ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how we can create more value by bringing a systemic approach to both Group and Team Coaching to ensure that the outcome of all the coaching activity delivers value that is much more than the sum of the parts. Five types of group coaching are described ranging from traditional, individual coaching in a group setting to systemic work including experimentation. Different approaches to group coaching are outlined, including Action Learning and Balint groups and what Peter describes as “the coaching practicum group”. Systemic Team Coaching is then explored based on four levels, with the new fourth one of “Eco-Systemic Team Coaching” added to: conventional Team Coaching, Coaching the Team as a System and Systemic Team Coaching. At the heart of systemic team work is the Five Disciplines Model of Team Effectiveness (Commissioning, Clarifying, Co-creating, Connecting and Core Learning). Using the IDDD model (Co-Inquiry, Dialogue, Co-Discovery, Co-Design) and adding in initial and continuous contracting, the inquiry stage may include the use of questionnaires, semi-structured dialogue meetings and interviews, details of which are given. Ways of bringing in the stakeholder voice are offered, and a case study brings the strands together.
