Group and Team Coaching

This book offers a new perspective on the subconscious and non-verbal processes through which people learn and communicate with each other in groups. Describing these processes in the context of modern organisational life, it provides practical advice about how to do group and team coaching. Introducing key concepts from psychology, group analysis and systems theory, Group and Team Coaching gives practical guidance on core areas of group coaching: team coaching, group supervision, action learning sets and other learning groups. Casting new light on the 'secret life' of groups and teams, it discusses: the invisible processes of group dynamics pitfalls of group coaching and how to avoid them how to design coaching interventions common dilemmas ethics and supervision With many vignettes and case studies, Group and Team Coaching is essential reading for coaches who work with groups and teams.

ISBN 0415472288   Pages 288 ISBN13 9780415472289 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 317 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Published in London Imprint Routledge   Series title Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 05 Mar 2010   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 658.407124   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

Preface		What this book does
1		Introduction : what is group coaching?		3
2		Learning, holding and exchange		23
3		Looking deeper : the secret life of groups		44
4		Eight group factors influencing learning and change		64
5		Understanding organizations, groups and teams : systems thinking		87
6		Team coaching		117
7		Learning group coaching		147
8		Supervision groups		164
9		Strategies for tackling problem behaviour		193
10		Groups that do not work : understanding and tackling dysfunctional patterns in group behaviour		214
11		Managing beginnings, middles and endings : boundaries of the group		233
		Afterword		250
		Suggested further reading		253
		Continuous professional development in the unconscious dynamics of groups and organizations		255
		Frequently asked questions		258
		References and bibliography		260
		Index		269

"The Coaching profession needs a book like this to appreciate where group and team coaching has evolved from (like many forms of coaching, from many disciplines) and to put a 'stake in the ground' at this stage of our evolutionary growth." - Katherine Tulpa, From the Foreword

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