Learning and Development Team Building
Facilitated workshops and purpose-built learning and development team building events that turn time together into measurable team performance.
Learning and Development Team Building
Facilitated workshops and purpose-built learning and development team building events that turn time together into measurable team performance.
Our Learning and Development Team Building Events
Two distinct ways to add depth, structure and measurable outcomes to your team’s time together — choose the one that matches what you actually need.
Team Building Plus (TB+)
A purposeful wrapper around any EML team building event. We add a kick-off session, a structured wrap-up, and a written report of recommendations delivered within a week — turning a great day out into a learning and development team building event with a tangible business takeaway. The right choice when you want your team building day to land, not just entertain.
Team Unity Workshop
Our flagship facilitated, learning and development team building event. A half-day, hands-on session that explores how your team genuinely communicates, makes decisions and behaves under pressure — then converts those insights into practical commitments people actually take back to work. The right choice when there’s something specific to fix, sharpen or align.
Learning and Development Team Building That Doesn’t Feel Like Training
Most learning and development sticks better when people do, rather than just sit and listen. That’s the principle behind everything in our learning and development team building events. Whether it’s the Team Unity Workshop tackling how your team really works together, or Team Building Plus framing an activity day around a specific business outcome, you get experiential learning that’s facilitated, focused and genuinely engaging — not death-by-PowerPoint.
Both options sit alongside our wider portfolio of indoor, outdoor, virtual and CSR team building activities. They scale from a single team to your entire organisation, work indoors at your office or any venue, and are designed by facilitators who’ve spent over 26 years helping UK businesses turn time together into stronger communication, clearer thinking and better collaboration.
A Closer Look at Our Learning and Development Team Building Events
Team Unity Workshop or Team Building Plus — Which of our Learning and Development Team Building Events are right for you?
Choose the Team Unity Workshop when there’s something specific to work through inside your team. Choose Team Building Plus when you want a great team building day that connects deliberately to a business message or theme.
Team Unity Workshop
Team Unity Workshop
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Best for
Team Unity Workshop
Fixing or sharpening something specific in the team
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Adding purpose & measurable takeaway to a fun day
Format
Team Unity Workshop
Half-day facilitated workshop
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Kick-off + activity + wrap-up + written report
Duration
Team Unity Workshop
Up to 240 minutes
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Wraps around your chosen activity (full or half day)
Group size
Team Unity Workshop
Up to 120 people
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Up to 1,000+ (matches the activity it wraps)
Energy level
Team Unity Workshop
Calm, reflective, structured
Team Building Plus (TB+)
High-energy activity with reflective bookends
Output
Team Unity Workshop
Group action commitments
Team Building Plus (TB+)
Written report of insights & recommendations
Pick this if…
Team Unity Workshop
"We need to fix something in our team"
Team Building Plus (TB+)
"We want our team building day to land properly"
Still not sure? Get in touch and we’ll help you pick the right one for your team.
Benefits of Learning and Development Team Building Events
Why combine team building with L&D?
Standalone training often fails to stick because it sits outside real working dynamics. Standalone team building often delivers a great day but no measurable shift. Combining the two into learning and development team building events— through a facilitated workshop or a TB+ wrapper — gives you the engagement of an activity and the depth of structured reflection. The result is learning that lands, conversations that continue, and team behaviours that genuinely change.
What outcomes can we expect?
Stronger communication. Clearer decision-making. Better awareness of different working and behavioural styles. Renewed trust between colleagues. Improved collaboration across functions. And — uniquely for our learning and development team building events — a documented set of insights and commitments your team can actually act on after the day.
Why choose EML for L&D team building?
EML has been designing and delivering facilitated learning and development team building events for over 26 years, with more than 6,000 teams served across the UK and internationally — including Aviva, LEGO, American Express, DLA Piper, KPMG, Deloitte and TUI. Our facilitators are practitioners, not lecturers; our approach is experiential, not theoretical; and every session is fully mobile, brought to your venue, with £10m public liability insurance as standard.
Learning and Development Team Building Events FAQs
Understanding the Options
What is a learning and team development team building workshop?
