Team coaching
When an outside perspective opens up new paths.
Sometimes a team discusses the same topics repeatedly and still makes no progress. In other situations, collaboration changes without everyone involved understanding the change in the same way. And sometimes things are going well, but the team wants to explore new ways of working together. Team coaching creates space to examine collaboration from a different perspective.
As external team coaches, we help to make patterns visible, to bring together different perceptions and also to address what often remains unspoken in everyday life.
This allows your team to develop its own solutions and try out new forms of collaboration that fit its tasks and situation.
What would you like to change with your team?
Perhaps there’s an issue that’s been lingering for a while. Perhaps you’d like more open communication or support for your team during a new phase.
Bring your concerns to a no-obligation consultation. We’ll listen and discuss how team coaching could support you.
When the team needs new courses of action
Team coaching can address different aspects of the issue. It’s not always driven by an immediate problem. There can be various reasons; here are three examples.
Something remains unspoken
Differing expectations or tensions characterize collaboration. In everyday practice, however, there is a lack of space to address them together.
The team is going in circles
Certain difficulties keep recurring. Although they are discussed, little changes.
A new chapter begins
New members, a different leader, or changing tasks bring change to the team. The way people interact needs to be redefined.
What you get in the team coaching room
In coaching, we look at what is evident between the participants and what possibilities the team has to change its collaboration itself.
Which questions we explore in more depth always depends on the specific situation. Here are a few examples.
Recognize patterns of collaboration
Why do certain conversations always follow a similar pattern? Why do decisions remain unresolved or why do the same difficulties recur?
In team coaching, we examine recurring behaviors and interactions. We also consider how tasks, processes, and framework conditions influence team dynamics.
This helps the team to understand familiar situations differently and to discover new courses of action.
Make different perspectives discussable
What is self-evident to some can be irritating or burdensome to others. Added to this are unspoken expectations, informal roles, and differing ways of exerting influence.
Team coaching provides a space for these perceptions. Participants can better understand what motivates others and what expectations shape their collaboration.
Address tensions and conflicts
Some topics are difficult to address within the team. Positions have become entrenched, conversations are avoided, or they lead to renewed accusations.
An external coach helps to make different perspectives visible and to address difficult questions respectfully.
The aim is to resume dialogue and develop agreements for further cooperation.
Trying out new paths together
Insights alone do not change everyday work routines.
In coaching, the team develops concrete ways to interact differently with each other and tries these out in its work.
Joint reflection then helps to identify which changes are effective and where further adjustments are helpful.
How we work as team coaches
Our starting point is the specific situation of your team. We listen, observe the interaction of those involved, and consider tasks, processes, and the organizational context.
In this process, we take on different roles: We accompany the process, contribute suitable methods, reflect observations, or support as sparring partners.
Our goal is for your team to increasingly handle its challenges independently and to further develop its collaboration autonomously.
Understanding the situation
We listen to different perceptions and make relevant patterns visible.
New perspectives are possible
We create space for difficult topics and help to develop new courses of action.
Try out changes in everyday life
We support the team in trying out changes and learning from the experiences.
We will determine together which form and intensity of support is most appropriate. This could be a single coaching workshop, a series of workshops, or support over a longer period.
Rethinking team coaching
Rethinking team coaching,
translating tensions into joint decisions.
Clarify roles and expectations together
What supports teamwork
Team coaching and team development
Team development is the overarching framework for the further development of a team. Team coaching is one possible form of support.
If you would like to learn more about the development issues a team can address and the different approaches we use, you can find further information on our team development page.
Unsere Leistungen im Bereich Teams
Frequently Asked Questions
What is team coaching?
Team coaching is a form of guided team development. A coach supports the entire team in reflecting on their collaboration and developing their own solutions to specific development challenges.
The focus is on the team’s shared patterns, perceptions, and possible courses of action.
What is the difference between team development and team coaching?
Team development refers to the overarching development goal of a team. This can include various measures and formats.
Team coaching is a specific form of support in which an external coach assists the joint reflection and development process.
What distinguishes team coaching from individual coaching?
Individual coaching is aimed at a single person and their professional or personal development questions.
Team coaching works with the team as a unified entity. It examines how the members collaborate, react to one another, and address their challenges together.
What role does the manager play in team coaching?
The manager is part of the work system and influences collaboration through their role, their decisions, and the framework they set.
How she is involved in the coaching depends on the issue and the composition of the team.
Does a team need to have conflicts for coaching to be beneficial?
The manager is part of the work system and influences collaboration through their role, their decisions, and the framework they set.
How she is involved in the coaching depends on the issue and the composition of the team.
How long does team coaching last?
No. Team coaching can help address conflicts and tensions. It is also suitable when a team wants to consciously reflect on its collaboration, overcome new challenges, or develop further as a team.
Can team coaching also take place virtually?
That depends on the request and the initial situation.
A specific question can be addressed in a single workshop. For more profound changes in collaboration, several sessions and reflection phases may be beneficial.
Yes. Team coaching can take place in person, virtually, or in a hybrid format, depending on the topic and work context. The important thing is that the format suits the objective and that all participants have sufficient opportunity for exchange and reflection.