Coaching
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Team Coaching
We are discovering in our teambuilding practice that teams not only need a thorough grounding in team principles, they often need skill training and coaching as well. Teams benefit from coaching in a variety of ways:
- Integrating and practicing what they’ve learned about how to be a team
- Developing efficient and effective ways of working, particularly on larger teams
- Making better decisions and solving problems more quickly
What do teams use a coach for?
Teams generally use a coach for the following:
- To monitor and improve team process: how the work of the team gets done
- To bring behaviors, issues and “stepovers” to the team’s attention
- To provide feedback to individuals and the team as a whole regarding their/its performance
- To foster an environment of trust and collaboration
- To help them ask the right questions at the right time
- To help them clarify and reinforce roles and responsibilities
What is the JDA team coaching process?
Assess: We interview team leaders and team members and observe the team at work. Depending on whether the team is newly forming or has been intact for a while, and what stage it appears to be in (forming, storming, norming, performing), we may use additional assessments to help determine areas of opportunity.
Plan: We share the data with the team and together design a coaching plan and schedule that targets specific areas of development, again taking into consideration the stage of development the team is in and whatever immediate needs there might be.
Coach: The coach is present at specific team meetings over a period of months, coaching the team as whole and the leader(s) on an individual basis.