The heartbeat of Teamwork People are our team, who bring together decades of experience in helping individuals, teams and organisations to thrive.
Our Teamwork People founder, Emma Cowan, is an expert in helping teams to work well together. She has spent over 25 years in Senior HR Leadership roles in various industries, partnering with business leaders of multi-sized teams, as well as leading her own HR functions and teams. Emma is an Insights Discovery® Licensed Practitioner, Licensed Habits for Health® coach, Licensed Mindgym coach & a team optimisation specialist. She has a first-class degree in Human Resources and is a chartered member of the CIPD.
Emma is passionate about powering up teams after change so they are ready for the future. She has led the people teams and led the delivery of countless strategic people plans within various industries. Emma has refocussed teams after restructures, leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions, scaling up and downscaling in both the public and private sectors.
Our "Energy" solutions uniquely merge both the psychological and physiological aspects of optimising team energy. We are proud to partner with Julie Patching-Ellis, our Habits for Health® programme expert, and we have crafted an approach that truly understands what makes individuals and teams become resilient and ready for the future.
Our Teamwork People "Energy" Co-Partner, Julie Patching-Ellis, is an expert in energising individuals and teams so they feel well. As a Licensed Habits for Health® coach, she has delivered the programme to hundreds of delegates over the past ten years in a wide variety of business sectors and within the wider community. Julie is a DTLLS qualified educator, tutor, assessor, instructor and coach in the specialisms of anatomy, health, fitness and physiology.
Julie has spent over 20 years leading her successful fitness business, Strictly Fitness, specialising in; group fitness, resistance training, Pilates, dance and wellness in private health clubs, local communities, corporate organisations, teaching pupils and teachers in schools, providing support to various charities and specialising in exercise for people with Parkinson’s providing important physical activity to improve strength and control.
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We understand optimising teams after change from every angle – as HR leaders, business owners, and former clients ourselves in multiple industries. This unique perspective has shaped our approach to creating solutions that truly work.
We know firsthand the challenges of finding high-impact, credible teamwork optimisation solutions in today's crowded marketplace. That's why we've built our services around what organisations actually need: comprehensive, proven solutions that deliver real results.
In addition to the Connection, Clarity, Energy and Engagement core programmes, we have additional partner offerings to support your team's next steps.
We believe in complete honesty - there are no commissions or referral fees between us and our partners. We recommend them because they're brilliant, and they feel the same about us!
We're passionate about delivering outstanding service, and we know our partners are too - because we've been their customers ourselves. These aren't just business connections - they're trusted experts we love to promote because we've experienced their exceptional work first-hand. That's why we can confidently champion each other's success.
To ensure we’re the right fit and can best meet your needs, we have a few easy and quick to answer questions!
This allows us to understand your goals and provide you with the best initial consultation we can.
Implementation timelines vary based on your organisation's size and specific needs. Our Connection, Clarity and Energy workshops can be delivered in half to full-day sessions, whilst a comprehensive team optimisation or engagement strategy typically takes 3-6 months to fully implement across an organisation.
Absolutely. The data is compelling: employee disengagement costs the UK economy £257 billion annually - equivalent to running another NHS. Evidence shows us fully engaged and optimised teams positively impact your business's productivity, profitability and your ability to attract and keep customers-essentially, it impacts your organisations survival. Our why teamwork matters page shows the commercial benefits gained from investing in your teams.
Insights Discovery® case study with Indeed demonstrated a 2,063% return on investment. Organisations typically see an 18% increase in productivity and 51% reduction in turnover rates. 96% of Habit For Health course participants report direct benefits from our programmes, including improved energy levels, reduced stress and better team collaboration.
All our programmes are available both virtually and in-person, delivering the same tools and effectiveness regardless of format. We adapt our delivery methods to suit your team's working arrangements whilst maintaining the quality and impact of our services.
We partner with organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises. For optimal learning experiences, we recommend workshops of no more than 12 participants, though our programmes can be scaled for organisation-wide implementation.
We have walked in your shoes and have transformed hundreds of teams over 25 years in various sectors. We only offer high impact and high quality expert led solutions and use evidence-based tools like Insights Discovery® and Habits for Health and Mindgym. In addition to our core solutions, our handpicked network of over 40 fully qualified expert Teamwork People partners, offers a truly diverse and comprehensive solution from initial audit through to implementation.