The Team Coaching Zone Podcast: Coaching | Teams | Leadership

How does arts-based learning rapidly transform culture and performance in teams and organizations? What is the relationship between creative thinking, collaboration and innovation? What research evidence exists to support incorporating arts-based learning in teams? How can these processes be scaled up in organizations? Tune in to this week’s episode of The Team Coaching Zone podcast where host Dr. Krister Lowe interviews special guest Harvey Seifter to explore these and other compelling topics.  Harvey Seifter is Founder and Director of Art of Science Learning (www.artofsciencelearning.org) and Principal Investigator of its two National Science Foundation grants and is one of the world’s leading authorities on organizational creativity and arts‐based learning. Themes explored in the podcast include: Harvey’s journey from classically trained musician to author to Founder of the Art of Science Learning Harvey’s experience at the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and his 2001 book Leadership Ensemble: Lessons in Collaborative Management from the World’s Only Conductorless Orchestra Convening the field of arts-based learning in business Metaforming (symbolic modelling) 2012 $2.8 million grant from National Science Foundation exploring arts-based learning, innovation and business -The development of an arts-based innovation process and curriculum The creation of 3 innovation incubators: San Diego, Chicago, Worcester Teaching innovation through doing it: research on 29 cross-disciplinary teams; 22 teams after 1 year went to market (products, processes, services) The core skills of innovation as well as phases Approaches to infusing arts-based approaches: music, improv, movement, conducting, drawing, sketching Wicked problems as failures of imagination Experimental research: randomized and controlled study of arts-based learning and innovation in teams: 2 phases of innovation: 1) what is the problem and 2) how do we solve it: each with a converge and diverge component The linkage between divergent thinking, convergent thinking, business results and culture change Using research and data to bring arts from the fringes into the center of business processes A story of applying arts-based learning to foster creativity with 22 startups within a Fortune 500 organization The future of innovation, arts-based learning and wicked problems This is an episode that truly all teams, team leaders, and team coaches cannot afford to miss!  For show notes and more great information and resources on team coaching go to: http://www.teamcoachingzone.com/

How does team coaching contribute to team effectiveness and the diffusion of organizational learning? What is the state of research on team coaching? How can team coaches leverage research to inform practice? Tune in to this week’s episode of the Team Coaching Zone Podcast to explore these fundamental questions that strike at the heart of the efficacy of team coaching. Melissa Sayer is a Team & Executive Coach for Performance Hub and a Doctoral Student of team coaching at the University of Portsmouth. Colm Murphy is a Business Coach for teams & leaders for Dynamic Leadership Development Limited and a Doctoral Student of team coaching at the University of Portsmouth as well. Themes covered in the podcast include: -How Colm & Melissa teamed up to contribute to both team coaching scholarship & practice -Colm’s dissertation topic: how team coaching contributes to team effectiveness -Melissa’s dissertation topic: how team coaching contributes to organizational learning -The research-practice gap in the team coaching field -Lack of stakeholder voice in team coaching evaluation measures -The imbalance of current research focusing on leadership teams vs. other types of teams -Team coaching as a learning partnership -Teams as central to the diffusion of learning in organizations -The critical role of coaching as a vehicle for facilitating the “transfer of learning” -The 4 I’s of Learning Transfer: Intuiting, Interpreting, Integrating and Institutionalizing -The wide body of research on team effectiveness and how to measure it -Kirkpatrick’s 4 levels of learning evaluation -Learning in real time via team coaching -Defining and differentiating team coaching -Bringing one’s whole self as a team coach -3 evolutionary metaphors for teams: machine, family, system -Team coaching as an emergent process -Case examples and lessons learned from coaching real teams -And more! Now that the Fall semester is getting underway, it’s time for team coaches to head back to school and get their learning on as well! Tune in to this episode and let Melissa and Colm help you take your scholarship and practice in the area of team coaching to the next level!

