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Building Top-Performing Teams : A Practical Guide to Team Coaching to Improve Collaboration and Drive Organizational Success.

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Achieve greater business growth using this practical guide to develop your team into a high performing collection rather than a group of disparate individuals.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Skillsoft)
Main Author: Widdowson, Lucy
Other Authors: Barbour, Paul J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Kogan Page, Limited, 2021.
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Teams in the workplace > Training of.
Teams in the workplace > Case studies.
Teams in the workplace
Teams in the workplace > Training of
Case studies
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 01 Introduction: Why the world needs top-performing teams and the argument for team coaching
  • The importance of teams
  • What is a team and how do teams differ from groups?
  • The challenge with teams
  • Team coaching in relation to other forms of team development and intervention
  • Defining team coaching
  • What type of teams can team coaching benefit?
  • Does team coaching work?
  • Moving towards an empirically tested and validated theory of team coaching
  • Our purpose and approach in writing this book
  • How to use this book
  • 02 Beyond tools and techniques: Why is a team coach's 'way of being' so important?
  • Who can be a team coach?
  • The professionalization of coaching
  • The role of the leader in team coaching
  • Team coaching competencies: the 'Being, Doing and Knowing' of team coaching
  • Core coaching competencies: the 'doing' of team coaching
  • Foundation knowledge: the 'knowing' dimension of team coaching
  • Beyond tools and techniques: the 'being' of a team coach
  • Towards team coaching mastery
  • 03 Team coaching frameworks, models and approaches: Introducing the 'Creating the Team Edge' framework
  • Keeping frameworks, models and approaches in perspective
  • Team coaches' views on frameworks, models and approaches
  • Review of frameworks, models and approaches
  • Exploring the 'Creating the Team Edge' framework (Widdowson, 2017)
  • Useful questions for team coaches to consider when reflecting on team coaching frameworks, models and approaches
  • 04 The purpose-driven team: Why does being purpose-driven matter so much?
  • Defining purpose
  • The psychology behind purpose
  • The importance of purpose for organizations
  • Developing a team purpose
  • The challenges of team purpose
  • Tools and techniques for developing team purpose
  • 05 Team identity: Why is team identity so important?
  • Defining identity
  • The psychology behind identity
  • The importance of identity for organizations
  • Developing team identity
  • The challenges of team identity
  • Tools and techniques for developing team identity
  • 06 Team values and beliefs: Why are team values and beliefs so important?
  • Defining values and beliefs
  • The psychology behind values and beliefs
  • The importance of values and beliefs for organizations
  • Developing team values and beliefs
  • The challenges of team values and beliefs
  • Tools and techniques for developing team values and beliefs
  • 07 Team awareness: Why is it important to develop awareness both within and beyond a team?
  • Defining awareness
  • The psychology behind awareness
  • Considerations for awareness in organizations
  • Developing team awareness
  • The challenges of team awareness
  • Tools and techniques for developing team awareness
  • 08 Team relatedness: Why is building trust and connection so important?
  • Defining relatedness
  • The psychology behind relatedness

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