We’ve focused in this series on how to come to coaching as an individual, to do your best thinking. Today, we look at how to come to coaching as a team, so that the team can do its best thinking. You might think that it’s just a case of each individual coming as themselves, being
Tag: team coaching
Psychological safety in team coaching
Team coaching isn’t like any other development that an individual will have experienced. The agenda is co-created by the team and the coach and there isn’t any taught content. Team members may have worked with (some of) the team for some time, but they won’t necessarily be ready, willing or able to say what is
How to prepare a team to be coached – hints and tips by Georgina Woudstra
Team coaching is a two-way street. And while the coach may be experienced, well prepared and enthusiastic, if the team isn’t ready to be coached then it could all come to nothing. An important step at the start of any team coaching engagement is therefore to ensure the team is ready to be coached. I
The team experience
The team experience is crucial nowadays. More and more of today’s work is undertaken in teams. In fact, the Harvard Business Review suggests that collaborative activities have increased by 50% or more in the past twenty years. I bet you recognise that, given the amount of meetings in your diary these days! It makes sense
Team Coaching Case Studies
Recently, I blogged about how team coaching is different to 1-1 coaching and how it is similar to 1-1 coaching. I’ve also talked about the team experience. Let’s now look at some examples of the outcomes in these team coaching case studies. Case studies help see the theory working in practice. Case study 1: Team
How is team coaching different from 1-1 coaching?
We’ve looked at how the principles and skills of 1-1 coaching transfer into team coaching; but there are differences. The most obvious? There are multiple people to work with. That adds complexity to work with group dynamics, as people try to survive and belong so are careful about what they say and who they say
How is team coaching similar to 1-1 coaching?
I’ve written a lot about 1-1 coaching, whether that is by an external coach, an internal one or a leader as coach. 1-1 coaching has a big impact on the individual, building their thinking muscles and encouraging them to experiment with new behaviours which create a ripple effect on the people around them. But sometimes
Team Coaching
My next series of coaching blogs is going to focus specifically on team coaching. Over the coming weeks I’m going to discuss: What is team coaching? How coaching a team is similar to 1-1 coaching? How coaching a team is different to 1-1 coaching? The team experience. And then I’ll finish this series with some
Coaching an individual to become a team player
Slightly different nuance here – Monday was about team coaching; today is about coaching individuals to become better team players. In fact, I think this is less about coaching, and more about giving them feedback and then discussing and agreeing (using a coach approach of asking questions, listening, challenging) how they will move towards the
Coaching a Team
We have a guest post today from Berit Ohn, Master Certified Coach. You asked for information about coaching a team, so here’s an article she wrote about that very subject: What makes a group of people feel connected, feel like they belong to something bigger than themselves? Well certainly it’s not as simple as just signing
Update on Conversation Starters App
I got lots of feedback from our internal people about the conversation starters app. I’ve sifted through all the great feedback and have updated the picture. I’d like to share that again so you can see the next iteration. One thing to bear in mind is that these are just the titles of the conversations,
