Team Coaching

Team Coaching: one of our strong points

As explained by Sylviane Cannio in her chapter “Coaching d’équipes, au service de l’intelligence collective” in the book ‘Art & Pratique du Coaching Professionnel”, Editions Valeurs d’Avenir, Paris 2019, there are many types of team coaching:

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In Lisbon with a team of 35 people of 15 different nationalities;
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Our coaches are used to supporting virtual teams.

We have dozens of experiences of team coaching, from a Board of Director that needs to define/confirm their strategies, and alignment process to some very large teams (up to 140 people) for which we facilitate projects.

Our approach is consistent: start with the difficult, the possible conflicts in order to obtain clean grounds and, then, start building in a lighter atmosphere.

Our coaches are duly trained at following all sorts of methodologies. Some of them have even developed their own models.

Many exercises are in a ‘fun’ mode to maximize creativity. Pleasure is part of the process and it helps engage participants more. Meetings usually yield many concrete actions and those are monitored with the group.

Importantly, our coaches know what ‘virtual team’ means as they are used to work across borders and most of them have their own Zoom room and are keen at calibrating client’s emotions and body language even through a screen.

Team coaching in pictures:

Coaching of a management team of a food SME in deconfinement mode, May 2020.
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A metaphoric exercise is so much more powerful than words...
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Isn’t more funny to work in the garden when weather is fine? In Lisbon, with a team of 35 people from 15 countries!
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Results are fantastic due to the group dynamics and the light atmosphere.
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We are laughing a lot!
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Time for 'wrap-up' to make sure outcomes are acheived.
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Coaching helps building the team.
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Everything is possible, even with a team of nearly one hundred people!
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The coach remains in the shadow to allow the group leader speak up.
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When topic are touchy, post-its allow participant to express themselves anonymously; the coach, then can sort them by domain of discussion.
Results are very creative as very often generated through playful techniques and sub-group sessions.