1. Introduction: what is group coaching? 2. Learning, holding and exchange 3. Looking deeper: the secret life of groups 4. Eight group factors influencing learning and change 5. Understanding organizations, groups and teams: systems and complexity thinking 6. Team coaching 7. Learning group coaching 8. Supervision groups 8a. Supervising in groups 8b. The art of being supervised 9. Strategies for tackling problem behaviour 10. Teams and groups that do not work: understanding and tackling dysfunctional patterns 11. Managing beginnings, middles and endings: boundaries of the group
Christine Thornton is a group analyst and coach who has provided consultation to individuals, teams and organisations for over 25 years. She holds an MSc in Psychology, is a Full Member of the Institute of Group Analysis and an Invited Honorary Member of the Association for Professional Executive Coaches and Supervisors and the Association of Coaching Supervisors. Christine is Convenor of the Institute of Group Analysis’ training in organisational work, Reflective Practice in Organisations.
‘Christine’s book has made an important contribution; she brings
together three important root strands of this field and valuably
integrates them: analytic groups, human systems and Action
Learning…Christine also provides thoughtful guidance to
practitioners about traps to be avoided and sage advice for how
best to use tools and what tool are best suited to different
presenting issues and situations. She shows us how being a group or
team coach requires not only a thorough training to develop the
discipline needed to practice the art and craft of group and team
coaching, but also a life time’s personal development and
reflective practice to develop the holding presence combined with
the humility to step back and enable the team or group to do their
own work.’ - Peter Hawkins, from the forewordPraise for the first
edition of Group and Team Coaching:‘A very lucid, clear and
pragmatic exposition what groups are for, how they function, how
they malfunction and how they can be worked with much more
competently...indispensable to leaders, managers and psychology
professionals.’ - Gerhard Wilke, Ashridge Business School & Hon.
Fellow I.A.G.P.‘As team coaching becomes more widely used, this
book provides invaluable insights into the complexities and
unconscious processes in groups which coaches need to understand. .
Christine Thornton shares theory in a very accessible way, and
gives practical pointers to help coaches work at a deeper level and
more effectively.’ - Gill Smith, Chair, Association for Coaching
UK
"She strikes a nice balance between what informs group coaching –
the bedrock, if you will – and practical, real-world examples from
her twenty-five years’ experience in the field. The Coaching
profession needs a book like this."Katherine Tulpa, Chair of
Association for Coaching [Global], from the foreword ‘Ms Thornton
has written a sophisticated, cogent book targeting the burgeoning
world of group and team coaching. She integrates group analytic and
systems theories into the fundamental components of this new
profession as well as provides functional tools for working with
teams and groups…Thornton’s scholarly work establishes a benchmark
text in the budding world of group and team coaching.’ -
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy‘Breaking down complex
systems and group analytic theory into understandable parts of a
whole…permeating Thornton’s approach to coaching is the science and
psychodynamics of how we learn….a real celebration of group
analysis.’ - Group Analysis‘The author says she "set out to write a
book that would share some new understandings of group and team
life in organisations", and "if the book encourages group and team
coaches to question and reflect more on what they find in their
work, it will have achieved its purpose". The author’s wealth of
experience ensures that this is achieved.’ - The Coaching
Psychologist
‘I found Group and Team Coaching: The Essential Guide refreshing in
its honesty and willingness to confront the often unconscious "dark
side" of group and organizational experience that so frequently
interferes with task achievement…a recommended and refreshing work
especially for social workers who manage teams, divisions, and
organizations.’ - Social Work with Groups
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