Team of Teams Coaching

For an organization to be successful, it is important for all of its teams to be more than the sum of their parts and for the organization's team to be more than the sum of the teams. An ability to quickly and agilely team with all stakeholders is essential. Written by an expert author team with combined experience of more than 70 years, this is an indispensable guide for all coaching professionals. It covers the need for team of teams coaching, the benefits of this approach and how to build and implement a team of teams coaching strategy. There is also guidance on how to develop a teaming culture in the organization, building internal team coaching capacity and what to consider when exploring external coaching support. This book also explores how to use a team of teams approach with all business stakeholders and strategic partners as well as advice on how to embed inclusion in coaching activity when working with diverse teams across different cultures and geographies. This practical guide is supported by extensive global research with more than 70 organizations from different sectors as well as the authors own' work on team of teams coaching with leading organizations. Written for mid-level and senior coaches, this is an evidence-based guide that will help these professionals implement this teaming approach in their organization to achieve improved performance and gain competitive advantage.

Peter Hawkins is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, Chairman of Renewal Associates and President of the Academy of Executive Coaching. He is a global thought leader in systemic team coaching and has trained team coaches in over 50 countries and coached Boards and executive teams for 40 years.

Section - One: The Why and What of Systemic Team of Teams Coaching Chapter - 1: Why do we need a Systemic Team of Teams Approach; Chapter - 2: What is a Team of Teams and a Systemic Team of Teams Approach; Chapter - 3: The role of a Team of Teams Approach; Section - Two: The 'How' of a Systemic Team of Teams Approach to Organizational Development Chapter - 4: The Team of Teams Coaching Journey; Chapter - 5: Transitions and Transformations in the Organizational Life Cycle; Chapter - 6: Organizational Transformation; Chapter - 7: Evaluation and evolution; Chapter - 8: What the research revealed: key themes and insights; Section - Three: The contribution of a Systemic Team of Teams Approach to other levels of development Chapter - 9: Coaching the Connections rather than the parts; Chapter - 10: Every Team is a Team of Teams; Chapter - 11: Coaching the Inner Team; Section - Four: Developing the field of Systemic Team of Teams Approach and its Practitioners Chapter - 12: Development and Supervision; Chapter - 13: Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas; Chapter - 14: Tools and Methods; Section - Five: Going forward together Chapter - 15: Going Forward and Looking Back