 While a lot of emphasis may be given to individual coaching, the benefits of coaching a whole team are often overlooked.
From our research we know that individual coaching will deliver significant benefits to the person being coached, and that these benefits contribute to increased levels of engagement and employee satisfaction.
In our experience, this benefit can be multiplied when everyone in a team is coached. One reason for this is that most business results are achieved via the quality of interactions and relationships we have at work. Coaching a team enhances the interactions within the team.
There are two forms of team and group coaching;
- The first occurs following a coaching program in which participants come together to reflect individually and collectively on the practical application of their learning in the workplace. The role of the coach is to support, suggest and facilitate the sharing of individual learning.
- The second is when the coach is invited to work with the team in situ, that is, in team meetings or strategy meetings. The role of the coach here is to go beyond clichés and stereotypes of 'teaming' and intervene in the specific dynamics of that team in the here and now.
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