A learning and development team building workshop is a facilitated session where a team works through structured exercises designed to surface how they communicate, make decisions and behave together — then translate those insights into agreed actions. Unlike traditional training, it’s experiential and discussion-led, and tends to be most effective when the team has a real challenge to address. EML’s Team Unity Workshop is a half-day version designed for groups of up to 100.
What’s the difference between team building and L&D?
Team building is primarily about connection, fun and shared experience. Learning and development team building is about deliberately building capability — communication, leadership, collaboration, decision-making. EML’s L&D team building options sit at the overlap: experiential events designed to deliver both at once, so people enjoy themselves and leave with new insight.
What is Team Building Plus?
Team Building Plus (TB+) is a wraparound that turns a standard team building event into a purposeful L&D experience. It adds a kick-off session to set context against your business goals, the team building activity itself, and a wrap-up session to capture insights — followed by a written report delivered within one week. It’s ideal when the day needs to reinforce a message, embed a value, or move a team forward on something specific.
Is Team Building Plus a full Learning and Development Team Building Event?
No — and we’re upfront about that. TB+ is a purposeful wrapper around a single day, not a multi-month learning intervention. If your team has a specific issue to work through (communication breakdown, trust, change that hasn’t landed), the Team Unity Workshop is the better fit. If you need a longer-form leadership or development programme, we’ll happily point you to specialist partners.
Format & Logistics
How long do your L&D sessions last?
The Team Unity Workshop runs as a half-day session of approximately 240 minutes. Team Building Plus wraps around your chosen activity — typically a half or full day in total, depending on the team building event you select.
How many people can take part?
The Team Unity Workshop works for groups of up to 100 in a single session. Team Building Plus scales with the activity it wraps, from 10 to 1,000+ people. For very large groups, we use multiple facilitators and break into sub-groups so the small-group conversations stay meaningful.
Where can these sessions be delivered?
Anywhere in the UK with a suitable indoor space — your office, a hotel, a conference centre or a venue we source for you free of charge. The Team Unity Workshop is non-physical and works in standard meeting rooms with banqueting-style seating. TB+ requirements depend on the team building activity it wraps.
Can the sessions be tailored to our organisation?
Yes. Both options are tailored during a planning conversation. We map the workshop or wrapper to your priorities — whether that’s communication, change, customer service, values, leadership behaviours or a specific conference theme. Sessions can also be aligned to CPD or internal development frameworks.
Outcomes & Measurement
How do you measure the impact of a team building day?
This is exactly the question Team Building Plus exists to answer. The wrap-up session captures qualitative insights and team-agreed commitments, and the post-event written report (delivered within one week) gives you a tangible artefact you can share with stakeholders who weren’t in the room. For Team Unity Workshop, our flagship learnign and development team building event, each group leaves with a documented set of action commitments — a simple but powerful baseline to revisit weeks or months later.
Will participants actually use what they learn?
The experiential format is specifically designed to make insights stick. Because people discover their team’s patterns rather than being told about them, the learning carries into the workplace far more reliably than slide-based training. Both formats end with explicit action planning to bridge the gap between insight and behaviour change.
Can you deliver follow-up sessions?
Yes. Many clients book a Team Unity Workshop and then return six to twelve months later to revisit commitments, build on momentum, or tackle the next layer of team development. Just ask.
Booking & Pricing
How much do your Learning and Development Team Building workshops cost?
Pricing depends on group size, location, the activity wrapped (for TB+) and any bespoke tailoring. Email [email protected] or call 01905 330660 for a tailored proposal — we typically come back within one working day.
Are your Learning and Development Team Building workshops events insured?
Yes — £10 million of public liability insurance is in place on every event we run.
How do I book a Learning and Development Team Building workshop?
Email [email protected] or call 01905 330660. We’ll have a short scoping conversation, send you a written proposal, and a deposit secures your date. Our Flexible Booking Guarantee allows you to postpone if plans change.
The Team Enjoyed The Unity Workshop Immensely.
We really appreciate your help in bringing the respective organisations together with our learning and development team building event. Hope to work with you again in the future.
Mark Richardson | Paradigm Housing
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