The coaching circle and teams
Featured in the The Coaching Skills Activity Pack training manual
By Tony Gillen
Category: Mentoring and Coaching
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
This is a powerful and enjoyable training activity, which provides an opportunity for participants to work as a team. It uses the coaching circle technique to focus on improving how they work together in order to complete the task in hand and achieve the set objective.
You set the group, which requires them to work as a team in order to complete it satisfactorily. It is a ball game called ‘hot potato (or satisfying the customer)’. The participants begin by setting a team goal. They the each set a personal goal – what they will do to contribute to better teamwork. You then start the exercise, using the coaching circle technique at intervals, to review their progress and keep them on track towards their team goal. When they have achieved their goal and produced a result that will ‘satisfy the customer’, you lead a full review of individual and team performance.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with participants in order to improve teamwork and performance a team achieves.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 6 |
| Max Group Size: | 12 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:50:00 |
| No of Pages: | 18 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: 4 balls - 3 similar and 1 different
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with any group who need to improve their team-working abilities. It is also an excellent training activity to use with customer support or sales staff that must focus on how to deliver high-quality customer service. Participants should have already completed ‘The coaching circle’. You can use the training activity with team members, or with managers who will then go back to their own teams and apply these techniques. This activity can also be used to reinforce ‘Building a better team’.
Download the training activity, The coaching circle and teams as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Coaching Skills Activity Pack