Team Coaching

The methodologies proposed and the fees charged by the Professional Coaches vary greatly and great care should be taken to select a team coach who is a best fit for your needs, your industry and your corporate style.

Your team coach should have a clear understanding of the team objective and the issues which appear to be impacting negatively on the team's performance.

This process of discovery may take some time particularly if the team dynamic is constantly changing due to illness, holiday commitments and or team members leaving the companies employ.

There is of course the option to bypass the outside consultant/facilitator/coach route altogether by having a senior manager, a member of the Training Department or a Human Resources officer take on the task.

Well in truth you may successfully do so, however there is always the risk that someone from within may have preconceived ideas about certain individuals within the team and this could skew the results of the discovery process.

The key to team coaching is understanding the team style and how the team dynamic has developed.

The behavioural styles of the individual team members must be harmoniously blended together if peak team performance is to be reached.

To achieve this it may be necessary to overcome maybe even knock down some long established interpersonal relationship barriers existing between certain team members.

This may be a very sensitive area and great care should therefore be taken in your choice of team coach/facilitator.