Team Coaching – Fundamentals
Foundations of Team Coaching: Theory, Frameworks, and Practice
What is Team Coaching?
“Partnering in a co-creative and reflective process with a team on its dynamics and relationships in a way that inspires them to maximize their abilities and potential in order to reach their common purpose and shared goals”.
ICF Definition
Programme Purpose
For you to gain the knowledge, mindset and skills required to deliver team coaching services to intact teams.
Successful completion results in personal accreditation as a Team Coach with EMCC Global at Foundation level within a month.
Target Audience
Participants on this programme should have at least 100 hours of coaching experience, working with a range of clients.
Ideally, your individual coaching will be accredited at Practitioner level or above (equivalent to ICF ACC or ILM Level 5).
Prior experience as a facilitator of teams or groups is also recommended. However, it is not necessary to have prior experience as a team coach.
Our Approach
This programme has been designed to set you up for success as you begin your journey as a team coach.
We provide a comprehensive introduction to the discipline, enabling you to start practicing in a responsible and ethical way.
Our intention is to provide the maximum level of training in the minimum amount of time, without compromising the quality of your learning experience.
The Course at a Glance
1 month total duration
5 × live online workshops
8 × team coaching practice hours
Self-assessment
Comprehensive homework
2000 word essay
Session 1
Programme Launch
In which participants meet each other for the first time and discuss team coaching fundamentals.
Session Summary
Programme Launch & Introduction
In preparation for this session, you will watch short instructional videos that cover the team coaching definition, principles and journey. This content is discussed during the session.
We also look at the learning journey ahead, to ensure that expectations are clear. This includes talking about how we will use the learner group as a practice team.
Pre-work
Instructional Videos for Session 1
Watch Videos
- Team Coaching; definition and principles
- The Team Coaching Journey; a five-stage process
- Stage 1 – Scoping and Agreement; initiating the journey
- Stage 2 – Inquiry; gathering information about the team
- Stage 3 – Design; developing the team coaching agenda
- Stage 4 – Execution; delivering the interventions
- Stage 5 – Review; evaluating the impact of team coaching
Complete Assessment Quiz relating to the videos
Homework
Practice and Reflection
Reflective Journal
- Reflecting on your preferred definition of team coaching, and thoughts relating to multi-stakeholder contracting
2-hour team coaching with practice team.
- Learners may work with each other, if they don’t have a practice team.
Session 2
Team Coaching in Practice
In which participants take a deep dive into the mechanics of team coaching.
Session Summary
Team Coaching in Practice
Focus areas include whether to tackle the project alone or with a co-coach, the pros and cons of working virtually, and the importance of building a strong relationship with the team leader.
This is the module where core practice areas area also addressed, for instance supporting teams to clarify their team purpose, and develop working agreements. You will also work with each other as a practice team, to gain experience working on a team purpose and charter.
Pre-work
Instructional videos for Session Two
Watch Videos
- Communication; coaching with Authority, Presence and Impact
- Relationship; the crucial relationship with the Team Leader
- Paired Working; the pros and cons of team coaching in pairs
- Medium; working virtually or face to face
- Team Purpose; techniques for clarifying team purpose
- Team Charters; techniques for developing team ‘working agreements’
Complete Assessment Quiz relating to the videos
Homework
Practice and Reflection
Reflective Journal
- Reflecting on clarifying team purpose and ensuring adequate self-care as a team coach.
2-hour team coaching with practice team.
- Learners may work with each other, if they don’t have a practice team.
Session 3
Creating Psychological Safety
In which the psychological dimension of team coaching is addressed in more detail, and team diagnostics are introduced.
Session Summary
Creating Psychological Safety
Team coaching demands a high degree of psychological safety, and team coaches need to be skilled in creating conditions where this is possible.
In this session we explore what this means in practice, with a specific focus on working with teams that have become stuck. This session also introduces a range of diagnostic tools that can be used to accelerate the process.
