Coaches Rising Podcast

episode 207 | Jun 26, 2024 | 78min

The Field of Team Coaching

In this conversation with Dr Paul Lawrence we dive into the complexities of team coaching, common dilemmas in team coaching, stage perspectives, contracting and the 4 P’s model.
In this podcast we talk about:

04:00 The meaning of “coach” today
10:00 The challenge of team coaching
13:30 Establishing the boundaries of a team
19:00 Approaches to team coaching
23:00 How and when to work with a team
28:00 Common dilemmas of team coaches
32:30 Exploring contracting
40:00 Stage perspectives on team coaching
48:30 Tuning into team purpose
52:00 Coaching individual team members55:30 The 4 P’s model
01:02:30 Connecting to our purpose
1:06:00 Finding the sweet spot
1:10:00 Where to explore team coaching

Resources Mentioned:
The Wise Leader, by Paul Lawrence and Suzi Skinner
David Drake
John Whitmore
Timothy Gallwey
Robert Kegan
The practitioner’s handbook of team coaching
Systems thinking
Internal family systems

About the Guest

Paul Lawrence

After completing a PhD in Psychology, Paul embarked upon a corporate career with BP plc, leading teams, and businesses around the world. Paul then transitioned into OD roles, starting with a role leading BP’s first-ever global leadership program. He moved to Sydney before starting his own business in 2007. He has 5,000 coaching hours and has published six books and more than a dozen academic articles and book chapters. Paul has taught coaching at the Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong, teaches on the Oxford Brookes coaching supervision program, and is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University.

WEBSITE
https://leadingsystemically.com

About the Host

Joel Monk

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.