As an ICF certified Coach and EMCC accredited Team Coach, I adhere to and am aligned with the ICF & EMCC Core Competencies and Team Coaching Competencies.

The What & Why of Team Coaching

The International Coaching Federation states that:

“Team Coaching consists of partnering in a co-creative and reflective process with a team and its dynamics and relationships in a way that inspires them to maximize their abilities and potential in order to reach their common purpose and shared goals.“

“Team Coaching empowers teams to work toward continued high performance and ongoing development, requiring innovation, flexibility, adaptability and goal alignment.”

ICF

In addition to that, team coaching:

Provides the team with what it needs: time to clarify its purpose for CHANGE and a method to co-create its own sustainable strategies, solutions and practices.

Allows the team a safe space to identify and reduce energy losses and inspiring team members to maximize their connectedness, abilities and potential in order to achieve their common purpose and shared goals.

Fosters internal team dialogue and self-sufficiency, enabling the team to move to its next level in a sustainable and permanent way.

One of the roadblocks for groups moving forward now is thinking that they have to wait for a leader to emerge – someone who embodies the future path. But I think what we’ve been learning with the U process is that the future can emerge within the group itself, not embodied in a ‘hero’ or traditional ‘leader.’

P. Senge, O. Scharmer, J. Jaworski, B.S. Flowers – Presence (U-Theory)