TeamLab:Kitchen [Business]

A special team and company event

No seminar room, no flipchart, no Post-its, no role-playing. Instead, there is a palpable dynamic, communication in motion - and a setting that reveals more about collaboration than any meeting ever could.

TeamLab:Kitchen [Business]

Team development round the clock?

You regularly talk about teamwork within your team and have already completed several workshops on communication, trust, feedback, roles, and values. The topics are good, as are the results, but yet much remains unchanged in everyday life. Discussions go round in circles, energy is wasted, and motivation dwindles.

Then it's time to change the room – and the setting along with it.

TeamLab:Kitchen is for you if:

  • You talk a lot about teamwork in your team - but it still doesn't work the way you want it to.
  • You notice that old patterns resurface when you're under pressure - even though you know better.
  • You want communication to be genuine again - not just well-intentioned.
  • You've already had a few workshops - and still feel like you're going around in circles.
  • You want fresh energy, honest cooperation, and a team day that sticks.
Why this format - and why me?

Cooking brings visibility. Coaching brings awareness.

I’m not only a coach – I was also a passionate cook and hold a master chef’s certificate with distinction. Project management, team leadership and consulting came later.

These are all roles that may seem different at first glance, but they are fundamentally similar: In all of them, the aim is to design processes, create clarity and encourage people to take action.

20 plus 10 - that's my working life in years.

  • 20+ years in the hospitality industry
  • 6 years in agency work
  • 2+ years of management consulting
  • Self-employed, employed, part-time, fixed-term and permanent

Over the past 30 years, I have developed a unique professional background that has taken me from traditional craftsmanship to (not-so-traditional) consulting - and finally to coaching.

It was in the kitchen, above all, that I learned when and why teams really work, especially when the pressure is on.
I know what it takes to make collaboration work - and how quickly good intentions evaporate when stress or routine takes over.

That's exactly why I developed TeamLab:Kitchen.
Not a team event, not a seminar - but a space for experience.

Sabine Bäuml

What happens at TeamLab:Kitchen

In TeamLab:Kitchen, you transfer theory from the seminar room to the stove.

Instead of talking, you experience collaboration in action - between ingredients, structure, timing, and improvisation.

Cooking takes place in small groups that create a menu together. This gives rise to dynamics that occur in teams every day: leadership, coordination, chaos, trust, creativity.

TeamLab:Kitchen works

  • in teams that are reorganizing themselves during change processes or after restructuring
  • in management teams that want to rebalance trust and responsibility
  • in companies that want to rethink traditional team development
  • when onboarding new team members, when new teams are coming together, or before project launches
  • anywhere where collaboration should be tangible and vibrant

What is emerging

The visibility of what often remains unnoticed in everyday life:

  • When and how are roles established within the team?
  • What dynamics arise?
  • When are you in the flow - and when do blockages arise?
  • How does trust develop?
  • And what does it take for communication to be not only functional, but also connective?

I accompany the process as a coach - with a keen eye, targeted impulses, and moments of reflection.

The result is more than just a shared meal.
It is a piece of team culture in action—experiential, tangible, genuine.

What else?

Conditions

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Group size: 6–12 people (max. 20 people)
  • Location: On-site kitchen or partner kitchen (by arrangement)
  • Preparation: joint briefing on objectives
  • Follow-up: optional reflection call to ensure transfer
  • Language: German / English

We will clarify details regarding organization, equipment, and procedures in a preliminary discussion.

The price varies depending on the size of the group, the location, and the dishes we want to cook. Let's discuss this and I'll get back to you with a quote.

Change begins with action - and sometimes with cooking.

Every team brings its own dynamic – and that's exactly what we work with. The framework is clear, the process is open.

Curious? Then let's talk.

Good cooperation benefits from good experiences.

When you're ready to do it, I'll be here and looking forward to seeing you.

TeamLab: Kitchen [People]

Where connections are formed – with yourself, with others, through action

And for those who would like to experience this outside of a work context, TeamLab: Kitchen [People] opens up the same space for encounters in a private setting.

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