Teams Transformed

Live-Action Coaching: From Off the Pitch to On the Pitch

Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching In this episode, Georgina and Allard explore live-action coaching and take us behind the scenes of a real-time coaching session with the leadership team at Acme Inc. Unlike traditional coaching away from the workplace, live-action coaching happens where the team actually works, creating an opportunity to see whether learning is transferring into everyday behaviour. As they debrief the session, changing dynamics quickly emerge, including the unexpected absence of the CEO from a critical meeting. Georgina and Allard explore how coaches use their presence, interventions, and carefully designed experiments to help the team practise greater honesty, assertiveness, and awareness in the moment. You'll discover: What live-action coaching is and how it differs from traditional team coaching. How learning can transfer from “off the pitch” to “on the pitch”. Why real workplace situations can reveal dynamics that don't emerge in formal sessions. How power, presence, and the coach's use of self-influence what happens in the room. How experiments, contracting, and feedback can support behavioural change in real time. Today’s episode is a reminder that in emergent team coaching, you can plan the intervention—but you can't always predict what the team will give you back to work with. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching

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The Power of the Check-In: Building a Team That Connects

Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching In this episode, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of their first two-day team coaching session with the executive team at Acme Inc. As they debrief the experience, they explore how the real work of team coaching begins—not by following a fixed agenda, but by helping the team discover what matters most in the moment. From purposeful check-ins to powerful interventions, Georgina and Allard reflect on how the team gradually shifted from talking about tasks to talking about relationships. Along the way, they unpack how ownership of the agenda increasingly moved to the team, creating the conditions for deeper conversations, honest feedback, and meaningful behavioural change. You'll discover: Why check-ins are one of the most valuable tools in team coaching. How coaches work with the ever-evolving reality of the team rather than a fixed agenda. Why making the invisible visible creates opportunities for deeper learning. How interventions such as fishbowls help teams strengthen awareness and connection. What happens when team members begin sharing feedback, vulnerability, and development goals in front of one another. Georgina and Allard also reflect on how they continue building the container for psychological safety, enabling the team to move beyond surface-level conversations and develop the trust needed for lasting transformation. This episode offers a fascinating glimpse into what happens when a team begins to shift from working alongside each other to working with each other. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching

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Everyone or No-One: The Role of One-to-One Coaching Sessions in Team Coaching

Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching Today, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the one-to-one coaching phase with the executive team at Acme Inc. As they debrief their individual coaching conversations, they explore how one-to-one sessions can accelerate team development—when they remain firmly in service of the team's collective learning rather than individual agendas. Reflecting on their conversations with each executive, Georgina and Allard uncover a common pattern: many leaders naturally focus on their own success or the teams they lead, rather than the executive team's shared purpose. They discuss how one-to-one coaching can help shift this mindset, strengthen self-awareness, and prepare team members to show up differently in future team sessions. You'll discover: Why one-to-one coaching can be a powerful part of a team coaching engagement. How to align individual learning goals with the team's overall purpose. The importance of clear contracting and confidentiality in one-to-one coaching. How coaches use individual sessions to prepare teams for deeper dialogue, feedback, and healthy conflict. Practical dos and don'ts for integrating one-to-one coaching into a team coaching journey. This episode offers practical guidance for team coaches looking to use one-to-one coaching as a catalyst for stronger relationships, greater ownership, and improved team effectiveness. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching

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The Team Launch: Creating the Conditions for Change

Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching In this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the team launch with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the discovery phase and individual stakeholder conversations, they debrief the first full team workshop, exploring how an emergent approach helps a team uncover its own learning agenda rather than imposing one from the outset. As they reflect on the session, Georgina and Allard unpack the delicate balance between structure and emergence. They explore how the team's assessment data provided a useful starting point, but it was the team's interactions in the room that revealed the most important opportunities for growth. Along the way, they discuss the value of helping teams move beyond politeness, take ownership of their development, and begin paying attention not only to what they talk about, but how they work together. You'll discover: What a team launch is—and why it's a critical milestone in the coaching journey. How an emergent approach helps teams discover their own learning agenda. Why process often provides more valuable information than assessment data alone. The importance of balancing structure with responsiveness in a team coaching session. How early signs of politeness and caution can point to deeper developmental work ahead. As the team coaching journey unfolds, they demonstrate how every interaction—from one-to-one conversations to whole-team sessions—helps build a richer understanding of the team and creates the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching

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Something New Emerges – but can too much data change the story?