How does the shift from the knowledge economy to the collaboration economy impact how we coach leaders and teams in organizations? How can peer group coaching, team coaching and guided mentoring support this shift? Tune in for this week’s episode of the Team Coaching Zone podcast with guest Glain Roberts-McCabe to explore these and other interesting topics and questions. Glain Roberts-McCabe is the Founder & President of The Roundtable--a group & team coaching organization based in Toronto, Canada where leaders cultivate their leadership together. Some themes covered in this podcast include: -Glain’s journey from line leader to classroom trainer to focusing on business development to group and team coaching and then to founding The Roundtable 10 years ago -Peer group coaching, team coaching and guided mentoring in organizations -Addressing high potentials who are at risk of derailment and how they can coach and learn together -The shift from the knowledge economy to the collaborative economy -The hunger for belonging & connectivity in Gen X and the Millennials -The shift to collaborative and collective leadership The Roundtable: a group coaching program targeting leadership development -Use of Feedforward in group coaching -Why coaching leaders in groups is often more powerful than coaching leaders alone one-to-one: seeing people in context -Flipping the classroom approach: how to augment group coaching with training modules -Size, length and frequency of group coaching sessions -How to use a twist on mastermind groups using peer coaching -Upping the coaching skills of group members -The story of an award winning program delivered at PepsiCo by The Roundtable Using group coaching to help leaders and managers learn how to coach their own teams -Team coaching as a guise or stealth approach for leadership development -Guided group mentoring: coaching leaders to mentor groups -Accordion approach to team coaching: working with the team and the individual -The innovative structure of The Roundtable company: advisory council, 1-day conference, members -Great resources at www.GoRoundtable.com The Roundtable approach is a best-in-class role model for how coaches can help organizations transform their approach to learning and also with the dramatic shift to the collaboration economy. This is an episode you cannot afford to miss!

What are the most powerful factors that predict team effectiveness? How much do the designing, launching and coaching phases influence team effectiveness? Tune in to this week’s episode of the Team Coaching Zone Podcast for a round table conversation with Dr Ruth Wageman, Pauline Willis and Dr. Krister Lowe to explore how the TDS Survey and the 6 Conditions of Team Effectiveness answer these and other important topics facing teams in today’s organizations. Dr. Ruth Wageman is a thought leader and practitioner in the area of teams and team effectiveness, the author of Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes To Make Them Great and one of the Creators of the Team Diagnostic Survey along with Dr. Richard Hackman. Pauline Willis is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, coach-mentor and thought leader in executive and team coaching with Lauriate, Ltd and the Coaching and Mentoring Network. Dr. Krister Lowe is an Organizational Psychologist, an executive and team coach and the Founder of the Team Coaching Zone, LLC. In this episode of the podcast, show guests share their journey and mission to bring the TDS Survey and the 6 Conditions of Team Effectiveness to the marketplace in order to increase team effectiveness in organizations and communities Themes covered in this episode include: -Origins of the TDS survey and framework -The 6 Conditions of Team Effectiveness: 3 Essentials (Real Team, Compelling Purpose, Right People) & 3 Enablers (Sound Structure, Supportive Organizational Context, Team Coaching) -Chronology and sequencing of the 6 conditions -3 Key Task Processes: Effort, Strategy, Knowledge & Skill -3 Team Effectiveness Outcomes: Task Performance, Group Process, Member Satisfaction -How the TDS helps predict up to 80% of a team’s effectiveness -The 60-30-10 rule of team intervention: Designing, Launching and Coaching phases of teams -Abundance of poorly designed teams -Upcoming launch of the the Team Diagnostic Survey -Stories/Applications using the TDS Survey with real-world teams: with team leaders: the team leader as team coach; leadership teams that struggle with purpose and being a real team; the limits of training teams in soft skills and using personality assessments to increase performance; using personality assessments with team diagnostics in teams; teams vs. teaming; lessons applying the TDS when working with rapid teams; team of teams – using the TDS with multiple teams within an organization as well as partnering across organizations in an industry (e.g. healthcare); critical teams and change teams; reinventing organizations through transforming teams; supervision of team coaches; collaborative leadership teams; self-governing teams and more This episode is essential listening for all team coaches who are seeking to understand the most powerful levers that drive team effectiveness as well as a measurement instrument that can help teams create the conditions for success. Tune in today and take your team coaching practice to the next level!

