Improv for teams & progressive workplaces in Leeds
Playful, interactive improvisation workshops for SMEs that strengthen communication and confidence in your team
Improvisation is the art of responding in the moment
With its roots in comedy, theatre and music - improv is playful and fun. Yet more importantly - it helps your staff adapt, collaborate, and express ideas more freely, while helping them let go of getting things wrong or pressure to be right.
Improvisation also trains your staff to listen and focus more attentively, trust themselves and others more deeply, and build on contributions from everyone.
These are skills that make your team more resilient, innovative, and engaged - basically happier!
HOW TEAMS THRIVE with improvisation training
- Encourage quieter employees to think, speak up and act with confidence.
- Foster more creativity, strong self-leadership & openness to new ideas.
- Help teams stay grounded & adaptable in uncertain situations.
- Create a culture where diverse thinking is valued.
- Boost wellbeing, improve resilience and reduce stress.
playful communication
Improv can sound intimidating, but it's possible to improvise without acting or performing.
My team-building workshops instead focus more on playful relating and communication games and exercises, with easily accessible themes like:
- ‘Think on your feet’
- ‘Speak-up with clarity and calm’
- ‘Respond in the moment with clarity’
Did you know?
Improvisation changes the brain, optimising it for communication and creativity? Scientific research shows that improv has numerous psychological benefits for wellbeing, resilience and confidence.
What an improv workshop for teams in business looks like
This is available as a half or full-day employee-engagement experience in Leeds, with options for a bespoke improv session with training tailored to your team’s needs. Together we can identify themes or specific topics you want to explore in the improv workshop, like confidence, trust or communication.
These lively, team-building improv experiences are suitable for groups of around 8 to 12 people, usually delivered at an off-site venue in Leeds, Yorkshire.
They typically include group warm-up games, pair exercises, and discussion to integrate learning. Their tone ranges from immersive and reflective to light and playful - in response to your team’s energy.
Who hosts the improv workshop for your team in Leeds
Chris Kenworthy is a trauma-informed facilitator, certified embodiment coach, and experienced improviser in Leeds.
He has over 15 years of experience helping SMEs and organisations improve communication and creativity.
As the founder of Leeds’ Improv Co-Lab community, Chris Kenworthy regularly leads workshops across the UK and in Europe that blend play, embodied and emotional intelligence, and relational life skills.
He trained at Leeds Beckett University’s Leadership Centre and is a qualified ILM5 leadership coach and mentor, and an Authentic Relating Level 3 Leader and Practitioner.
Chris loves building learning experiences that move, inspire and honour people as unique, whole individuals.
His professional practice explores open-hearted, playful connection and communication, and how humans can embrace their inherent messiness to flourish more fully.
Tell me what you and your team need from an improv workshop
Curious about how this could work for you and your staff in Leeds? Let’s talk. Book a free discovery call, and we’ll explore what’s possible for your business.