Successful teams through coaching.
Moving your team forward.
“A successful team is more than the sum of its parts” is the briefest, most accurate definition of a well-functioning team. What factors are crucial to ensuring that a team develops in this way? What contributes to good team spirit?
Our coaches advise teams on personality and task-related aspects. During a team coaching session visions are developed, task orientation and participation are encouraged and openness to innovation and its implementation are strengthened. A team coaching session is recommended for the development of communication within the team, the provision of decision-making support and the strengthening of team identity.
Possible content, which may be adapted to suit customers’ requirements, includes:
- Communication
- Decision-making
- Team identity
- Conflict handling
- Role clarification
- Self-image and perceptions of others
- Feedback
- Motivation
- Time management
- Development processes
- Methodical procedure
- Integration of new team members
Procedure
1. DIAGNOSTICS
- Free initial discussion
- Themes: expectations, requirements, objectives, procedure and deadlines
- Initial talk with the team leader or project manager
- Themes: definition of objectives, identification of the actual situation, activity analysis
2. COMMUNICATION
- Up to six coaching meetings with the whole team
- Themes: reflection, evaluation of the activity analysis, expansion of individual freedom of action, optimisation and implementation in practice
- Situation analysis and examination of the objectives halfway through the team coaching sessions
- Evaluation of attainment of objectives at the end of the team coaching programme
- The interval between the meetings is generally two to three weeks
3. VARIATION
- Drafting of a report with conclusion
- Contents: findings, the most important themes, recommendations and further action
Benefits
- Improving individuals’ capacity for effective team work
- Improving the team’s communication and information flows
- Promoting the feeling of togetherness
- Resolving conflicts