Download our FREE guide here! In this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard continue their work with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the engagement session, they move into the discovery phase of the coaching journey—gathering additional data, conducting interviews, and making sense of what they're learning about the team and the wider system. As new information emerges, so do new questions. Georgina and Allard reflect on the tension between gathering data and taking action, exploring how easy it can be to become attached to finding the "right" diagnosis before moving forward. Along the way, they uncover fresh insights about the team's dynamics, consider how change unfolds over time, and discuss what it means to coach a team when the picture is constantly evolving. You'll discover: Why team coaching is rarely a linear process. How new data can challenge initial assumptions about a team. The benefits—and potential pitfalls—of extensive discovery and diagnostics. Why meaningful team transformation happens over a series of interventions, not a single session. How coaches make sense of emerging patterns while staying open to what comes next. This episode offers an honest look at the complexity of the discovery phase and the reality that every answer often leads to new questions. As the coaching journey unfolds, Georgina and Allard invite listeners behind the scenes to explore how teams—and coaches—learn to work with uncertainty, emergence, and change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE guide here!

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The Engagement Session: Building Trust from Day One

Today, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the early stages of a team coaching engagement session. Following their initial conversations with HR sponsor Sarah, they debrief their first meeting with the executive team at the fictional organisation, Acme Inc. and begin making sense of what they're noticing. A strong sense of urgency runs through the team, alongside a genuine commitment to becoming more cohesive. As Georgina and Allard reflect on the session, they explore what was shared openly, what remained beneath the surface, and how these early interactions begin to build trust, ownership, and psychological safety. You'll discover: Why engagement sessions are a critical part of the team coaching journey. How small observations can reveal important team dynamics. What coaches listen for when assessing readiness for change. How psychological safety begins to develop from the very first meeting. Why the whole team—not just the leader or sponsor—must own the coaching process. Georgina and Allard also reflect on their co-coaching partnership and what it reveals about the wider system, offering practical insights for anyone interested in how teams come alive through coaching. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Buy the book: MASTERING THE ART OF TEAM COACHING

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The First Clues when Coaching a Team: The journey starts here

In the first episode of series 3 The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard begin their work with Acme Incorporated, a fictional organisation inspired by real-world team coaching experiences. The journey starts with a familiar scenario: an email from Sarah, Acme's Head of HR, asking for help to support the executive team in becoming "one" and working together more effectively. As they unpack Sarah's request, Georgina and Allard reveal how the team coaching process begins long before the first team session. From the language used in an email to the expectations of key stakeholders, every interaction offers valuable clues about team culture, organisational dynamics, and what might be happening beneath the surface. You'll discover: Why the first conversation with a sponsor can be one of the richest sources of data in a team coaching engagement. How seemingly small details can reveal important insights about team culture and dynamics. The assumptions, expectations, and pressures that coaches bring into the early stages of an engagement. Why the desire for certainty, structure, and diagnostics can sometimes shape what coaches notice—and what they miss. Questions to consider when preparing for your own stakeholder and engagement conversations. Georgina and Allard take you behind the scenes of their thinking, sharing what they're noticing, the hypotheses they're forming, and the choices they're making as the coaching journey begins. This episode sets the stage for a series that explores what really happens when teams embark on the path toward greater alignment, effectiveness, and transformation. Play along with today’s episode and ask yourself – where would you go from here? Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Buy the book: MASTERING THE ART OF TEAM COACHING

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Where Teams Come Alive: Introducing series 3 of the Teams Transformed podcast

What really happens inside a team coaching journey—and what can we learn when we step behind the scenes? In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard introduce series 3 of the podcast: Where Teams Come Alive. Building on the rich conversations from their Moments of Emergence series, this next chapter takes listeners deeper into the lived reality of team coaching through the lens of a composite team journey. Rather than presenting a neat, linear process, Georgina and Allard explore team coaching as something emergent, dynamic, and deeply human. They offer an honest look into the complexity, unpredictability, and relational challenges that arise when working with real teams—sharing not just what works, but what unfolds along the way. Subscribe now for series 3! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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Contact First: Creating the Conditions for Transformation with Matthew Broderick

Georgina and Allard are joined by Matthew Broderick, a coaching psychologist with RocheMartin who works with leaders and teams across Europe, the US, Africa, and the Middle East. With a passion for emotional intelligence and behaviour change, Matthew brings a deeply relational perspective to the conversation. Together, they explore the significance of contact and how genuine connection shapes coaching and leadership. The discussion reflects on how meaningful change depends on the relational ground we create—and how our inner state influences what becomes possible in the room. Inspired by the writings of John O’Donoghue, the conversation weaves together presence, emotional intelligence, and authentic human connection. You’ll discover: Why meaningful transformation starts with genuine contact. How a coach or leader’s inner state influences team dynamics and outcomes. The role of emotional intelligence in deepening awareness and behaviour change. Why connection and relational safety are essential for growth and learning. Insights inspired by the work of John O’Donoghue and the power of presence. This episode offers a rich reflection for coaches and leaders seeking to work more consciously, relationally, and authentically—recognising that what we bring into the field shapes what can emerge from it.

