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2012
Coaching the Teams as a System:
Unlocking the collective wisdom of the team
Daphne Taylor and Carissa Bub (UK)
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A Relationship System
An interdependent group of people with
a common identity or function.
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The coaching difference
• The relationship system
is the client, not the
individuals within the
system.
• Requires a paradigm shift
from what an individual or
team is doing to what is
trying to happen for the
system.
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The Third Entity™
• John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George
Harrison and Ringo
Starr were individuals.
The Beatles is their
Third Entity™.
• The voice of the
Relationship System.
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Working with the Emotional Field
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Revealing the System
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Team Coaching Set Up
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Join to make up a group of 8
Two people volunteer to coach the team
Others select a role – see handout
Sit in your group and wait for the first instruction
You’ve got 10 minutes
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Designed Partnership Alliance
1. What kind of atmosphere do you want to create while
you are working together?
2. What does this team need to flourish?
3. How will you be together when things get hard or
difficult?
4. What can you count on from each other?
Creates co-accountability and co-responsibility for team
performance (and the relationship system itself).
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Debrief Finco Team Coaching
• What was that experience like?
• What did you learn?
– what is the Third Entity of the Team Coaches?
– what is the Third Entity of the Finco Team?
• How will you apply your learning?
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Carissa and Daphne
THANK YOU.
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