How does learning influence action and action influence learning in teams? How can coaches help teams leverage learning to solve complex problems in organizations? Tune in to this week’s episode of The Team Coaching Zone podcast to learn how special guest Dr. Peter Cauwelier leverages Action Learning to help organizations embed teaming and learning into their cultures. Peter Cauwelier, PhD is Chief Team Connector at TEAM.AS.ONE, Managing Director at ASIO Consulting, and Managing Director at the World Institute for Action Learning (Thailand). On the podcast Peter shares his journey from his origins in Belgium, to his move to Thailand 26 years ago, to his more than 20 years of experience leading multi-cultural teams in Asia in various operations management roles in the manufacturing sector, to his transition to becoming a Master Action Learning Coach and to his founding of ASIO Consulting and serving as the Managing Director of the World Institute of Action Learning. Themes explored in the episode include: -Action learning as a problem solving methodology for helping teams work on real complex problems -The dynamic and reciprocal relationship between learning and action -How to balance taking action with learning -How Peter engages CEOs and Senior Leaders to let him use Action Learning on their most complex problems -Applying Action Learning in ad hoc teams, intact teams and with leaders -Stories of hits and misses applying Action Learning in a variety of teams and organizations -Scaling Action Learning with multiple teams -Embedding Action Learning within organizations and to foster teaming cultures -Peter’s E-Book: Team-As-One: When A Team Connects -A conference on teams that Peter is organizing in Chiang Mai, Thailand in November 2018 -And more! This episode is essential listening for all team coaches who are seeking to unleash the power of learning to transform teams and drive organizational change. Tune in today and let Dr. Peter Cauwelier help you take your team coaching practice to the next level!

How can companies address the intersection of technology, complexity and humanity in order to be “ready” for the 21st century?   How can we change mindsets and an organization’s “operating system” in order to foster continuous and participatory change? Tune in to this week’s featured episode of the Team Coaching Zone podcast where special guest Aaron Dignan shares his views on these and other important questions challenging today’s organizations. Aaron Dignan is the Founder of The Ready—an organization design and transformation partner that helps organizations change the way they work. In this episode of the podcast, Aaron shares his journey to founding The Ready and his mission to changing how the world works by examining and transforming how we show up, organize, team and get things done in organizations. Some themes explored in the episode include: 3 forces influencing companies and the future of our species: technology, complexity, humanity “Operating Systems” as a metaphor for seeing organizations as complex adaptive systems Examining current tensions within an organization and how they can be transformed to drive continuous participatory change The Operating System Canvas – 9 areas for organizational diagnosis and visioning Services provided by The Ready Two case examples of organizational intervention facilitated by The Ready: one involving decision making and transforming a company’s “meetings culture” and a second case involving an agile transformation The role of emergence in organizational consultation and change Dynamic teaming and more As the world becomes increasingly complex and uncertain, traditional ways of organizing are holding us back. The Ready provides organizational design and transformation consultants and coaches with a vision as well as practical insights for how institutions can be reinvented to thrive as adaptive networks fit for the 21st century. This is an episode that all team coaches cannot afford to miss. Tune in today and get Ready to upgrade your game!

What forces are disrupting the nature of teaming in organizations? How can team coaches keep up with the pace of change in organizations? What opportunities exist beyond coaching high performing teams?  Tune in to this week's episode of the The Team Coaching Zone podcast with special guest Professor Hawkins to explore these and other compelling questions. In this episode Professor Hawkins updates listeners on what he has been up to in the Team Coaching field since he last appeared 2 years ago in episode #019 of the TCZ podcast.  Themes covered in this episode include: The recent release of the 3rd Edition of Leadership Team Coaching: Developing Collective Transformational Leadership Forces disrupting the team coaching industry: threats and opportunities Leadership about orchestrating the partnership ecosystem Coaching partnerships, networks and relationships between teams Creating teaming cultures 4 Levels of Team Coaching: High Performing Team Coaching, System Team Coaching, Systemic Team Coaching, Ecosystemic Team Coaching Coaching New Types of Teams: startup teams, cutting edge teams, black ops teams, red teams, shadow teams, teams of teams and more Practical tips for coaching teams Developing team coaches and more Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the great pioneers and thought leader in the team coaching field!  This is an episode you surely will not want to miss!