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Letting the Moment Lead: Coaching Beyond the Agenda with Caroline Souto

In this episode, Georgina is joined by Caroline Souto, a PCC and ACTC-certified coach with over 15 years’ experience in leadership, innovation, and team development across 14 countries. Based in Brazil and a faculty member and global partner with TCS, Caroline brings a rich, global perspective to emergent coaching—grounded in deep presence, observation, and trust. Together, they explore small moments of emergence that create big impact, where what’s happening in the here and now shapes the direction of the conversation, rather than a predetermined agenda. Caroline shares how her practice has evolved from diagnosing and fixing to being fully present with teams, allowing real needs (like fatigue or unspoken tension) to surface and guide meaningful dialogue. You’ll discover: How emergence shows up in subtle but powerful moments during team coaching. Why letting go of rigid agendas can unlock deeper connection and insight. How to create the conditions - trust, safety, and awareness - for emergence to unfold. The impact of your way of being as a coach, and how presence itself becomes an intervention. Why observation, patience, and inner work are essential to transformational coaching. This episode is a compelling invitation for team coaches and leaders to trust the process, work with what’s truly happening, and recognise that even the smallest shifts in awareness can lead to profound change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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This Might Not Go Well: The reality of coaching through change with Jason Leunberger

Georgina and Allard are joined by Jason Leunberger, sharing his powerful insights from a six-month team coaching engagement within a large, complex organisation. At the heart of his story are key learnings about subgroups, the courage to experiment at different levels of the system, and the time it takes for a team to truly come together as one. We also explore the value of co-coaching in navigating this journey. Jason, with a background in tech, consulting and leading GRC globally at Starbucks, now coaches leaders and teams through Kinkou. He shares a pivotal moment when a divide between longstanding and newer leaders surfaced, and how facilitating a direct dialogue helped unlock insight and provide a way forward. You’ll discover: How subgroup dynamics can shape (and stall) team effectiveness. Why courageous experimentation at different system levels matters. The importance of staying present when discomfort and division arise. How co-coaching strengthens support during complex interventions. Why patience and timing are essential for lasting team alignment. This episode offers rich, real-world insight for team coaches and leaders working with change and complexity, highlighting that true transformation takes time, courage, and a willingness to stay with what’s emerging, even when it’s uncomfortable. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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Kantor to the Rescue: What to do when teams get stuck with special guests Nick Regan and Henrik Herrmann

In this episode of Teams Transformed, Allard is joined by Nick Regan and Henrik Herrmann to explore how holding models and frameworks lightly can enable skillful, in-the-moment interventions. Reflecting on a workshop with a newly formed executive team, they share how they navigated uncertainty when plans fell short and the group got stuck in repetitive patterns. Nick Regan, an ICF-certified leadership and team coach and Accredited Professional Dialogue Practitioner, and Henrik Herrmann, a senior executive coach and founder of True Work with 15+ years of corporate leadership experience, offer practical insights for working with complex teams. They unpack how tuning into group dynamics—and subtly using frameworks like the Kantor Model—helped surface what was happening and guided the team leader to shift the energy toward alignment. You’ll discover: How to use models like the Kantor Model without becoming overly reliant on them. What to do when a team gets stuck in unproductive or repetitive dynamics. The power of co-coaching in navigating uncertainty and supporting real-time intervention. How raising awareness of team patterns can unlock movement and alignment. The value of offering in-the-moment individual feedback within team sessions. This episode is a practical and insightful guide for team coaches and leaders looking to balance structure with flexibility—using frameworks as a support, not a script, while staying fully present to what’s emerging in the moment. https://ici2learn.com https://skillfulcollaboration.com https://truework.de

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Charged Moments: When tension becomes the turning point with special guest Jen Campion

