www.teamanimation.co.uk

Team Animation Why we do what we do,

what we do and

how we do it.

Donnie MacNicol, Director

We animate and energise:

give life to; fill with life.

fill with spirit, courage and resolution.

impart motion or activity to.

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Who are Team Animation

We are a UK based consultancy specialising in supporting

organisations, leaders and teams to improve their delivery

capability. By integrating leading edge thinking from the

behavioural sciences, leadership development, change and

project management worlds, we help our clients to achieve

organisational success.

Our suite of unique consultancy, training and coaching

services and associated products has already helped some of

the leading companies around the UK and around the world

from start-ups to major private and public sector

organisations.

…energising project

organisations™ and the people

in them.

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Why we do what we do

We want those leading or supporting change to be successful - it is

good for the individual and the organisations they work for.

We believe that people, with the right capability, fully supported,

can achieve amazing results - teams can achieve miracles.

We believe personal difference should be taken into account to

make the experience of delivery more enjoyable and productive

and in turn improving organisational performance.

We believe project, programme and portfolio management,

thoughtfully adapted to an organisations particular needs, should

be accessible, usable and effective by all.

“Over the past two decades,

academic insight and real-world

experience have demonstrated,

beyond much doubt, that when

companies channel their competitive

and collaborative instincts, embrace

diversity, and recognize the needs

and emotions of their employees,

they can reap dividends in

performance.”

Leadership and behaviour: Mastering the

mechanics of reason and emotion. McKinsey,

October 2016

If you share the same beliefs then we would love to support you

deliver projects and make change happen in your organisation.

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Examples of the issues that our clients face

Organisations Teams Leaders

We are not good at delivering the changes we need to be successful. We want to be in control of

our projects, understand the risks and increase the

likelihood of success. We don’t have a way of working that will help us to be more consistent in our delivery and learn from project to project.

The team is not gelling and it is impacting morale and effectiveness.

Collaboration is poor between teams and this is

impacting performance. We need to find ways to improve our collaboration with clients, suppliers and contractors.

The sponsors of change need help to understand what is expected of them.

The people that lead our programmes and projects are not leading effectively. We need our people to be better at building relationships and engaging with stakeholders.

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The needs we meet for our clients

Organisations Teams Leaders

Our need is for a way of working

or framework that is fit for

purpose. One that will be adopted

fully and used consistently to

increase the likelihood of

successful delivery of internal or

client projects, reducing risk and

giving us more certainty of

delivery.

Our need is for team members to

collaborate effectively, playing to

each individuals strengths and to

be resilient enough individually

and collectively to deal with the

inevitable challenges and

conflict that will occur.

Our leaders need the

capability to deliver

effectively with the necessary

knowledge, skills and

mindset and we need to

know how to support them

and provide the

opportunities for their

development.

We focus on Causes not Symptoms

When we dig below the surface there are typically underlying causes - the perceived problem often being no more

than a symptom. With the support of individuals, teams and the organisation we deal with the underlying causes to

provide maximum value to the organisation and ensure a sustained positive change in behaviours.

Your challenges are rarely in one area

We offer three aligned services as the challenges are rarely in just one area. By combining our unique knowledge,

insight and approach we aim to fully meet our clients needs.

Meeting your

collective

need

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What we offer to meet clients needs

For Organisations For Teams For Leaders

We assess existing capability

from multiple perspectives and

then develop a vision, roadmap

and delivery practices necessary

to meet future business needs

including setting up Academies.

We use facilitation and training

to create energised, high

performing teams that work

collaboratively to effectively

manage delivery challenges

and conflicts.

We inspire and enable

individuals to develop their

leadership capability through

bespoke educational

programmes, coaching,

mentoring, networking and

work based learning.

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Specific services we offer to meet clients needs

Organisations Teams Leaders

Example services:

• Introduction of new ways of

working - including the design and

implementation of Codes of Practice /

Frameworks for Project / Portfolio and

Programme Management

• Design of Transformation

Programmes – within departments

or across the organisation

• Creation of Communities of

Practice - to deliver improved

organisational learning.

Example services:

• Collaboration - between teams and

organisations

• Team Development - to introduce

supportive behaviours

• Team Coaching - strengthen

relationships

• Team Solutions – resolve particular

challenges or conflict.

