From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching

Chapter 4

Design Principles and Practices for Coaching Many

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

—Freeman Thomas¹

A whole book could be devoted to designing effective team and group coaching programs. In general we want to lead from adult learning principles and consider active engagement throughout the process. Specific distinctions around virtual programs are made in Chapter 7.

I find that coaches are hungry for practical tools to do their work better. In Effective Group Coaching, I introduced some of the core tools to support you with your program development. These tools are foundational in both team and group coaching work:

• MindMapping initial program ideas