Productivity Training for Teams
The Groundwork Session: Walk Away from Overwhelm
Moving your team from overwhelmed to clear action and focus.
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Most teams don't struggle with effort, they struggle with noise:
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An inbox that never empties
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A calendar that leaves no room to think
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The reactive cycle that turns every day into triage
The Groundwork Session gives people a way to step out of the reactive loop and into a simpler, more effective way to work. Participants set up their tools, clear their minds, and leave ready to work differently that same day.
Helena Hansen, Interim Chair,
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
"This work helped us bring out the best in ourselves. We came together into a more communicative, cohesive team."
Session Flow
In this immersive session, participants move from insight to practice.
Three hands-on steps, done in the room.
Understand Your Stress Response
We name the personal pattern that drives reactive behaviour. Awareness of it changes everything that follows.
Empty Your Mind
Every task, idea, and obligation out of your head and into one place. The relief is immediate.
Build Your System
One trusted system with every task accounted for and prioritized, applied to whatever tech your team uses, so that nothing falls through the cracks.
Session Options
What Teams Walk Away With
Half Day Session:
✓ An understanding of the personal pattern that drives reactive behaviour
✓ A cleared mind, with everything out of their heads and into one trusted personal productivity system, built and ready to use
✓ Calendar mastery, agendas and information streamlined and key self-accountability practices in place
✓ Visual materials to reference and return to
Full Day Session — everything above, plus:
＋ A deeper guided exploration of the personal pattern that drives reactive behaviour
＋ The weekly and monthly proactive planning practices
＋ A simplified system for email management
＋ A quarterly practice to clarify priorities for the next 90 days
＋ The Integration Session: A 1-hour group coaching session, one week after the workshop
＋ The Groundwork Implementation Program: One year of online access per participant
Asia Hollingsworth, Executive Director, Mid-Main Community Health Centre
"My inbox had over 2,000 unread emails, and my only system was to keep pushing harder. I now have an airtight system that doesn't fail me. My inbox is clear, my priorities are aligned, and I finally have the space to focus on what really matters."
A Shared Way of Working
The Power of a Shared Language
A shared system creates a shared language. That changes how teams communicate, prioritize, and hold each other accountable.
Meet with us to ask questions relevant to your team's needs.
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Who It's For & How It Runs
Who This Is For
The Groundwork Session is for any team navigating persistent overwhelm. Businesses of all sizes, nonprofits, healthcare, education, government, and creative industries — across every sector, the work produces the same outcomes.
People walk away lighter and more confident about how to manage their work.
Logistics
- Duration: Half day (3 hours) or Full day (9:00am – 5:00pm)
- Format: Virtual (Google Meet or your platform) or in-person
- Up to 20 participants per session
- Participant materials included (print or digital)
- Can extend into a multi-session series
Your Facilitator
Amrita Ahuja
Amrita is the creator of Groundwork, a practical system that helps people escape survival mode by bringing clarity to their inbox, calendar, and to-do list — and by addressing the deeper patterns that drive stress and overwhelm. She is also a Visiting Teacher at Mindful USC at the University of Southern California, where she teaches Peace and Productivity.
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Micah Mortali, Director of Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
"For the first time in my career, I have a simple system to help me manage and organize all of my to dos. Its brilliant!"
Ready to bring The Groundwork Session to your team?
Tell us a little about your team and when you'd like to run it by emailing us at connect@groundwork.xyz. We'll take care of the rest. Prefer to talk first? Book a consult.
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