Start and lead your next team with confidence
Books, templates and workshops to help you start teams
“Whether you’re a leader, team coach or project manager, you’ll gain strategic and tactical benefits from Liftoffs.”

Diana Larsen
Author of ‘Liftoff’ and ‘Agile Retrospectives’
Start and sustain teams: for new team leads, turnaround pros and pragmatic sponsors
Starting a team is daunting, high stakes – and critical.
When you start your team with a Liftoff, you are setting them up for high performance and success.
Gain the skills and tools you need to start your team with confidence.
Is a Liftoff right for you and your team?
New Team Leads
Need to learn how to start a new team and attain high performance?
Team Liftoffs can show you how. We have tools, workshops and templates for new team leads, turnaround pros and pragmatic sponsors.

Resources
Learn the core ideas, theories and techniques to facilitate a Liftoff through books and online resources.

Workshops
Build up the skills and confidence in a safe and supported environment in a workshop led by experts.

Templates
Take your team to the next level by facilitating a Liftoff! Use templates and guides to facilitate your team Liftoff.
Liftoff explained in 30 seconds
(Well, maybe a minute)
Liftoff is a time-honoured approach to help you start your new team with confidence so that you can prove early success to team and the business.

How it works
1. Learn how to facilitate a Liftoff
We will show you how an effective 2-day Liftoff can help your team start well. Join our workshop or get the books, online resources and videos to support you.
2. Facilitate the Team Liftoff over two days with the team
Use the Team Liftoffs templates to start the team whether remote or online and co-create a team charter with your new team.
3. Set the team up for high-performance and prove your value
Link your team’s performance to measurable outcomes and show leadership the value you bring by setting up the team for sustainable high performance
For experienced team leads
Do you need to start a team right now?
Get the Team Liftoffs Canvas from the Miroverse
This canvas for Miro, developed together with Diana Larsen and the Miro Design team, helps you facilitate your Liftoff by leading meaningful conversations about why you’re here, how you’ll work together, and how to avoid the common traps that derail momentum.

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Our mission is to provide an ecology of practices to help facilitators confidently lift off new teams, projects, and start-ups, and improve their chances of success.
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