The Collaboration Masterclass
with Stuart Waters and Dev Singh
Thursday 20th February 2025 | 9:00am - 4:30pm
Holiday Inn Parramatta
18-40 Anderson Street
Parramatta NSW, 2150 Australia
Stop collaboration chaos. Start kicking goals together.
This immersive, full-day, in-person workshop is designed to transform your capability to manage projects that require working with a range of team members, partners and other stakeholders.
You'll gain practical tools and proven strategies to align stakeholders, break through resistance, and deliver faster, sharper results on even your most complex challenges.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Stakeholders pulling in different directions
Decision-making that drags on and on
Endless back-and-forth emails and meetings
Priorities that keep changing midstream
Misaligned expectations between key people
Lack of accountability and ownership
Limited knowledge sharing and siloed information
A culture of conflict and blaming others
Collaboration problems aren’t just annoying — they’re expensive!
Think about how much time and energy you’ve already spent trying to get people aligned.
The delays.
The rework.
The meetings that go in circles.
Every minute wasted costs money, relationships, and momentum.
The longer these problems go unaddressed, the bigger the impact:
Stakeholders lose trust.
Projects blow out timelines and budgets.
And you're the one left scrambling to pick up the pieces!
That’s why this workshop isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s a critical investment in solving the issues that hold you back—and in getting the results you need, faster and with less stress.
Collaboration doesn’t have to be chaotic.
And it starts with a simple shift—learning how to bring clarity, alignment and momentum even when it’s hardest to get everyone on the same page and speaking the same language.
In one focused, practical day, you’ll learn how to...
Wrangle stakeholders effectively
Bring people with different goals, opinions, and priorities together without constant friction.
Turn conflict into collaboration
Identify where collaboration is breaking down and use proven tools to get things back on track, and better.
Enhance clarity and flow across teams
Create a culture of transparent, effective communication that reduces friction and maximises efficiency.
Increase your influence across your organisation
Discover how to position yourself as a trusted advisor and a driving force behind transformational collaboration.
Create a culture of high performance
Endless research has shown that the foundation of high performance is people working better together. Learn how to make it the norm.
Future-proof your collaboration skills
Stay ahead of the curve with cutting-edge tools and strategies designed to thrive in today’s fast-paced, hybrid work environments.
Reserve your spot now.
The longer you wait, the more time, energy, and money these problems will cost you. Don’t let another project stall when the solutions are right in front of you.
Join us for this one-day workshop and take back control of your collaboration—and your outcomes.
We are looking forward to helping you solve this!
Meet your facilitators
Stuart Waters
Stuart is the Managing Director of Twyfords, recognised as Australia’s leaders in fostering exceptional collaboration. With over 20 years of consulting experience across Australia and internationally, Stuart has supported thousands of individuals, teams, organisations, and stakeholders to improve their ability to work together effectively.
His extensive experience on multiple projects has provided valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities of enhancing teamwork, engagement, and decision-making.
Stuart is the co-author of several books on engagement and collaboration and has developed collaboration frameworks and tools that are actively used by his clients.
He is deeply passionate about authentic collaboration and firmly believes in the transformative power of working better together. Stuart is dedicated to sharing his knowledge to strengthen people’s ‘collaborative muscles’ and help teams and stakeholders achieve greater success through improved collaboration.
Dev Singh
Dev is a seasoned trainer, facilitator, and coach with over 16 years of global experience helping leaders, teams, and organisations unlock their potential and achieve high performance.
Known for his ability to bring together psychology, business, and systems thinking, Dev has worked with hundreds of organisations across a wide range of industries, including government, financial services, retail, professional services, education, and tech start-ups.
Dev has shared his expertise worldwide, including places are diverse as Australia, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the UK, Southeast Asia, and Canada.
As a highly trained and experienced executive and team coach, Dev specialises in fostering collaboration, improving ways of working, and helping teams and leaders address complex challenges with confidence and clarity, guiding them toward sustainable high performance.
Dev's workshops and facilitation sessions are renowned for their practicality, depth, and an engaging sense of fun that makes learning accessible and impactful.
TESTIMONIALS
What others are saying
"I really recommend Stuart and the Twyfords models for helping both myself as a leader and my team to get into the nuts and bolts of how collaboration happens and to get better outcomes for our community."
- Catherine Pepper, Manager Sustainability, Maitland Council
"Dev has such a unique skill set; I would put money on there being no one in the world with the same capabilities. He brings to the table an ability to strategize, teach, coach and facilitate in such a fashion that you will walk away wondering what happened to you!"
- Kylie Neary, CFO, Fin-Dec
“Stuart brought to our team an increased level of confidence to have the difficult conversations, which not only improved our team performance and dynamic, but has helped enhance our professional reputations. Thanks Twyfords.”
- Greg Anderson, Project Director, Downer Seymour Whyte JV
“Dev is a strategic powerhouse, an effective coach that enables results and installs the confidence in others to forge ahead in unexplored territories. I really enjoyed working with Dev and would highly recommend him!”
- Jonathan Marin, Senior Executive, disability sector
“Stuart has been a huge help to my strategic planning work and I have grown as a result.”
- Warren McGrath, Head of Strategy, Ecological
"Dev has been instrumental in establishing agile ways of working and collaborative team culture for the program, which enable us to adapt to changing requirements and remain resilient under pressure."
- Helen Oakman, Senior Program Manager, NSW Government
READY TO unlock your collaboration superpowers?
PRICING AND INCLUSIONS
Regular price: $1,799.00 per person
Early bird price: $1,100.00 per person
Early bird pricing until 31st January 2025
Group discount price: $899.00 per person
Group discount valid for 2 or more people booking together
Pricing is in AUD and inclusive of GST.
The workshop is fully catered.
100% Money Back Guarantee
We're so confident that this workshop will be an incredibly valuable experience for you, that if for any reason at the end of the workshop you are not satisfied with your experience, let us know in the room and we'll give you a full refund of your ticket price.
What we'll cover in the workshop
Understanding and addressing your collaboration challenges
We’ll help you identify the root causes behind your biggest collaboration roadblocks—whether it’s misaligned expectations, unclear roles, or communication gaps. You’ll learn targeted strategies to tackle these issues head-on so you can move forward with confidence instead of getting stuck in frustration.
Getting your team aligned and focused on what matters
Learn how to establish shared goals, priorities, and roles so everyone is pulling in the same direction. We’ll show you practical tools and frameworks to keep projects on course, even when unexpected changes or conflicting interests arise.
Moving decisions forward and reducing resistance
Discover facilitation techniques and contemporary ways of working that streamline decision-making, cut through endless debates, and keep projects moving. You’ll also uncover ways to spot and address signs of resistance early, transforming potential roadblocks into opportunities for consensus and cooperation.
Creating a clear action plan to solve your collaboration challenge
You'll leave with a concrete, step-by-step roadmap that tackles your most pressing collaboration challenge. We’ll guide you to create an implementation plan you can put into practice immediately, ensuring you see results as soon as you get back to the office.