Is the goal of team coaching just about developing better performing teams? Can team coaching also help create better leaders in organizations and the world? How can team coaches balance the roles of coach, facilitator, trainer and consultant in team coaching? Tune in to this week's episode of the Team Coaching Zone Podcast where host Dr. Krister Lowe interviews Serhan Kuseyrioğlu--a Founder and Managing Partner at Elemental V based in Istanbul Turkey--to reveal the answer to these and other important questions. In the episode Serhan shares her compelling story from studying dentistry to becoming a corporate executive in the pharmaceutical industry to discovering coaching and then to founding Elemental V. Themes explored in the episode include: - Serhan's approach to creating Dream Teams -Using team assessments in team coaching -Kickoff workshops -Frequency of team coaching sessions -Embedding skills training in team coaching -Team coaching as a vehicle for leadership development -Pitching team coaching engagements to clients -Co-team coaching -A story of coaching a challenging team to becoming a Dream Team -And more Serhan models in an effortless way how coaching helps us to live more consciously and boldly. And she demonstrates how it also has the power to transform both our individual lives and businesses. This is an episode that all team coaches will surely not want to miss!

What can sailing on a tall ship teach us about increasing our leadership agility and building high performing teams? How can we as coaches and team coaches challenge both ourselves as well as our clients to bring more wholeness and purpose into modern organizations? Would reconnecting more closely with nature reinvigorate individual, team and organizational learning and performance and take us to new levels? Tune in to this week's episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast to explore these and other compelling questions. In this episode, host Dr. Krister Lowe is joined by two colleagues and friends Eric Kohner--a master coach, a senior faculty member at the Coaches Training Institute and a pioneer in coach training and leadership development--and Pim Harder--an individual, team and systems coach who has been a pioneer in bringing coaching to the education and law enforcement sectors in the Netherlands. On the show Eric, Pim and Krister share stories, insights and lessons learned from The Nautilus Experience--a recent leadership and team coach training program that they facilitated on the Wylde Swan tall ship as part of the England to Portugal leg of the 2017 Transatlantic Tall Ships Race and Regatta. Themes explored in the episode include: 1) Eric, Pim and Krister's 1-year journey in becoming a team and conceiving and delivering The Nautilus Program; 2) challenging the leadership and team coaching industry to engage the full human being through the 5 Knowledge Center framework including the Head (Reason), Heart (Emotion), Gut (Intuition), Groin (Passion), and Hands (Action); 3) the role of Nature as a 6th and unifying Knowledge Center; 3) stories of delivering the program on the Wylde Swan tall ship over the course of 2 weeks; 4) the story of how the program became called "The Nautilus Experience"; 5) insights about going through the stages of Forming-Storming-Norming-Performing as both a facilitation team as well as a learning community; and more. The Guys share more about the future of The Nautilus Experience as well as resources where listeners can learn more: www.TeamCoachingZone.com/Nautilus Tune in and get inspired to take your team coaching practice to the next level!

Will artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies render coaches irrelevant? How can coaches embrace and integrate technology into their coaching practices rather than be freaked out or misguided by it? Tune in to this week's episode of The Team Coaching Zone podcast where host Dr. Krister Lowe interviews special guest Dr. Jonathan Kirschner--Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting--to answer these and other important questions. Dr. Jonathan Kirschner is Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting, a Member of the AIIR Global Coaching Alliance, an Executive Coach and a Business Psychologist. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Religion from New York University and a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from Widener University. Jonathan leads a team of professionals at AIIR Consulting dedicated to helping clients achieve sustainable change through the AIIR Method--a place where business and psychology meet. In this episode of the podcast Dr. Kirschner shares his compelling journey to founding AIIR Consulting; AIIR's 4 stage method for driving sustainable change; how AIIR differentiates and scales coaching using technology; The Coaching Zone, Enterprise Coaching Manager and Team Zone platforms; AIIR's approach to Team Effectiveness; the essential dimensions of Team Culture and Team Productivity; AIIR's modular approach to team intervention and coaching; as well as stories coaching both client teams as well as teams within AIIR itself. This is a rich episode that provides listeners with a range of useful tips and tools as well as a compelling vision for how coaches can remain relevant in an increasingly technology-augmented world. Dive into The Team Coaching Zone today and let Dr. Kirschner help you take your team coaching practice to the next level!