The power of peers!

I have been part of the same coach peer group for around 8 years now. Some of us have moved in and out, and some of us have taken a break for a while, yet most have stuck together all this time. It's a safe yet structured space, to share our personal, professional and client related learning and challenges. Today we talked about resilience - our own, and our clients, what it means for us personally and the implications on our work. We shared personal stories, client stories, tips and research material. Thank you so much to our special group Aenslee Tanner, Alyson Keller (PCC, ICF), Helene Deschamps PCC, Sabine Hillebrandt, Nicky Benson, Gigi Hui (and past peers as well). Love you guys!

And of course, this is not just a suggestion for coaches. I am confident in saying all leaders would benefit from regular, structured, small group discussions, to share personal, professional learnings and challenges. If you would like some advice on how to structure peer conversations, please get in touch with any of us - I am sure we would be happy to help.

#peerpower#learnfromeachother#peergroups

Real People!

And real post-it notes and flip charts and sharpies! My first face-to-face team coaching session today since July 2021. The shift from virtual back to face-to-face went very smoothly. So refreshing to read natural body language, use tangible tools, walk around a room, and not have technology anxiety. And long may it continue!

If you would like to re-ignite your team development with face-to-face sessions, with real people and post-it notes and flip charts and sharpies, please get in touch.

#teamcoaching#realpeople#facetoface

Is a team ever “ready”?

I think they are rarely ready for team development and coaching, but start anyway! Teams are/were also not ready for the impacts of COVID, or inflation, or wars, or other environmental factors, but it happens/happened anyway.

When I reflect back on a team I worked with over a number of years, and know very well, they were not ready. The leader wasn’t really open to change at the time, the team were new to their roles and completely absorbed with significant system and process changes, and they lacked the resources they needed to deliver to stakeholders. But we started working together anyway, and it turned out to be the right decision. Recently the leader shared “Looking back now I am grateful we started the work when we did, as the work done early on played a big part in having survived/succeeded the impacts of COVID-19.” And the team feel the same way.

We don’t know what’s around the corner and what may seem like the wrong time, might in fact be the right time. Just start!

If you would like to find out more about how team coaching can help you and your team survive the unexpected... just start... get in touch!

#teamcoaching#teamdevelopment#juststart#expectunexpected