Do you tend to order the same thing or try the specials?

Team coaching as like the chef’s specials. Depending on the environment (or produce in season) we work on what best suits the team at the time. The team (or diner) doesn’t know what they are going to get, they trust the process. 

In contrast other types of team development, like training and facilitation, are like a standard menu. It is tried and tested, ingredients are prepared well in advance, and the desired outcome is pre-determined. When you order it, you pretty much know what you’re going to get (chicken parmigiana is chicken parmigiana).

Both menus are good. It depends on what your team needs and how much risk you’re willing to take for high rewards. 

To find out more about team coaching, and whether "today's specials" are right for you and your team, visit www.growtobe.oc.nz.

Have you noticed someone acting on something you’ve said in passing? I have!

Everything we say, and everything we do, impacts everyone else in our immediate and wider network and systems. We are all interlinked, whether we like it or not. 

If you have a role that by nature has even more impact on others (leader, teacher, consultant, mentor, coach or team coach, etc) your words and actions carry even more weight. Tatiana Bachkirova emphasises the importance of the coach themselves being the most effective tool in coaching. What you bring, the way you behave and your ability to role model all make an impact in team coaching. I think the same applies to leaders and consultants.

In this short article I talk about the impact I had on a team I worked with. Some of that impact was helpful, and some definitely wasn’t!

See the full article or find more articles in the resources section of this website.

“How is your role reflected in nature?”

A team I work with selected a card representing their role and contribution to their organisation. The result? Great metaphors like: a fish in a school of fish swimming in the same direction, waves of creative thinking eroding deserts of technical thinking, and leaves funneling ideas (like water) for nourishment.  What a fun and valuable way to kick off a team coaching session - love it!

I often use metaphors from nature in my work. Something Louise Duncan, TetraMap Intl and Belinda Hayes PhD, PCC, CPCC have noticed - thank you for arranging the cards😉.

If you’d like to find out more about metaphor and nature replicated at work, get in touch, www.growtobe.co.nz.