My Services
Team coaching for senior teams who need to perform under pressure
Most senior teams have no shortage of intelligence. What often breaks down, under pressure, is their ability to think and act together.
Research backs this up. In Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great, Ruth Wageman and colleagues identify team coaching as a key enabler of effective senior teams. In practice, it helps teams shift the patterns that drive performance (and the ones that quietly undermine it).
Alignment on priorities, purpose and trade-offs (and stopping the team trying to do everything)
Faster decisions and cleaner follow-through
More honest challenge with less unspoken tension
Stronger trust, psychological safety and shared accountability
Better collaboration across functions and a clearer ‘one team’ story
A team that can absorb pressure and change without burning people out
How it works
No two assignments are the same. Every team has its own history, relationships and dynamics. I start with a diagnostic step to understand what is really happening in the system and where a small number of shifts will make the biggest difference.
From there, we work in sessions anchored in the team’s live agenda. We use what is happening in real time (disagreements, avoidance, power, pace, decision-making) as the material for learning and change.
Surfacing patterns: what you repeat under pressure, and what it costs you
Clarifying purpose and the work that only this team can do
Improving the quality of dialogue, debate and decision-making
Building the muscle for constructive conflict
Strengthening trust, appreciation and team-level accountability
Working explicitly with power dynamics and avoidance
Translating this into practical changes in meetings, decisions and day-to-day leadership
What makes this different
My approach is Gestalt-informed and complexity-aware. That means we focus less on fixing individuals, and more on shifting the conditions and patterns through which performance emerges.
Diagnostics and psychometrics (Hogan and Insights)
Where it adds value, I integrate diagnostic data into the work. I offer the full suite of Hogan psychometrics (HPI, HDS and MVPI) and Insights Discovery reports. These tools can accelerate self-awareness, surface risks under pressure, and help teams make better use of their differences.
Used well, psychometrics are not the answer. They are a catalyst for deeper, more honest conversations and better decisions.