Snapshot of five behavioural coaching superpowers for leading teams!

Hi, we’re Helen Zink and Dr Cathryn Lloyd. We 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.

Below is a summary of superpowers 6 - 10. These are behavioural superpowers: what you do and your actions as a leader.

We previously posted a summary of superpowers 1 - 5, mindset superpowers: how you think and show up.

Stay tuned as we bring all 10 coaching superpowers together over coming weeks.

⭐ Superpower 6: sensing

Actively picking up on signals, patterns, and dynamics in the environment. Sensing helps leaders identify emerging challenges, recognise patterns and interdependencies, anticipate change, and enable proactive rather than reactive decision-making.

⭐ Superpower 7: learning

Encouraging reflection, feedback loops, knowledge sharing, and normalising failure. This helps teams evolve in real-time, rather than getting stuck in old ways of working and business as usual mindsets.

⭐ Superpower 8: linking

Noticing and linking dots, understanding context and systems, embracing diverse perspectives, and encouraging innovation. Linking leaders help their teams navigate uncertainty, value collective intelligence, and create pathways that help others connect to a shared purpose and outcomes.

⭐ Superpower 9: resourcing

Recognising potential, advocating, clearing obstacles, and tapping into networks to create opportunities. Leaders who excel in this don’t just fix problems; they equip their teams with the skills to navigate challenges independently and innovate with confidence. 

⭐ Superpower 10: resiliency 

Bouncing back from setbacks, adapting to new challenges, and maintaining focus in changing environments. Leaders who develop this quality themselves, and support their teams to do the same, create an environment for perseverance, agility and the ability to handle disruptions with confidence. 

Our top 3 insights:

💡 Sensing is similar to superpower one - self-awareness. Self-awareness is the mindset of paying attention to yourself; whereas sensing is about actively paying attention to the environment around you and the interconnecting systems you operate in. 

💡 Linking and resourcing are connected - both focus on the wider environment and how leaders and teams access and connect the relationships, tools, and support they need to thrive within it.

💡 Learning and resiliency are in concert and a continuous loop. Resilient teams reflect and adapt, and in doing so, deepen their learning, which in turn fuels even greater resilience.

🩷 We’d love to hear how you are experimenting and applying these ideas.

Image: Cathryn Lloyd

Resiliency – a coaching superpower for leading teams

Hi, we’re Helen Zink and Dr Cathryn Lloyd. As coaches who work alongside leaders and teams, we understand the challenges leaders face in today’s complex and fast-changing environment. To support you, we’re sharing 10 coaching superpowers that can help you grow as a leader and make a lasting impact on your team and organisation.

We’ve divided the superpowers into two categories:

Mindset Superpowers (1-5): How you think and approach challenges.

Behavioural Superpowers (6-10): What you do and how you take action.

These superpowers overlap, but each one brings a unique strength to effective leadership.

⭐ Superpower 10: resiliency

Our last but by no means least superpower.

Resiliency is more important than ever for both leaders and teams. The ability to bounce back from setbacks, adapt to new challenges, and maintain focus in an unpredictable and fast-changing world is crucial. Leaders who develop this quality themselves, and support their teams to do the same, create an environment for perseverance, agility and the ability to handle disruptions with confidence. By building resiliency, leaders empower their teams to stay grounded, maintain momentum, and thrive, no matter what challenges arise. By building resiliency, you’re also future-proofing your team and your organisation to skillfully navigate whatever might come next.

Here are a few ways to nurture resiliency:

💡 Physical and mental wellbeing: Encourage healthy habits and stress-reduction activities such as: regular breaks away from the screen, a walk outside, and healthy office snacks. Minimise work done outside of office hours. A well-rested team can weather storms.

💡 Purpose and meaning: Understanding how individual roles and team purpose tie into the bigger picture provides a sense of ownership during uncertain times.

💡 Camaraderie: Build connection and belonging within your team. Celebrate wins together and support each other through challenges.

💡 Resources: Know what you and your team can draw on - strengths, skills, or external resources (you’ll find more on this in superpower 9). When you understand what’s available you’ll be better equipped to take on challenges.

📌 Practical tip – resiliency timeline

On a whiteboard (virtual or physical), draw a timeline with "past" at one end and "present" at the other.

Invite your team to add in key challenges they’ve overcome together, marking them along the timeline.

For each challenge, discuss what helped the team get through it - what actions, strategies, or mindsets supported them?

This exercise not only gives your team a chance to recognise their shared strength but also helps them see the patterns in how they’ve been resilient in the past. These insights can serve as a powerful resource when tackling future challenges.

We’d love to hear how you’re using these ideas with your team. What’s worked for you?

Image: Cathryn Lloyd

Easter and the end of Q1 – how is 2025 going?

Can you believe we’re already a quarter of the way through the year? Like many of you, I kick off each new year with a bit of reflection - personally and professionally. I’m not big on strict resolutions, but I do think about what I want to dial up... and dial down.

For 2025, I’ve been focusing on two things:

🥚 Holding the high ground (even when the world feels wobbly)

🥚 Practicing what I preach (easier said than done!)

Oh, and ticking off a few bucket list things would be good too.

So… how am I going? I’d give myself a B- so far. Some progress made, with room for improvement.

How about you? What score would you give yourself?

Easter is the perfect time to reflect, re-set and adjust your strategies.

If you’d like some support navigating the rest of the year, working with a coach can really help.

If that sounds like you, please get in touch - either to me or one of my fabulous coach colleagues.

Take care and happy reflecting.

#coaching #flection