Solution Focused Team Coaching offers readers a simple, practical and effective way to coach teams. Its evidence-based approach, which has been applied successfully to many fields, is presented in an engaging, pragmatic and approachable way, making this book a must read for anyone who wants to broaden their horizon within the team coaching space.
This book presents the background and philosophy of Solution Focused team coaching and then moves on to explore its practical application in various formats of team coaching, with different audience dimensions. The reader will find a useful structure for team coaching processes as well as detailed descriptions for facilitating team coaching "moves" (conventionally called "techniques" or "tools") for both online and live settings. With this book, it is easy to plan a Solution Focused team coaching process from contract negotiation through workshop design to follow-up and evaluation. It covers difficult team situations such as conflicts, and different forms of teams from shop-floor to executive teams, Agile teams and special formats of team coaching, as well as how to facilitate larger teams. Additionally, readers who want to achieve certification and/or accreditation will find it extremely useful to read about ICF, EMCC and AC team coaching competencies and how Solution Focused team coaching is an easy way of embedding those competencies.
Solution Focused Team Coaching is a must for any coach, from those who would like to learn a pragmatic, impactful and easy way to move into team coaching to experienced team coaches who would like to learn a new approach and expand their skills, and anybody interested in exploring the fascinating world of team coaching.
Kirsten Dierolf has been coaching teams since 1996 and has been training team coaches since 2008. She is the owner and founder of SolutionsAcademy, an ICF and EMCC accredited coach training school. Kirsten started her journey with the Solution Focused approach when she studied directly with its founders, Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer, and since then has been passionate about the Solution Focused and other social-constructionist approaches.
Cristina Mühl is an accredited coach and team coach both with ICF and EMCC and also an accredited supervisor, working also with team coaches to develop their own practice. She started supporting teams back in 2010 and her passion for growing teams is transparent in all the team coaching processes and training interactions.
Carlo Perfetto began his career in coaching in 2013, studying and applying the Solution Focused approach in training and in team coaching. He works as a coach trainer, mentor and supervisor for SolutionsAcademy, to which he brings his vast experience and expertise in team coaching and developing people.
Rafal Szaniawski has been coaching using the Solution Focused approach since 2019. Raf also brings his natural enthusiasm and charisma to the training and team coaching space, making it easy to address serious matters in a relaxed manner, creating a safe environment for teams to work on their objectives.
