Leadership Team Coaching

An individual can positively influence the organization but sustained organizational change requires that all members of the leadership team actively participate in the process. Many of our team coaching and consulting clients invited our participation because a team member who participated in individual coaching realized the benefits of leadership team coaching to the larger organization. They came to understand how organizational coaching can be a catalyst for shifting cultures

Organizational coaching does not focus on dysfunction or laying blame but is about getting everyone on the same page. Even teams that work well together can deepen their connection and leverage that to create a profound impact on the larger organization. The whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts and is able to drive change in ways they couldn’t have been imagined before. Leadership team coaching gives them the ability to gain scale and leverage coaching across the organization.

In the organizational coaching process, team members identify shared values and goals which are the glue that hold the team together in times of conflict or uncertainty. Executive teams that participate in leadership team coaching report higher trust among team members which leads to higher quality decision making. Team members are able talk about issues and engage in generative conflict rather than competitive debate thus avoiding a negative impact the organization.

Consider the following from a client who credits Link Resource Group with their recent recognition as “The Best Place to Work in Wichita”:

“We didn’t really understand what coaching was at first. We thought, ‘We’re a team and we’re working well together so why do we need coaching? We’re not broken so what are you going to fix?’ The team members caught on to the idea when they realized it’s not about fixing something that’s broken but making a good team even better, more comfortable with each other, and more honest. We know now that if we’re not honest with each other, the problem will never get better. We know we’re loyal and progress takes work over the years and each of us needs to grow to develop as a team.”