Full details follow but in summary

there are 4 broad services:

• Academy Framework™ -

structure and tools to set up an

organisational capability

• Leadership Talent

Development Program –

flagship 12+ month modular

program

• Leadership Training – modular

sessions to meet the specific

needs of any organisation

• Coaching and Mentoring – as

required by the leader.

And the added value that our unique newPM® (described over) offers to each service

*newPM® ensures that processes and structures

are designed to meet the needs of the relevant

communities.

*newPM® identifies the underlying behavioural

issues allowing the team to play to their strengths.

*newPM® provides a unique behavioural insight for

project leaders looking to modify their approach to

improve personal and team performance.

*our unique service newPM® is described over.

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What makes us unique – newPM®

newPM® is a unique behavioural approach, developed by Team Animation, which supports leaders, teams

and organisations to improve delivery effectiveness and productivity. Through distinguishing initially between

different styles of personal engagement, using a simple diagnostic, newPM® provides insights into how they

adopt and practice process disciplines differently. Consideration can then be given to how they can modify

their behaviour to improve performance in particular circumstances. Within teams (knowing the collective

styles profile) and the organisation, where the fit of the existing or new approach to different individual styles

and culture can be assessed, modifications can be made to improve performance.

newPM® enhances Team Animation’s standard range of offerings to leaders, teams and organisations by

providing unique insights making them of increased value.

The newPM® Suite provides a series of services and products that support people to make positive

behavioural change. The newPM® Suite is of value to organisations who have an existing delivery framework

and wish to improve the level of adoption and practice (e.g. of project management processes and controls)

or who wish to design and implementing a framework that meets the organisations culture and needs.

The newPM® Affiliates Programme provides professionals the opportunity to apply the newPM® Suite,

under Licence, in their own organisation providing a cost effective and sustainable solution.

newPM® is underpinned by extensive research and development through the iMAPraxis Initiative, jointly

developed with Praxis Framework. You can watch our 12 min video describing the underpinning research by

clicking on the image to the right.

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What our clients say about us

Organisations Teams Leaders

“Donnie managed the creation and successful delivery of a

framework for the implementation of large and complex

projects. He analysed our unique business needs and guided

us in the creation of a complete set of tools and processes

that were scalable to projects of any size and helped to

ensure consistent, high quality delivery. Throughout, he was

friendly, approachable, knowledgeable and enthusiastic.

Donnie's work made a significant difference to our business

processes and I would happily recommend him.”

Tracy Weir, SVP, CACI

“Donnie and team worked very closely with us over several

years and together we made significant progress on a

multitude of work streams, including designing, implementing

and introducing a means of assurance review for Project and

then Program Management Codes of Practice, used as the

standard globally across the business. Also the expert design

of a governance framework for a new complex program. This

established the accountabilities & responsibilities for a

programme team . Team Animation constantly went that

extra mile, and I would have no hesitation recommending

them to other companies planning to embark on a similar

initiative to ours. You won’t regret it!”

Steve Hastie, Director, Cisco

“Donnie designed and facilitated an excellent internal team

building workshop for our HS2 design team in December

2015. The aim was to help improve communication between

team members from the two companies in the joint venture,

provide some useful guidance on individual self-awareness

and help manage cultural differences. The feedback was

overwhelmingly positive and as a business we have taken

away many ideas for team improvement going forward. I

would recommend Team Animation to anybody serious about

wanting to improve the effectiveness of their team”.

Alistair Hitchcock, Associate Director, Capita Property

& Infrastructure

“Donnie recently ran a training workshop with my

management team and we were all very impressed on his

style and the amount of information and knowledge he was

able to impart in the limited time he had with us.”

Danny Shamhong, Global Departmental Head, HSBC

“Your style of delivery and examples and knowledge of the

subject were all inspiring. It was one of the most enjoyable

sessions I have been to in far too long. I understand more

about the team and where I had already started to work out

strategies, these have either been validated or I have found

something new to do that will be more helpful.”

Project Manager, Change Engagement, Rail Industry

“I worked with Donnie on the development of course

content for an interactive Elearning PM product. Donnie

managed the content and the project very well. Donnie

also delivered Project Management and team based

training for our company across Europe and again this

was professional and a great learning experience. I

would recommend Donnie to any company who wants to

change behaviour in project management and

leadership.”

