For teams to be successful, they need to have a basic understanding of why they exist, where they fit, and how they’ll accomplish their objectives. We use a team charter as a coaching tool in all our interventions.

A team charter is a document that defines your team’s overall objectives, resources, and constraints. The team charter is a playbook for existing and new team members to understand how to navigate the boundaries and stay on the same page.

The most important questions that a coach will ask is WHY DO YOU NEED TEAM COACHING? AND WHY DO YOU NEED IT NOW? The coach will identify the problems that motivate the desire for change.

• Team coaching is based on insider expertise. In team coaching, team members become the de facto coaches to each other. Team members are in a position to provide expert advice to each other. They can provide an insider view as it relates to their business and their people.
• Team coaching is very resource-efficient. One executive coach works with all team members, while the team members support each other in the ongoing team coaching process.
• In team coaching, leaders and teams change at the same time. The team as a whole defines one leadership growth area for the team. Additionally, each team member defines his/her leadership growth area that relates to the team focus. As such, there is a combined team effort with the aim to achieve personal results and team results at the same time.
• Team coaching is not about attending a one-off team development workshop; it is an ongoing process. A process that will lead to measurable team improvement.