Team of Teams Coaching: Using a Teaming Approach to Increase Business Impact

by Peter Hawkins, Catherine Carr

Overview

For an organization to be successful in the mid-21st century, it is important for all of its teams to be more than the sum of their parts and the organization's team of teams to be more than the sum of the teams. The ability to team with all stakeholders in a quick and agile manner can be a defining difference from other organizations.

Written by the leading global thought leaders on teaming and systemic team coaching, Teams of Teams Coaching provides practical guidance on developing an organizational strategy and culture that delivers critical advantages. It covers the need for team of teams coaching, the benefits of this approach and how to build and implement a team of teams coaching strategy. There is also guidance on how to develop a teaming culture in the organization, building internal team coaching capacity and what to consider when exploring external coaching support.

Full of global research of best practice from over seventy organizations from different sectors, as well as the authors' combined seventy years of working with coaching organizations and the team of teams, this book provides a clear map of the process to become an effective team of teams. This evidence-based guide contains methods and tools that leaders, coaches and consultants can immediately use to achieve improved performance and gain competitive advantage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398613966
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	06/03/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Peter Hawkins is a global thought leader in the coaching industry. He is Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, UK and Dean of Leadership at the European Leadership University. His books Leadership Team Coaching and Leadership Team Coaching in Practice are both published by Kogan Page.

Catherine Carr is an Individual and Team Coach, Consultant, Facilitator and a Director at Carr Kline&Associates. She is based in Victoria, Canada.

Peter Hawkins is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, Chairman of Renewal Associates and President of the Academy of Executive Coaching. He is a global thought leader in systemic team coaching and has trained team coaches in over 50 countries and coached Boards and executive teams for 40 years.

Catherine is a Master Corporate Executive Coach and Systemic Team Coach with a psychotherapy and supervision background.

She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and has studied and worked with Peter for over 12 years (he was her doctorate supervisor and mentor and is still her supervisor and colleague).


She is the North American Lead for Resilience@Work, a Master Trainer for Conflict Dynamics, a certified Marshall Goldsmith Coach, a Leadership Circle Coach and is core faculty and the Head of Practicum with the Global Team Coaching Institute.


Catherine has been coaching leaders and leadership teams for over 20 years. She has extensive experience in the public and not for profit sector. Notably, Catherine helped launch a 26,000-employee public sector team coaching program. She is currently designing and supervising in house systemic team coaching programs and training. Catherine enjoys working with leaders, teams and organizations that seek wellbeing, greater purpose and performance. Catherine has co-authored numerous publications including two based on her doctorate research on team coaching - 50 Tips for Terrific Teams! and High-Performance Team Coaching. She recently co-wrote a 2019 review of new team coaching research in the Handbook of Team Coaching.

Table of Contents

• Section - One: The Why and What of Systemic Team of Teams Coaching
• • Chapter - 1: Why do we need a Systemic Team of Teams Approach;
  • Chapter - 2: What is a Team of Teams and a Systemic Team of Teams Approach;
  • Chapter - 3: The role of a Team of Teams Approach;
• Section - Two: The ‘How’ of a Systemic Team of Teams Approach to Organizational Development
• • Chapter - 4: The Team of Teams Coaching Journey;
  • Chapter - 5: Transitions and Transformations in the Organizational Life Cycle;
  • Chapter - 6: Organizational Transformation;
  • Chapter - 7: Evaluation and evolution;
  • Chapter - 8: What the research revealed: key themes and insights;
• Section - Three: The contribution of a Systemic Team of Teams Approach to other levels of development
• • Chapter - 9: Coaching the Connections rather than the parts;
  • Chapter - 10: Every Team is a Team of Teams;
  • Chapter - 11: Coaching the Inner Team;
• Section - Four: Developing the field of Systemic Team of Teams Approach and its Practitioners
• • Chapter - 12: Development and Supervision;
  • Chapter - 13: Ethical Challenges and Dilemmas;
  • Chapter - 14: Tools and Methods;
• Section - Five: Going forward together
• • Chapter - 15: Going Forward and Looking Back

Editorial Reviews

"Peter and Catherine have created a timely and essential guide in Team of Teams Coaching. This book is a masterclass in addressing the complexity of today's interconnected challenges through systemic collaboration. By blending deep insights with actionable frameworks, the authors equip leaders, coaches and organizations to foster sustainable, large-scale cooperation. It's a transformative read for anyone committed to creating collective impact in a world that desperately needs it."

Marshall Goldsmith

"Peter Hawkins and Catherine Carr have created a compelling read in Team of Teams Coaching. No, I would go further - they have created an essential read. Essential for coaches, leaders and humanity. The authors bring together ecological issues with systems thinking and team working, to create a masterpiece of a book which that redefines our thinking around team leadership, team collaboration and system wide working."

Henley Business School & Senior Vice President EZR Prof Jonathan Passmore

"In a world driven by competition and national interests, Peter and Catherine invite readers to rethink the very nature of human collaboration. We welcome this timely and important book which defines Systemic Team of Teams Coaching (STOTC) and explores practical ways to work with teams in a deeply inspired, radical and interconnected way. We are confident that this book will help shape the future of how each of us leads, coaches and contributes to teams, organizations and wider society."

Lucy Widdowson and Paul J Barbour

"Team of Teams Coaching challenges us to consider how a more connected way of working is an evolved and efficient way to tackle the complexities of our modern day. This book prompts us to reconsider how we work together at a critical juncture in history, urging us to choose a more connected and effective approach. We are called to action to fully appreciate, investigate and nurture deeper understanding of the interconnections between individuals, teams and their wider ecosystems. Readers might be initially drawn to this book to improve team performance, but will leave inspired to foster a more sustainable and interconnected future."

Alana Weiss

"From the earlier models on the 5 Cs of Systemic Coaching and 7 Eyes of Supervision, Peter and Catherine have created a far more powerful systemic team approach and models of STOTA and STOTC. As a practicing systemic leadership team coach with an organization that focuses on spiritual intelligence, I see great coherence and convergence. I resonate with the call for action, if not now, when, if not us, who, if not working together, how, spiritually."

Self-Development Coach Ram Ramanathan