Martin O’Neill, Global Learning and Development

Senior Consultant at Willis Towers Watson

“This course was part of a wider investment in my people

that Team Animation undertook on our behalf - soft and

hard skills around project/program management. During

the event I did not fully appreciate the impact that it had

on myself as a leader and also on my team - that came

later. Some really big elephants surfaced out of this that

were 100% accurate but certainly some of them left

myself uncomfortable and reacting the wrong way on day

1. However, the beauty of the course and the skilled way

that Donnie kept it on message made for a extremely

productive second day in address the issues and

challenges that the course allowed us to address as a

team. A very thought provoking course and would highly

recommend it to everyone.”

Stuart McGeechan, VP, Cisco

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Why clients choose to work with us

• Energising – our fresh and insightful perspective will help to re-energise your team or

organisation, unlocking individual potential.

• Collaborative – we work closely with your project leaders and internal experts, bringing in our

trusted collaborators when appropriate.

• Knowledgeable – experts in our respective fields, underpinned by extensive research.

• Connected - our extensive and trusted professional network allowing us to introduce our

customers to peers facing similar challenges.

• Adaptable – our development solutions are unique to the needs and culture of your

organisation.

• Committed – a thorough understanding of your organisation’s challenges and needs

underpins our commitment to finding realistic and sustainable solutions that add value.

• Insightful – we are challenging when appropriate, innovative at all times.

Our approach is underpinned by our core values which are honesty, trust, respect and

empathy – these are demonstrated through our behaviours when working with your leaders and

teams.

Why clients choose to work with us:

“I found his insight and

expertise to be of first class

and he was key in creating

development interventions that

were both well received and

delivered the outcomes the

business was looking for.”

L&D Business Partner,

Fujitsu

“Team Animation get the

importance of providing

interventions that are

pragmatic with good academic

rigour.”

Senior Consultant in Global

Learning and Development

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The layers and specific modules for developing Project, Programme, Portfolio and Change Leaders

Academy Framework™ - structure and tools necessary to develop and continually improve individual competency and organisational capability

Leadership Talent Development Program – flagship 12 to 18 month program where there is a clear business benefit to achieving the desired behavioural

change

Leadership Training – modular design to meet the specific needs of any organisation, typically 1 to 5 day intense programs and delivered in phases, with

pre and post group work. Modules are combined to deliver high value training and are available as stand-alone Masterclasses and Webinars. Each of the

above can be enhanced through expert Coaching / Mentoring, blended learning, simulations and case studies.

*Transitioning from Project to

Programme Leadership

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Leadership changes thro the

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Visioning - creating the

blueprint and roadmap to

success

Understanding your personal

leadership

Engaging and influencing

others

Effective Remote Teams

Leadership Adaptation by

project type and org culture

(incl Situational Leadership)

Relationship building

*Sponsor / SRO Development

Workshop

*Executing Strategy and

Change Executive Masterclass

*Developing Project

Leadership and Soft Skills

Workshop

*Leading Successful

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*Building a High Performance

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*Leadership and People Skills

Briefing

Exceptional development opportunities for Project Leaders

*Further details and recommendations are included on Course Conductor for these modular training programmes

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Additional services we offer to the community and clients

Speaking engagements 100+ conference, organisational and professional

body talks across Europe as well as Webinars and

Podcasts.

Writing Academic delivery and research Lecturing on MSc / MBA’s and carrying out joint

research with leaders in their field to develop

innovative new thinking and ways in which to apply

this in practice.

Knowledge sharing

Professional communities Chair professional groups, am a member of a number

of business forums and have founded a private club to

promote knowledge sharing between Delivery Leaders.

Facilitating 1-2-1 sharing and networking Through our extensive network we regularly

facilitate connections between leaders in different

organisations and fields to allow the sharing of

expertise and opportunities.

Author of Project Leadership 3rd

Edition (2015), The Delivery

Manifesto (2018), White Papers

et al. Also contributions to

multiple books.

25 videos, 20+ published

articles through

professional bodies and

multiple other blogs.

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More information Team Animation website

Donnie MacNicol, Director

Team Animation Ltd

+44 (0)7799 766238

donnie@teamanimation.co.uk

www.teamanimation.co.uk

LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/donniemacnicol

Twitter: @donniemacnicol

Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/donniemacnicol

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