Systemic Team Coaching

Systemic team coaching stc is a complex and powerful intervention in organisations. we define it as: a process of coaching the whole team together and apart, over a designated period of time to enable it toalign on common purposecollaborate and learn through diversitydevelop collective leadershipachieve performance objectiveseffectively engage with their key stakeholdersjointly transform the wider businessto achieve this stc draws on a range of adult and organisational learning theories and practices that includeindividual coachinggroup coaching of managers/leaders who share an interest in a project but have no collective responsibilityteam building activities to develop a new team or one in a transitional stage to value and utilise diversity and differenceteam facilitation of a meeting process to help the team be more effective eg. in decision makinginter-team coaching facilitation of teams in the wider system to collaborateorganisational development attending to how the team impacts and is impacted by organisationthe systemic team coach views the team through 6 lensesindividual team membersinterpersonal relationshipsteam dynamicsteam tasks strategy, objectives, systemsstakeholder interfaceswider systemic forcesthe 5 disciplines framework is the key structure that addressed the internal and external elements and guides the systemic team coach in attending to where the team needs to work to be most effective. these are: stakeholder expectations what the team needs to deliver to external partiesteam tasks what the team does internally to meet those expectationsteam relationships interpersonal and leadership dynamics internally to the teamstakeholder relationships how the team connects to those it servesteam learning how the team develops to meet future challengesa diagnostic tool team connect 360 that generates valuable data on the performance of the team now and after the stc intervention is explained and available for use.the 5 phase sider stc process is a robust and practical method for engaging with a team. it involvesscoping the initial work with the sponsor and team leaderinquiry generating data into the how the team is performing against the 5 disciplines (use of tc360)developing an agenda for the work with the sponsor and teamexecution of that agenda through coaching with the teamreview and evaluation of resultscase studies and examples are given throughout to illustrate how the theory is applied in practicethe book addresses other important elementshow to develop the personal and skills capability do deliver stcthe courses to attend to take forward the material presentedpractical guidance on how to build and stc practice review the transition from individual to team coach requires a significant re-orientation -a shift from linear thinking to complex adaptive systems thinking. this book provides practical guidance on the first steps in that learning journey.prof david clutterbuck special ambassador, european mentoring and coaching council this book is an easily accessible and well laid-out manual for team coaches. a great many fundamental questions are answered along with illuminating and supportive case examples.erik de haan, director of ashridge centre for coaching & professor of organisation development, vu university amsterdamas graduate of the first systemic team coaching diploma i know this will be an invaluable 'how toguide for all future students. it succinctly explains the complexity of team coaching, especially the unique systemic aspect of managing stakeholders. essential reading for all team coaches as well as team leaders.sharon toye partner, global head of team acceleration, leadership consulting heidrick & struggleswbecs has hosted a number webinars by john and peter on systemic team coaching and it this book is a fantastic resource to clarify and embed the knowledge for those new to th