How to Coach Your Team

How to Coach Your Team helps business managers coach their teams to peak professional performance.It includes:· Becoming a team coach – coaching skills for team managers· Understanding your team - identifying how your team works; deciphering personalities and motivations; building the right environment for success· Achieving better outcomes – setting goals; managing performance; facilitating collaboration· Building a happier team – building trust; giving and receiving feedback; having positive conversations· Improving team communication – working smartly; improving meetings; working virtually· A team coaching plan to help you put it all together and stay on trackHow to Coach Your Team is a toolkit for working together with your team to achieve success. Many of the questionnaires and ideas can be shared and there are guided opportunities to assess and monitor your progress on a regular basis.

Pam Jones is a Program Director, and Professor of practice in academic leadership. She consults with a range of organisations, and has a passion for helping managers develop their leadership potentialViki Holton is Senior Research Fellow at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult international Business School. She has a keen interest to help individuals improve their performance and has published on various topics including women’s careers as well as teams.Angela Jowitt Founder and Director of Dolphin Team Development Ltd, and Ashridge Associate. Angela specialises in helping teams develop to achieve high performance.

Introduction Who is this book for? What is Team Coaching? The difference between individual and team coaching Why team coaching? How to use this book Part 1: Team Coaching Essentials Chapter 1: Your role Chapter 2: Developing your skills Chapter 3: Coaching your team Chapter 4: Understanding your team Chapter 5: Mapping your team Chapter 6: Getting started Part 2: Achieving Game Changing Results Focus on Outcomes Chapter 7: Purpose, goals and roles Chapter 8: Managing Performance Chapter 9: Collaborating with others Chapter 10: Working with change Focus on People Chapter 11: Building engagement Chapter 12: Resilience proofing your team Chapter 13: Developing trust Chapter 14: Developing team potential Focus on Communication Chapter 15: Positive conversations Chapter 16: Holding great meetings Chapter 17: Virtual and cross cultural teams Chapter 18: Creating your communication plan Part 3: Pulling it all Together Chapter 19: Ten common team challenges Chapter 20: Frequently asked questions Chapter 21: Getting support and developing your skills Conclusion