Introduction

Interest and focus on teams and their development are inexorably rising and with that comes the need to define and clarify how processes like team coaching can be distinguished from other forms of team development. Given that coaching itself is establishing itself as a profession, it is hardly surprising that team coaching, as a newer discipline, is at an even earlier stage of deliberation and definition. A team intervention may well include both individual and collective coaching and other developmental processes. The dynamics of a single individual carrying out both roles are complex and may give rise to significant ethical and practical dilemmas, for example, in managing confidential personal information. Social interaction is required between members to accomplish their tasks and meet the team’s goals. Members are assigned to operate within a specific organisational context to support the achievement of wider goals.