I am employed by a school and work with a small team, but we are based in a different building to the main team. I am finding of late that there is a feeling amongst my local team that we are part of a team but not part of the wider team unless staff are needed to help elsewhere, which also doesn't tend to be a two way support mechanism. Any change to processes/new processes/systems etc are all dealt with by the central team, we are not asked to input in any way. So generally speaking the wider team don't want us to do our own thing but equally they don't involve us in the nuts & bolts, which is equally annoying when changes or updates are made using incorrect information. How can I change this? I have tried the soft approach in asking for elements to be updated and suggesting that it would have been useful to be included and I do appreciate that there is a balance in terms of adding more work. I also don't want to have meetings for the sake of meetings but also want my team to feel part of something and that their skills/experience and input are of value. I think task and finish type groups would be good for improvement projects. Has anyone else had experience of this? Any suggestions on how I can approach this?