GROUP AND TEAM COACHING
What is Group, Team AND SYSTEMS Coaching?
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT TO 1-1 EXECUTIVE COACHING?
Group and Team coaching is significantly different from 1-1 individual coaching requiring additional skill sets and training to be an effective coach for groups, teams and systems and the added complexity that they entail. A team coach should demonstrate the following:
Be able to serve, support and hold multiple agendas in the room at any given time
Have a heightened awareness of the unspoken and unsaid, inclusion of all parties and an awareness of systems and their wider context (culture, company, history)
The ability to have both ‘one foot in and one foot out’ as necessary to support and aid both individual and team development
Demonstrate good ‘team’ behaviours and co facilitation when working with a partner coach
Holding multiple roles in tandem (coach, facilitator and trainer)
TEAM COACHING AT CGI
““Enabling a team to function at more than the sum of its’ parts, by clarifying its mission and improving its external and internal relationships. It is different therefore from coaching team leaders on how to lead their teams, or coaching individuals in a group setting”
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Group Coaching at COACH HQ
TEAM COACHING ‘The Heroic leader is dead, Long live the team’ *
In team coaching the focus shifts from one to many, you work in BREADTH and WIDTH to draw out the collective wisdom that is in the room
As there are multiple personalities in any team, with that comes multiple agendas, lenses, styles, differing culture codes and points of references
The coaching process promotes learning, raising awareness, stimulates new thinking, actions and accountability as is standard to 1-1 coaching but with the key differentiator of harnessing and galvanising the collective wisdom and knowledge of the team
The process is based on the International Coaching Federations core competencies plus additional training skills and knowledge of how systems operate
1-1 executive Coaching
In 1-1 coaching the focus is on one person, you work with them in DEPTH to promote learning, raising awareness and actionable results to propel them forward and incite behavioural change
The process is based on the International Coaching Federations core competencies
“Kimberley is a joy to work with. Her energy, focus and work ethic is fantastic. I always look forward to working with her and clients are always left wanting more. I will continue to work with her for as long as possible.”
Group Coaching The Drama Triangle
““Helping the team improve performance, and the processes by which performance is achieved through reflection and dialogue””
TEAM V’S GROUP COACHING
In teams, the individuals have defined roles, a shared sense of company values, vision, mission and purpose with a shared working history
They have a relationship beyond the coaching remit, formal and informal
There are often more complexed psychodynamics in the room in TEAM coaching than that of a GROUP who comes to learn as individuals but without a shared collective history
A group is typically focused on individual development, and has a periodical relationship, no shared leadership or hierarchies and differing visions, mission and sense of purpose
A GROUP is ‘I’ focused, a TEAM is WE focused
Coaching Workshop at Imperial College Business School
“Kimberley hosted a successful workshop for Imperial alumni. She used coaching models and conversations to engage alumni on the topic of successful working and personal relationships. They explored how to gain greater confidence in managing people, enhance leadership style and improve team morale. Kimberley's expansive knowledge and dynamic delivery style was a huge hit with alumni and the event received fantastic feedback. We look forward to working with Kimberley again in the future. “
ALEX GIBBS, ALUMNI RELATIONS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE
““Team coaching is there to help create process improvement as well as to impact on the collective performance of the team. And how they will enable the leadership of others””