Leadership Team Coaching

Peter Hawkins is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, UK, and a visiting professor at the University of Bath, UK, and Oxford Brookes University, UK. The President of the Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS) and the founder and emeritus chairman of Bath Consultancy Group and chairman of Renewal Associates, he has worked with many leading companies internationally, co-designing and facilitating major change projects and coaching boards and leadership teams. A regular keynote speaker at international conferences, he is also the author of several books including Leadership Team Coaching in Practice, also published by Kogan Page.

Section - ONE: High-performing teams;


Chapter - 01: Why the world needs more high-performing leadership teams;
Chapter - 02: The high-performing team and the transformational leadership team;
Chapter - 03: The five disciplines of successful team practice;


Section - TWO: Team coaching;


Chapter - 04: What is team coaching?;
Chapter - 05: The team coaching process and journey;
Chapter - 06: Coaching the five disciplines – Systemic team coaching;


Section - THREE: Coaching different types of teams;


Chapter - 07: Many types of teams;
Chapter - 08: Coaching the board;


Section - FOUR: The next frontier for systemic team coaching – Beyond the high-performing team;


Chapter - 09: Disrupting and renewing team coaching;
Chapter - 10: New dimensions for eco-systemic team coaching;


Section - FIVE: Creating shared leadership, selecting, developing and coaching your own team – Advice to chief executives and other team leaders;


Chapter - 11: Selecting the players for a high-performing team;
Chapter - 12: Key steps for CEOs in creating a high-performing team with shared leadership;
Chapter - 13: How to find, select and work with a good team coach;
Chapter - 14: Developing as a team coach;
Chapter - 15: Supervising team coaching;
Chapter - 16: Team coaching methods, tools and techniques;
Chapter - 17: Conclusion

"This book is deservedly a business canon of the twenty first century. A seminal text used worldwide whenever team coaching is considered. In this fourth edition, Prof. Peter Hawkins includes new material that keeps this classic text current and introduces new ideas to push the industry forward. A must have!"

"This wonderful masterpiece is the absolute almanac for anyone who appreciates the power and potential of teams- powerful and prolifically practical it will support leaders, coaches, consultants and anyone who acknowledges the importance of collective wisdom in enacting systemic transformation. A must have."

"In a world that has changed so rapidly and is increasingly accelerating, Peter has once again invited us to step into his greater garden of systemic wisdom, updating perspectives around diversity in teams, agile team working, psychological safety and the wider ecology within the field of team coaching. This work is a forward looking brave next step to be taken (most certainly!) by coaches and team coaches, but even more so by all those who sit in team meetings wondering if there is another way."

"The area of team coaching is one in which we all still have so much to learn. Peter continues to be our guide and this latest edition will be another well-thumbed, annotated, and highly regarded book on the shelves here at Belbin HQ."

"Peter's approach is a great blend of philosophy, psychology and real application for results. I feel fortunate to have been trained by him. This is the most practical coaching program available today, that is grounded in business results."

"With thought-provoking insights and practical tips in every chapter, this book is a resource you'll return to again and again."

"Inspiring to see this benchmark guide to team coaching brought right up-to-date. It illustrates how team coaching can work virtually, and wisely addresses diversity, the new world post pandemic and the global climate crisis."

"Whether you're a seasoned team coach or leader or have just started working with teams, the fourth edition of this seminal publication is an important resource. Hawkins' enhanced content is impactful and inspires us to be revolutionary."