Executive Team Coaching

Coaching teams is about helping these achieve superior performance, while also helping team members create more enjoyable lives for themselves and for others.

Football fans know that putting together a group of talented players does not mean you have a winning team. Nobody would dream of football players becoming a great team automatically. Coaching is indispensable. Yet, when it comes to executive groups, managers frequently entertain the fantasy that somehow high-performance can be achieved by concentrating solely on the business agenda and without any coaching.

Team coaching differs from “masculine” (business imperatives, task objectives) consulting and “feminine” (human values, relationship objectives) team building in that it leverages both parts for greater business results and improved relationships. Coaching that would not include the relational part is merely facilitation. Coaching without the business discussion would not be coaching. It could take the form of outdoors team games, which are fun and useful but insufficient for tackling the business issues. Coaches will for instance help team members realize how they behave as they accomplish the real job. They will help ensure all learnings are transferred to enhance the way team members perform the work.

• Develop mutual understanding, trust and pleasure in working together;
• Increase their awareness of current team performance;
• Become conscious of personal strengths, weaknesses, preferences and the implications for teamwork;
• Sharpen their communication and interpersonal skills;
• Foster creativity and leverage diverse viewpoints to effectively address complex business challenges;
• Articulate their contribution to the organization, taking into account the overall vision and strategy, forces in the external environment, internal culture, competencies, structure and systems;
• Develop their commitment around a common purpose and concrete action plans; and,
• Enhance their ability to work together (including cross-culturally and remotely).