13. Group Coaching: Preparing to Facilitate a Group Coaching Set

Who among us would not benefit by engaging in a learning conversation, artfully and skillfully led by a competent and caring facilitator who teaches us how to draw on the collective knowledge of engaged and trusted colleagues? In a nutshell, the ideal background for a Group Coaching facilitator is an artful blend of group process…

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12. Group Coaching—The Executive Sponsor and Project Manager

Transformational change programs (such as Action Learning projects) achieve their intended results with the clear, active, and steadfast sponsorship of a senior manager and the attentive planning skills of a project manager. Both roles require organizational influence, strategy, and belief in the value of Group Coaching. Attributes and Roles of a Strong Executive Sponsor (typically…

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11. Group Coaching: It’s not your Traditional Training Experience

Group Coaching differs substantially from traditional training methods. Training offers content: Action Learning builds new solutions and insights. In the words of an experienced practitioner, Work-based learning…differs from conventional education in that it involves conscious reflection on actual experience…one constantly thinks about one’s problem solving process. It is not enough just to ask, “What did…

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