Team Development with a Coach or Mentor

A team developer works with a team using a similar approach to that of the one-to-one development service. A programme is devised that responds to your particular team needs and incorporates elements of coaching, mentoring, and action learning as appropriate for you.

Coaching - identifying your learning needs and working with the developer to develop specific skills and competences

Mentoring - reflecting with the developer on your situation, with the aim of seeing for yourself how changing your approach may yield successful results

Action Learning - working with the developer to devise a number of action steps and maximising the learning from your experiences in implementing them through assisted reflection.

Typically a team would meet with their developer for four to six sessions over a period of twelve months. Where possible the sessions are held away from your work place. The precise format of the sessions varies from team to team but in every case it concludes with a review of learning from the session. A summary of this learning is prepared by the developer and sent to you, not only as a reminder of the learning already achieved but also as a reminder of the means by which you have agreed to translate this learning into practice. At the end of the programme both progress and process are reviewed and a forward plan agreed.

Other services that may be of interest if your team is not functioning in the constructive, collaborative, challenging and yet supportive, quality oriented way that you would like include: facilitation, service development, and/or support for the service leader. You may want to commission a workshop or programme on team development.

If you would like to discuss Team Development please contact us on info@reallylearning.com