Team
Coaching

Development for the team as a unit, not a set of individuals.

A team that decides faster, disagrees productively and delivers on shared priorities. Delivered by coaches who have led teams and sat on boards themselves.

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What we work on

Four areas, one team

Team coaching works on what happens inside the team and on what happens around it.

Core behaviours Reflecting Learning Integrating Running through all four areas, in every phase

Inside the team

Team relationships

Values and culture
Team dynamics
Shared leadership
Role modelling
Engagement and development

Where the team focuses

Team tasks

Purpose and vision
Strategy
Objectives
Systems and processes
Roles

How the team works

Stakeholder relationships

Influencing key stakeholders
Aligning with wider factors
Developing the systems around the team

Outside the team

Stakeholder expectations

A clear commission from the board
Ongoing dialogue on expectations
Regular review against outcomes

How it runs

Four phases

Diagnostic and contracting

Where the team is now, what the board expects, and how success will be measured.

Kick start workshop

The team in the room together, agreeing what they are working on and how they will work.

Team coaching

Six to 18 months of coaching, anchored in the live work rather than in exercises.

Review

Outcomes reviewed against what was agreed at the start, with the sponsor in the room.

Outcomes for the team

Trust and alignment, better decision making, and the high-performance behaviours that hold when the pressure is on.

Outcomes for the organisation

A team that decides faster, disagrees productively and delivers on shared priorities.

The team in the room, together

Most teams do not lack talent. They lack the shared habits that let them decide quickly, disagree well and hold each other to what was agreed.

Team coaching works on those habits in the live work, with the coach in the room while the team does the job rather than while it discusses the job.

Good to know

What is included

Diagnostic across the whole team before any coaching begins
Contracting with the team and with the sponsor
A pair of coaches for teams over six
Chemistry conversations with the team leader and sponsor
Review against the outcomes agreed at the start
Can be combined with one to one or executive coaching for the same team

Your coach, your choice

Meet some of our coaches

Every coach is professionally qualified, with accreditations including the AC, EMCC and ICF. Every profile sets out qualifications, sectors and experience. A line manager and their direct report never share a coach.

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