Team Coaching Options

• The workshop options set out below address the core processes that sit at the heart of coaching a team, particularly when working with a project team. Some workshops are designed to help create a shift in perspective, while others are quite practical.

• By applying them consistently with your team, you can develop your confidence as a project manager or leader. As you read through these descriptions, think about how you currently work with your teams and how these concepts could improve the outcomes you are seeking.

First Foundations Workshops

A series of workshops to set the project team up for success by taking a wide angle lens on the environment that the project is situated in.

Outcomes:

• Have a clear and realistic view of the project challenges ahead

• Help develop a broader view of the systemic issues that will face your team

• Start discussions designed to create greater understanding and build trust

• Take a proactive approach on identified issues and challenges

"Balancing Act: Navigating Project Paradoxes and Sponsor Priorities"

• Learn a mechanism for discussing paradoxical demands

• Understand stakeholder ‘needs’ over ‘wants’ and where sponsors’ priorities lie within each paradox

60-90 minutes

"Establish a Clear Compelling Vision"

• Build motivation and commitment to the project

• Create focus for future decision making

• Hear from the sponsor their vision for the project

15 - 45 minutes

“Dangerous Assumptions and Leaps of Faith”

• Take a reality check on the state of the project being good enough to proceed

• Gain a sense that all the bases have been covered

• Learn a simple process to guard against being overly optimistic

15-30 minutes

Set-up for an Effective Team

At the formation stages of the team’s development, set up the team’s behavioral norms including how they will be monitored during execution.

• Establish a clear compelling vision

• Establish connections with key stakeholders

• Conduct a Team Climate assessment

• Agreement on team ground rules

• Agreement on individual and collective participation and accountability

Tools for Communication

Facilitation of activities and routines that promote clear communication and open dialogue.

• Structured approaches to problem-solving

• Encouragement of all points of view and perspectives

• Effective meeting strategy

• Calling out the Elephant in the room

• Sustaining stakeholder support