The Workshop Playbook for teams

The facilitation toolkit for teams that run great workshops

Give your managers, HR partners and project leads one shared way to run workshops: the facilitation toolkit for teams built on The Workshop Playbook. Six stages, more than 60 activities with worked examples and templates, and monthly live calls with Joern Steinz – licensed for your team or your whole company.

60+ activities200+ pagesMonthly live callsTeam or company licence

What your team gets

1

The Workshop Playbook for everyoneThe full guide as PDF for every licensed person.

2

Templates for real workshopsBlank templates and the Workshop Canvas to plan any session.

3

Monthly live callsQuestions, run-throughs and exchange with fellow facilitators.

4

Kick-off training on requestA hands-on inhouse session so the toolkit gets used right away.

What your team can do

Workshops that end in decisions – across your whole organisation

When everyone works from the same playbook, workshops get shorter, sharper and easier to hand over. Your people spend their time on the conversation instead of on preparation.

Design a workshop in an hour

Plan the path from challenge to outcome on one page with the Workshop Canvas – stage by stage, activity by activity.

Bring every voice into the room

Pick the right activity for each stage and give instructions so clear that everyone knows what to do.

Leave with owners and dates

Close every session with decisions, owners and next steps – and follow up until results show.

Built for everyday work

A workshop toolkit your people use from the first day

Clear, visual pages: one idea per page, a worked example for every activity and a template to use right away.

One shared playbook

The same six stages and the same language for every team in your company.

60+ activities by stage

From brainwriting to the 90-day commitment, sorted by what the group has to do.

Live help every month

Bring your next workshop to the call and leave with a plan for it.

Licences

Choose the licence that fits how you work

Every licence includes the full playbook and access to the monthly live calls. We agree the details in a short call.

Team licence

For a team of facilitators

Ideal for an HR, L&D or project team that runs workshops regularly.

  • Named seats for your team
  • The playbook PDF for every seat
  • Monthly live calls for everyone
  • Templates for your own workshops

Company licence

For organisation-wide use

For companies that want one workshop standard across all teams and locations.

  • Everything in the team licence
  • Share the templates on your intranet or SharePoint
  • Adapt templates to your own brand
  • Unlimited internal users

Licence plus program

For building your own facilitators

Toolkit, training and coaching in one – so the playbook turns into practice.

How it works

From first call to first workshop

Tell us how many people run workshops in your organisation and what those workshops are for. We suggest the licence that fits and set it up.

Your team receives the playbook and the link to the monthly calls. If you want the toolkit to become a shared standard quickly, we start with a kick-off training at your offices.

A short call

Team size, typical workshops, languages – and what success looks like for you.

Access for your team

Playbook PDF and call link for every licensed person.

Optional kick-off

One or two days of hands-on practice with Joern, inhouse, in English or German.

Inside the playbook

Everything your team needs for its next workshop

The six-stage path from challenge to outcomeThe Workshop Canvas – example and templateBriefing checklist for the client conversationMore than 60 activities with worked examplesBlank templates to print or projectSix principles for every workshopHandling difficult participantsOnline and hybrid workshopsEnergizers that bring the room back to lifeQuick start for the first workshop
Trusted in the room

Teams Joern has worked with

AllianzBayerBrown-FormanCapgeminiDHLDomino’s PizzaeBayESAFIFAHarvey NormanHyundaiICF NextLufthansaMcKinseyMitsubishi MotorsPwCSiemensVolkswagen
FAQ

Questions about the team licence

Who is the facilitation toolkit for?

For anyone who designs and runs workshops at work: team leads, project managers, HR and L&D teams, internal consultants and change agents. No facilitation background is needed.

What is the difference between the team and the company licence?

The team licence covers named people. The company licence lets you share and adapt the templates across your organisation, for example on your intranet or SharePoint.

Which language is the playbook in?

The playbook and the monthly live calls are in English. Kick-off trainings and coaching are available in English and German.

Do we need a training as well?

No. The playbook works on its own. A kick-off training helps when you want everyone to use it the same way from the start.

Can I start with a single copy?

Yes. Individual copies are available on workshopplaybook.com. The team licence is for organisations that want it for several people.

How do we get started?

Send us a short message via the contact form. We reply with a suggestion for your team.

Joern Steinz, workshop facilitator and author of The Workshop Playbook
Your facilitator

Joern Steinz

Joern has facilitated workshops since 2014: strategy days, leadership offsites, innovation sprints and team workshops for companies across Europe. Before that he was a consultant at Accenture and worked in corporate development at XING and the freenet Group; he holds an MBA from EADA Business School Barcelona.

He founded SkillDay, a network of trainers for corporate teams, and wrote The Workshop Playbook so that every team can run workshops that end in decisions.

1.000+workshops facilitated
2014facilitating since
60+activities in the playbook
Get started

Give your team a facilitation toolkit

Tell us how your team runs workshops today. We suggest the licence that fits.

Joern Steinz · jsteinz@skillday.com · 0049 175 566 4329

SkillDay
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