Group coaching/ team development

Action Learning Coaching Circles (guided by a professional coach)
  • You are a small business owner and feel you are alone, with no one to turn to at your work to help you think through a certain problem that is draining your energy and resources?
  • You are a manager and your boss is too busy to give you guidance or you feel uncomfortable bouncing ideas off him/her?
  • You feel stuck with a particular situation and can’t afford to pay a high priced coach?
Action Learning coaching circles might be for you!!!

What are they?
  • A group of 5 to 6 participants/managers/small business owners
  • Who meet every 4 to 6 weeks
  • To focus on work-related issues/challenges
  • Not by giving each other advice but rather by going through a collaborative inquiry process.
The process leads to significant reflection and breakthrough in thinking which, as a result, provides individuals with new possibilities for action and new ways of seeing the issue. During this collaborative inquiry process, participants learn from and coach each other as they identify new ways and approaches to moving projects forward. There is an immediate and direct impact on the way the participants think and behave when they are back at the workplace.

How do they work?
  • Sessions are one day-long in duration; (this is key and allows you to step out of your workplace, step back and “be” in the session for yourself and the other participants)
  • You bring a topic/issue to the group which is giving you a challenge or where you feel you have tried many approaches but still without a satisfactory outcome;
  • The group is guided with the help of a circle coach in asking exploratory questions;
  • Each participant is given an hour of “air time” which ends with reflection;
  • Process is repeated until each member of the circle has had his/her “air time”.

What are the benefits to participating in an Action Learning Coaching Cirlces?

Here are a few of the many benefits you can expect:
  • Connecting with others and having an opportunity to learn from people who share similar experiences and are struggling with the same problems;
  • Developing an awareness and better understanding of the wider context in which challenges and stuckness may sit;
  • Having a rare and yet exceptional opportunity to discuss challenges openly in a secure, confidential environment where managers/business owners feel supported and understood by their peers;
  • Cost is minimal and yet impact is significant;
  • Developing leadership, self-awareness, and breakthroughs in way of approaching challenges.
  • Strengthens your intention to undertake action with confidence;
  • Develop self-generating capacity to address other challenges as they arise;
  • Participate in a powerful learning activity as you and your peers achieve your goals and become coaches to each other.