Pre-work
Instructional Videos for Session Three
Watch Videos
- Team Coaching Diagnostics; introduction to five assessment tools
- PERILL Diagnostic; detailed introduction to the PERILL tool
- Psychological Safety; creating conditions necessary for trust
- Overcoming Stuckness; psychological roles in groups and role lock
- Polarity Management; supporting teams with conflicting priorities
- Experiential Processes; using activities as a catalyst for team development
Complete Assessment Quiz relating to the videos
Homework
Practice and Reflection
Reflective Journal
- Reflecting on psychological safety in teams, the use of team diagnostics and handling stuckness.
2-hour team coaching with practice team.
- Learners may work with each other, if they don’t have a practice team.
Session 4
The Team as a System
In which we explore a systems thinking approach to team coaching.
Session Summary
The Team as a System
Incorporating systems thinking into team coaching involves shifting from an individual-focused approach to a broader perspective that considers the team as a dynamic, interdependent system.
We also explore the benefits of harnessing diversity in teams and discuss how to close down the team coaching relationship.
Pre-work
Instructional Videos for Session 4
Watch Videos
- Systems Thinking; applying systems thinking in team coaching
- The Evolving Role of the Coach; when the coach becomes part of the system
- Intercultural competence; the Lewis Model explained
- Harnessing Diversity; the link between diversity and high performing teams
- Intercultural Intelligence; mapping, bridging and integrating difference
- Managing Endings; how to close down the team coaching relationship
Complete Assessment Quiz relating to the videos
Homework
Practice and Reflection
Reflective Journal
- Reflecting on how all our work fits within a systemic context and how to acknowledge this in our practice.
2-hour team coaching with practice team.
Prepare a Presentation
- Prepare a 15 minute presentation to outline your unique approach to team coaching, ready to share at Session Five.
Session 5
Practicing Professionally
In which learners consider their signature team coaching style.
Session Summary
Practicing Professionally
As we arrive at the end of the programme, the focus turns towards the unique approach that each participant will take towards this new discipline. You will share your 15-minute presentation outlining your unique approach.
We explore what it means to practice ethically, maintaining professional standards. This includes receiving supervision on our team coaching work, attending CPD, updating logbooks and reflecting on practice.
Pre-work
Instructional Videos for Session 5
Watch Videos
- Your signature team coaching model
- Ethics; codes of ethics, ethical dilemmas, ethical maturity
- Accreditation criteria; supervision, reflective practice, CPD, log keeping
Complete assessment quiz relating to the videos
Homework
2000-Word Essay
This final written piece will act as a way for you to consolidate your learning from the whole programme.
- You will produce a personal template for team coaching, which includes the key stages that you consider to be essential in conducting a team coaching assignment.
Your written piece will also outline how you will prioritise working ‘emergently’ with your future teams, and how will you address working on yourself, to develop your inner capacities as a team coach?
Finally, you will complete a short self-assessment exercise in which you measure yourself against the course learning outcomes.
Programme Standards
The following EMCC standards are integrated throughout the course
- Multi-stakeholder contracting; relationship management.
- Multi-stakeholder diagnostics.
- Evidence-based methods of team effectiveness.
- Systems thinking and group dynamics.
- Team coaching models and approaches.
- Managing the team coaching process.
- Experimentation and adaptability.
- Partnering with other coaches and facilitators.
- Developing your own team coaching practice.
- Supervision and reflective practice.
- Understanding self and self-development.
- Self-care and resilience.
Online Learning Platform
We use a very user-friendly online learning platform which acts as a secure base for all the work that we do over the 6-month period.
All the materials contained within the programme will be available here, along with homework assignments and space for community discussion.
The platform acts as a container for the learning journey undertaken by participants. Progress is indicated visually, and overdue tasks are highlighted.
Each module has a Community Discussion area where participants will share resources and reflections. Sessions are also followed up with a fun quiz.
