A Team Coaching programme is tailored to the specific needs of the client. Typically it consists of the following steps:

• The coach meets with each member of the team. The team is observed in action and the members are introduced to the Team Coaching programme.
• At a longer meeting (possibly off-site) the team works to develop shared vision, values, standards, goals and accountability.
• At its on-going meetings, the team works to deliver its operational and strategic goals - with the live coaching helping to continually get better at doing so.

As time passes, the team becomes increasingly adept at coaching itself and has less and less need for the external coach.

Coaching improves team performance because it:

• works live with the on-going issues and goals the team is engaged with.
• is results oriented. The coach helps the team identify clear goals - and then achieve them.
• builds on the experience, skills and talents already present in the team.
• generates shared commitment to and accountability for the goals of the team as a whole, not just individual's own goals.
• sharpens communication and interpersonal skills.
• values and builds on the diversity in the team, rather than seeking uniformity.
• promotes an appreciative and challenging climate in which members are able to perform to their best.
• ensures that meetings are focused - and hence more effective and efficient.
• manages the group dynamics which can undermine team effectives and uses them move the team to higher levels of performance.