Team Coaching With Impact At Work: A handbook for team coaches
Gill Graves
Rethink Press
ISBN: 978 1781 33833 9
I have enjoyed reading Gill Graves’ new book. It’s the culmination of her doctoral research which was co-created with team coaches sharing experiences of their practice and methodology.
It blends theory, ethical best practice and the real-life messiness of working with teams in an emergent discipline. As someone who has been team coaching for 10 years, I recognise this messiness.
I found there were some great questions and signposting which enabled me to review and reflect on my practice. I recognised approaches and tools I already use and new ones for me to explore further. For experienced team coaches, this is a great benchmarking tool. For new team coaches, it offers a simple model, offered as an example; a compendium of resources, and reflections on real life teams to help steer your path. All written in very practical language.
Above all, it highlights the necessity of supervision as a partner to the team coach, questioning if this is the same or a different supervisor for individual work. As someone with a foot in all those camps, I agree it’s vital.
Overall, a very useful book that I’ll be dipping back into regularly.
- Annabel Graham is an accredited master executive and team coach with the AC, a coach supervisor and leadership facilitator. She has been independent team coach for 12 years, working across private, public and third sector organisations, mainly with senior leadership teams, newly formed teams and teams in conflict.