1st Edition

The Wise Team Coach Crafting A Personal Approach To Team Coaching

By Paul Lawrence Copyright 2025
142 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on three years of meta- research into team effectiveness and coaching, this book explores some of the most common contradictions and debates around the topic of team coaching and presents readers with a framework to enable them to explore this field for themselves, reflecting on their own experience and drawing their own conclusions. Team coaching in organisations is still a relatively... Read more

Introduction  1. Competencies and Practical Judgment  2. The 3Ps  3. Ten Debates  4. Ten Debates and Three Global Industry Associations  5. The 3Ps – Philosophy  6. The 3Ps – Purpose  7. The 3Ps – Practice  8.Team Coaching Supervision  9. Conclusions

Biography

Dr Paul Lawrence enjoyed a long corporate career, leading teams and businesses in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Australia, and Japan. Paul has been working as a coach and consultant since 2007, based in Sydney, Australia, and is a research associate at Oxford Brookes University in the UK.

‘This is an immensely accessible discussion of what it might be to be a team coach. Paul has drawn on a significant body of research and on his own extensive experience to guide the reader through a process of finding out for themselves what they want their practice to stand for. The contribution is significant in terms of helping the development of a rapidly expanding practice at the same time as drawing attention to the value of reflexivity in the practice of team coaching. The whole is presented in everyday language with practical, and highly relatable, examples.’

Dr. Peter Jackson, Director International Centre for Coaching & Mentoring Studies, Oxford Brookes Business School