“ This (journey) was not just a stand-alone team development exercise. This was a complete reengineer of how we operated as a team and as leaders. At times it seemed hard, but the benefits were more than worth it."
If your team would benefit from a little re-engineering, please get in touch an find out what team coaching is all about.
...is a word team coaching guru Prof David Clutterbuck uses often. I thought he was making it up (dad joke) but it's a real term and has been in use for around 30 years. The official definition is "someone who is both an academic and an active practitioner in their subject area". I consider myself a pracademic, and the book I am working on is a great example of this. I applied coaching team theories, models and best practice with a team, resulting in some successes and some failures. The book shares insight gained, which will inform future team coaching theories, models and best practice - a continuous learning loop.
If you'd like to understand how a pracademic approach can help you and your team, please get in touch.
The book I am writing had transitioned from a solo effort (hiding away on my own for weeks at a time trying to fucus), to a team project. A team is defined as a collection of people with a shared purpose who are reliant on each other, and that’s exactly what we are. In addition to me, the primary author, we have 3 x contributing authors, around 10 x peer reviewers, publishers and proofers. I’m enjoying this phase much more as I can bounce ideas around, assess options, and solicit opinion. While accountability in meeting publishers deadlines and requirements remains with me, the burden is shared, and the end result will be much better quality.
Thank you team – love your work and – and thank you for contributing to the team coaching body of knowledge!
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