Team coaching: improving collaboration in the long term
Target group l Occasions l Content I Attitude I Role of team coach l Methods l Benefits l Procedure I FAQs
Team coaching with Coachingwerk creates a binding development space over a defined period of time in several coaching units and workshops. Teams consciously take time to continuously reflect on and develop their collaboration. This creates space for clarification, alignment and joint learning.
We look at factual issues as well as the dynamics, patterns and tensions that characterize cooperation. Different perspectives are included, expectations clarified and common goals sharpened. Team coaching combines structure and openness.
As a moderated development process, team coaching supports the sustainable alignment of goals, roles, communication and decision-making processes . We create the framework and manage the process – the responsibility for content, decisions and results remains with the team. The goal is effective long-term cooperation.
For which teams coaching makes sense
With our team coaching, we support in particular
- Well-established teams with a need for further development
- Newly formed teams and project constellations
- Management and leadership circles in decision-making work
- Teams in transition during orientation
- Teams with a need for clarification
Typical group sizes for our team coaching sessions are based on the respective team and range from 5 to 40 participants. Depending on the team size and complexity, we accompany the process with several coaches.
For larger groups with 40 to 500 participants, we offer team coaching as large group facilitation with a team of several coaches.
Coaching for teams: typical occasions
The following concerns are usually reasons for a joint reflection process:
- New team compositions or management changes
- Open or subliminal conflicts
- Changes due to growth, digitalization or restructuring
- Unclear goals, roles or responsibilities
- Declining productivity, lack of coordination or trust
- Inefficient workflows and communication structures
Expert tip
from Team Coach Kerstin Brandes
Every team and every development need is different. The right format is needed depending on the issue at hand:
Team workshop as an individual measure with a clear topic.
Team mediationwhen it comes to resolving conflicts.
Team strength profileto make personalities visible and strengthen interaction with one another.
LEGO Workshop as a creative method for complex topics.
Large group moderationif you want to involve more than 40 participants.
In an initial introductory meeting , we work with you to find out which of our team development services is best suited to dealing with your issue.
What happens in a Coachingwerk team coaching session
Every team is different. Accordingly, team coaching does not follow a rigid method, but an iterative process: observe, understand, clarify, change. A team coaching session usually consists of 3 to 6 coaching units.
The focus is on:
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Clarification of the initial situation, expectations and goals
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the identification of central fields of action
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Joint development of viable solutions
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Anchoring concrete agreements in everyday working life
The solutions emerge from the team itself. We create the framework, structure the process and ensure sustainable implementation.
Possible topics in team coaching
- Clarify goals and make strengths visible
- Shaping collaboration: Roles, tasks, responsibilities
- Improve communication and feedback culture
- Dealing with conflicts constructively
- Strengthening a sense of unity and cohesion
- Dealing with stress and challenges
- Digital and agile working methods
- etc.
Our attitude: How we understand collaboration
We see collaboration as an ongoing development process based on understanding and adaptation. The prerequisite for this is a framework in which trust can develop – within the team, with the manager and with us as coaches.
For us, psychological safety is the basis of trusting and effective teamwork. Ideas, questions, uncertainties and different perspectives can be openly discussed in our team coaching sessions. This enables an honest exchange, clarity and joint learning.
Our role as team coaches in the accompaniment
We moderate team coaching sessions impartially, in a structured manner and with a present attitude. We listen carefully, ask clarifying questions and manage the process in such a way that understanding grows and solutions emerge from within the team.
Our role includes:
- Creating a trusting framework
- Creating psychological safety in the team
- Structuring and managing the team coaching process
- Involvement of all stakeholders
Our systemic coaches bring many years of experience in team coaching, organizational consulting and change processes – combined with sensitivity, professional calm and situational humor . Responsibility for content, decisions and results remains with the team.
Methods and work formats
In team coaching, we work with methods and formats that support reflection, participation and understanding within the team, including
- Reflection & silent work
- Discussion in small groups and in the overall team
- Moderated exchange and dialog formats
- Visual forms of work and theatrical performances
- Interactive and creative methods
The selection of methods is based on the issue, the team dynamics and the respective process step.
Your benefit: What your team takes away from the coaching process
Results from the team coaching
- More orientation and clarity in daily activities
- Greater ability to resolve conflicts and tensions
- Greater commitment and implementation power
- More trust, personal responsibility and mutual support
- Faster and clearer decision-making processes
- Noticeably more effective collaboration and relief in everyday life
Team coaching means understanding and learning together and consciously shaping and adapting collaboration.
Procedure: How Coachingwerk team coaching is structured
Preparation
- Order clarification in the preliminary meeting
- Clarification of the initial situation, expectations and goals with the entire team through interviews, a survey or an initial goals workshop
- Process and workshop planning and coordination of the framework
Implementation
Implementation forms the core of team coaching and takes place in moderated coaching sessions and workshops over a defined period of time. The scope, duration, rhythm and number of appointments depend on the issue, objective and team size. As a rule, we assume 3 to 6 sessions over a period of 1 to 6 months.
When conducting the individual workshops or coaching units, we work with the following elements, among others:
- Entry with target comparison, target adjustment and new prioritization if necessary
- Systematic reflection and structured exchange
- Thematic work in suitable formats
- Alternation between artistic-creative, cognitive and visual methods
- Securing results, agreements, measures and accountability
The duration of the individual coaching units is usually between 2 hours and 2 days. Team coaching mainly takes place in person. Alternatively, online or hybrid formats are possible.
Follow-up
- Structured documentation of results and agreements
- Transfer support in everyday working life , e.g. through retrospectives
- Anchoring the changes in the team culture
- Joint evaluation
Contact us
We would be happy to clarify together in an initial non-binding discussion how team coaching can be tailored to your needs.
You will gain clarity about the objectives, framework and possible next steps and receive a well-founded assessment of the appropriate course of action.
FAQ – Frequently asked questions about team coaching
What is team coaching?
Team coaching is an accompanied process over a longer period of time in which teams reflect on and further develop their cooperation, communication and orientation.
Who is a team coaching process suitable for?
For existing and new teams, project teams, leadership teams, management teams and teams undergoing change or clarification processes.
What group size is team coaching suitable for?
Team coaching is suitable for teams of approx. 5 to 40 people. Depending on the size and complexity, we can support the process with several coaches if required. For larger groups of 40 to 500 participants, we organize team coaching as large group facilitation with an experienced coaching team.
In which situations is team coaching useful?
In the event of changes, conflicts, ambiguities in roles and goals or when there is a need for better cooperation.
How does coaching work in a team?
Team coaching consists of preparation, several moderated meetings and a follow-up to secure the results.
How long does a team coaching session last?
Team coaching usually lasts 1 to 6 months and consists of 3 to 6 coaching or workshop units. The individual units are usually scheduled for between 2 hours and 2 days.
What role do the coaches play?
The coaches moderate and structure the process impartially. Content and decisions remain with the team.