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Group and team coaching [Routledge 2010]
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Group coaching: the fundamentals
A powerpoint presentation of ideas made to group analysts and team coaches, Lisbon, 12.11.11
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Towards a group analytic approach to team coaching
A powerpoint presentation of ideas made to group analysts and team coaches, Lisbon, 12.11.11
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Learning in groups
What features of group life make learning in groups so powerful? An extract from Group and team coaching by Christine Thornton, Routledge 2010
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Dealing with people who are dominating
A facilitator's checklist for tackling people who talk too much in groups. An extract from Group and team coaching by Christine Thornton, Routledge 2010click here to download free pdf
IFAL/ ALF Group supervision and action learning sets 18.05.11
The text and references from a presentation on group supervision and action learning sets. click here to download text
The group coach's checklist for a first meeting
What are the group coach's role and key objectives in the first meeting with a new group? A checklist extracted from Group and team coaching by Christine Thornton, Routledge 2010click here to download free PDF
Getting the group setting right
What are the optimal environmental conditions for group working? A checklist extracted from Group and team coaching by Christine Thornton, Routledge 2010click here to download free PDF
The reflection process in supervision groups
An extract describing a key process in the dynamics of supervision groups click here to download free PDF
Using process breaks with highly task-focused teams
Helping teams to work together more effectively by paying attention to how their interactions help or hinder their work. Based on an extract from Group and team coaching by Christine Thornton, Routledge 2010 click here to download free pdf
Borrowing myself
A paper exploring in depth the psychological dynamics of groupwork
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Building up your managers
An article explaining how action learning can be used to develop managers' capacity and flexibility in facing new challenges
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Patterns presentation 1: psychology and pattern-making
A summary of a developmental theory which traces the development of the self through pattern-making in the earliest months of life
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Patterns presentation 2: organisational dynamics
A summary of the metaphors or patterns through which we make sense of organisations, which also offers a highly condensed history of management theory
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The art of giving critical feedback
Practical tips on giving challenging feedback constructively
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How will you use that brilliant training course?
A brief questionnaire to help you get the best from a training course you have just attended – actually putting things practice
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