting where a few people dominate the conversation while others stay quiet, you’re not alone. Most teams aren’t lacking i...
What happens when your team is afraid to speak up?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell shares a powerful real-world case study of how a global pharmaceutical company used a LEGO® Serious Play® workshop to uncover hidden fears, improve team communication, and create true alignment during a major organizational change.
When offices were closing, teams were merging, and uncertainty was high, leadership knew they weren...
What if your next strategic planning session didn’t involve a single slide deck?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell shares how LEGO® Serious Play® workshops are transforming the way teams approach strategic planning, collaboration, and employee engagement.
If your meetings feel repetitive, your team struggles to align, or only a few voices dominate the conversation, this episode will open your eyes to a comp...
Are you planning a team offsite or leadership retreat? Before you book the venue or plan the activities, ask yourself this one question...what do you want to change after the event?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, we break down how to design a team building workshop offsite that goes beyond a “fun day” and actually improves team engagement, workplace culture, and team alignment.
Because the best offsites are ...
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In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven workplace, teams are more connected than ever. But are they truly collaborating?
In this episode #4 of Build Better Teams, we explore the “analog advantage” and why stepping away from screens to participate in workshops like LEGO® Serious Play®, can dramatically improve team collaboration, employee engag...
Have you ever left a meeting wondering what was actually accomplished?
Or walked away from a leadership retreat with great ideas but no real clarity or next steps?
In this first episode of Build Better Teams, we break down why so many teams struggle with alignment, communication, and execution, even when they have talented people and strong ideas.
Hosted by Shannon Russell, Strategic Leadership and Team Facilitator certified in the LE...
Why do many team building workshop ideas often fail? And which ones actually work when it comes to team alignment and employee engagement?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, we break down why most team building activities fail to create real change, and what leaders, HR professionals, and organizations should be doing instead.
Because team building should do more than check a box. It should improve team alignment, communic...
In this episode of Build Better Teams, we break down how to run a strategic planning session that actually leads to clear decisions, team alignment, and real results.
Most strategic planning workshops fails for one simple reason. Too much discussion, not enough decision.
Hosted by Shannon Russell, Strategic Leadership and Team Facilitator certified in the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology, this episode walks you through a step-by-step ...
Welcome to Build Better Teams, the podcast for leaders, HR professionals, and organizations who want stronger collaboration, clearer strategy, and more engaged teams.
Hosted by Shannon Russell, Strategic Leadership and Team Facilitator certified in the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology, this podcast delivers practical, real-world strategies for hands-on team building, leadership development, and strategic planning that actually drive ...
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