Custom Group Coaching Programs
What Would Group Coaching Look Like For You or Your Team?
If you feel more comfortable in a group environment, want the benefit of learning from your peers, and are looking for a more economical coaching option, then Group Coaching is probably the best fit for you. I can customize a Group Coaching program for group of like-minded peers such as program managers, recently-promoted leaders, executive women leaders, etc. If you have a team that you want to increase their effectiveness or to strengthen the relationships within the team, I will customize a Group Coaching program for them. Characteristics of a typical Group Coaching program are:
- 75-minute coaching sessions in a group teleconference (2x/month)
- Individual 20-30 min. laser coaching (1x/month)
- Ideal group size of 6-10 clients and 1 coach
- Homework is assigned as needed to practice new skills
- Assessments as needed
- Minimum length of group coaching program is 6 months
Examples of successful Group Coaching programs are:
- Executive women in technology (non-competing companies)
- VPs for a financial services company
- Program Managers (within one company or from non-competing companies)
- Recently promoted executives with technical backgrounds and no leadership experience
- Owners of professional services companies in a specific industry (non-competing companies)
- Existing project teams
- Recently-formed groups
- Executive women leaders
- SVPs reporting to the CEO
- Program Managers
I also have a unique program called DrawSuccess which has been phenomenally successful at companies like AT&T, Time Warner, and CocaCola to bring their teams to a higher level of performance. I usually integrate DrawSuccess into my group coaching program where we will have a one-day Team Transformation workshop using DrawSuccess, then continue with a group coaching program over the phone to ensure that the team is integrating the learnings into their daily routine and improving their team performance.
Want to See a Sample Proposal for Group Coaching?
Click here to download a sample proposal for a customized group coaching program. The example is for a company that wanted a coaching program for a group of 8 Regional Sales Directors who were the only women in that role at their company.
Want to See a Sample Client Agreement?
Sure! Click here to download a sample agreement for 1-on-1 Executive Coaching. This agreement is typical when my client (who I’m coaching) is not the same person as the sponsor (the person who is paying for the coaching). Note also that we agree on initial goals for the coaching program, which is what you want to achieve personally through coaching.
The Client Agreement for Group Coaching is similar but will be customized for each group.
How do you get started with Group Coaching?
- Click here to contact me and let me know that you want to get started with a group coaching program.
- We will discuss your goals for group coaching, then decide on an outline for your customized group coaching program.
- You will talk with your team about the proposed group coaching program and get their buy-in.
- You will pick a coaching timeslot from my calendar for the group coaching program.
- I will draft a Proposal for Group Coaching and a client agreement for you to sign.
- We start coaching!
Want to Read Some More About Coaching?
Ok, I know that many of you are new to coaching, so here are some articles you can read to learn more:
- “What Can Coaches Do For You?” – Harvard Business Review, January 2009
- “Is Coaching Worth the Money? Assessing the ROI of Executive Coaching” – exerpt from The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets by Howard Morgan, Phil Harkins, and Marshall Goldsmith (eds.), 2005
- “The Ridler & Co. Survey of Trends in Buying Executive Coaching 2007″
- “ROI from Management & Executive Coaching” – Right Management Consultants, 2007
- “Ungagged: Executives on Executive Coaching” – Ivey Business Journal, May/June 2006