Investing - making the most of coaching superpowers!

My colleague Dr Cathryn Lloyd and I work closely with leaders and teams, and we know leaders face an array of challenges. Over the past few weeks we’ve shared 10 coaching superpowers for leaders to experiment with - 5 mindset superpowers, how your thinking shapes how you show up and 5 behavioural superpowers, what you do and your actions as a leader.

To make the most of these, you need one more critical superpower...

⭐ Bonus superpower 11. Investing

Superpowers aren’t developed overnight. They require a sustained investment of time and energy. Valuing these mindsets and behaviours is an ongoing process of embedding new skills into everyday work life through - learning, experimenting and practicing. 

To make this stick, superpower development needs to become a core part of your team’s culture. This means allocating some of your current resources, time, budget, energy, and focus to build future capabilities that will be crucial for you and your team’s long-term success. 

Ways to maximise investment in coaching superpowers 

💡 Dedicate time - Set aside regular time, weekly or monthly, to step out of business-as-usual and focus on building superpowers. 

💡 Daily routines - Weave superpowers into everyday team life. Include them in meeting agendas, team rituals, minutes, and follow-up actions. 

💡 Reviews - Evaluate progress regularly. Use team meetings or performance  conversations to reflect on how well superpowers are being developed. 

💡 Measure and track - Use tangible metrics to monitor progress. For example, track team resilience, collaboration scores, or feedback loops. 

💡 Professional support - Get support from a professional coach or team coach to help bring superpowers to life in a structured and supportive way. 

📌 Practical tip – making the invisible visible with a team coach 

A team coach can help your team see what they can’t see themselves— hidden habits and blind spots that shape how you work together. 

Let’s say your team is focusing on superpower 8: bringing in diverse perspectives. A team coach might observe a subtle pattern and say:

“I’m noticing that when someone offers a different perspective, the conversation quickly shifts or gets shut down. What might be happening here?” 

This gentle observation invites the team to:

📌 Pause and reflect. 

📌 Notice what’s going on beneath the surface. 

📌 Experiment with new ways of engaging. 

📌 Practice superpowers in real time.

In this way, the coach acts like a mirror, helping the team grow together with greater awareness and intention. Team and individual coaches can support superpower development in many more ways. 

We’d love to hear how you’re applying these ideas. Share your thoughts with us or get in touch - we’d love to continue the conversation.

Stay tuned as we bring all coaching superpowers together over coming weeks.

Image: Cathryn Lloyd