The Art of Coaching Teams
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Norms that Build a Thriving Team Culture: A How-To Guide
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Chapter 1
Exhibit 1.1 – Dimensions of a Great Team – A Tool for Reflection
Exhibit 1.2 – Indicators of an Effective Team
Exhibit 1.3 – Do We Need a Team?
Chapter 3
Exhibit 3.1 – Team Temperature Check
Chapter 4
Exhibit 4.1 – Transformational Coach Team’s Mission and Vision
Exhibit 4.2 – Determining a Team’s Mission and Vision
Exhibit 4.3 – Transformational Coaching Team’s Core Values
Exhibit 4.4 – Team Member Roles and Responsibilities
Exhibit 4.5 – Example of a Team’s Communication Agreements
Exhibit 4.6 – Transformational Coach Team Goals, 2013-14
Chapter 5
Exhibit 5.1 – Examples of Norms
Exhibit 5.2 – Example Of Agenda For Norm Building
Exhibit 5.3 – What Do Our Norms Mean?
Exhibit 5.4 – Reflection Questions On Our Norms
Chapter 6
Exhibit 6.1 – Indicators of a Team’s Emotional Intelligence
Exhibit 6.2 – Forty-Four Ways to Build The Emotional Intelligence of a Team
Chapter 7
Exhibit 7.1 – Reflection Questions on Communication
Exhibit 7.2 – Patterns of Participation
Exhibit 7.4 – How Do I Listen?
Exhibit 7.5 – Behaviors that Foster and Undermine Effective Conversations
Chapter 8
Exhibit 8.1 – Example of an Agenda for Decision Making
Exhibit 8.2 – Decision-Making Grids
Exhibit 8.3 – Fist to Five Decision Making
Exhibit 8.4 – Consensus-Building Process Checking
Exhibit 8.5 – Decision-Making Norms
Exhibit 8.6 – Feedback on Decision-Making Process
Chapter 9
Exhibit 9.1 – Indicators of a Learning Organization
Chapter 10
Exhibit 10.1 – Example of a Team’s Meeting Schedule
Exhibit 10.2 – Outcomes for Team Meetings
Exhibit 10.3 – Meaning-Making Protocol
Exhibit 10.5 – Stages of Team Development
Chapter 11
Exhibit 11.1 – Check List for Facilitating Meetings and Professional Development
Chapter 12
Exhibit 12.1 – Reflecting on Conflict
Exhibit 12.3 – Sentence Stems for Healthy Conflict
Chapter 13
Exhibit 13.1 – School Teams’ Organizational Alignment – Example of RISE UP Middle
Exhibit 13.2 – Am I in a Toxic Culture?
Exhibit 13.3 – Indicators of Trust in Schools
Exhibit 13.4 – Organizational Conditions for Effective Teams
Appendices
Appendix A – Facilitator Core Competencies
Appendix B – Team Effectiveness Self-Assessment
Appendix C – Community Building Activities And Random Grouping Strategies
Appendix D – Facilitation Planning Tool And Facilitation Observation Tool
Appendix E.1 – Activities For Meetings – Consultancy Protocol
Appendix E.2 – Activities For Meetings – Feedback Protocol
Appendix E.3 – Activities For Meetings – Chalk Talk
Appendix E.4 – Activities For Meetings – Dyads
Appendix G – Plan For Team Building
Recommended Podcast Episodes
Episode 157: Coaching When You're The Boss
Episode 152: Transformational PD Part 3: Responding to Resistance