In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by Jen Campion, an Executive and Team Coach with a background in strategy and organisational change. Working across public and private sectors, Jen supports leaders and teams navigating complexity and change. Her practice is grounded in Gestalt—slowing down, paying attention, and creating the conditions for honest dialogue and meaningful shifts in how teams work together. Jen shares a powerful story from a team session where a team member voiced a strong opinion that created palpable tension—one of those charged moments that often get smoothed over too quickly. Reflecting on her own unusually strong intervention, Jen explores what it means to stay with the energy in the room and use it as a doorway to deeper team learning and growth. You’ll discover: · How to recognise and work with charged moments in team conversations. · Why pausing and developing open awareness can unlock deeper dialogue. · How coaches can navigate strong emotions without shutting them down. · The importance of ongoing inner work, self-acceptance, and supervision for coaches. · How presence and vulnerability can catalyse powerful shifts in team dynamics. This episode offers rich insight for team coaches and leaders alike, reminding us that the moments that feel most uncomfortable often hold the greatest potential for awareness, learning, and transformation. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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Making the Invisible Visible with special guest Emma Pugh

In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by experienced team coach and learning and development professional, Emma Pugh. Emma works with teams who can’t unsee their impact on people and the planet, helping them strengthen how they lead together through coaching and transformative programmes. Emma shares two powerful stories of moments of emergence. In one, a leader’s public criticism created a heavy silence—yet staying with the discomfort led to a breakthrough in honesty and connection. In another, resistance to a reflective exercise exposed differing levels of psychological safety. Both stories highlight the coach’s role in helping teams make the invisible visible. You’ll discover: How staying present in discomfort can unlock breakthrough. Why resistance often reveals what’s really happening in a team. The value of authentic response, self-awareness, and supervision. How to work with the ever-shifting nature of team dynamics. A compelling reminder that real transformation begins when we surface what’s beneath the surface—and have the courage to stay with it. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

Surrendering to Moments of Emergence with special guest Zoe Egerickx

In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by Zoe Egerickx, an Accredited Executive and Team Coach who works with purpose-driven leaders and teams, particularly in health and social care. Grounded in trust, psychological safety, authentic connection, and purposeful action, Zoe brings a deeply relational approach—“it’s all about the relationships.” Zoe shares real-world stories from her practice, revealing moments of emergence that led to deeper connection and growth. Together, they explore surrender, contracting, and container-building, and how vulnerability, listening, and slowing down can transform team dynamics. You’ll discover: What it really means to surrender to emergence in team coaching. How clear contracting and strong containers support risk-taking and trust. Why vulnerability and deep listening unlock connection and movement. The value of embracing discomfort and resisting the urge to rush. Insights for coaches working with teams at any stage of development. This episode offers thoughtful inspiration for team coaches and leaders who want to work more relationally, trust the emergent process, and create lasting impact by meeting teams exactly where they are. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

Trusting yourself and the process with special guest Mary Morand

In this episode, Georgina and Allard are joined by Mary Morand, an executive coach who helps leaders and teams uncover new ways of being and working. Together, they explore moments of emergence and the subtle shifts that create genuine connection. Mary shares a powerful story of a team moving from humour and deflection to real contact—sparked by a simple collective deep breath. The conversation highlights self-awareness, courage, and vulnerability, and how coaches model effective relationships through their presence. You’ll discover: How small moments can catalyse meaningful shifts in team dynamics. Why trusting yourself is essential when working emergently. The importance of courage and vulnerability in creating real connection. Insights for new team coaches on patience, practice, and embracing your own learning journey. The episode reflects on authenticity, presence, and the rewards of transformational team coaching, highlighting what’s possible when coaches trust themselves, stay present, and allow the process to unfold. Remember to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

Travelling Light: Letting go of rigid agendas with special guest Caroline Duffy

Caroline Duffy joins Georgina and Allard to share a defining moment in her journey from facilitator to emergent team coach. Working with senior leadership teams, Caroline reflects on how naming her own frustration and inviting real-time reflection unlocked deeper engagement and learning. Together, they explore the courage and vulnerability required to work emergently, the importance of trust and clear contracting, and why “travelling light”—letting go of rigid agendas—creates space for meaningful transformation. You’ll discover: What happens when coaches move from facilitation to emergent, team-led work. How naming what’s real can unlock trust and deeper dialogue. The role of courage, vulnerability, and contracting in moments of emergence. Why embracing unpredictability often leads to the most meaningful change. How continuous self-development supports both coaches and the teams they serve. This episode offers rich insight for team coaches and leaders who want to create the conditions for genuine connection and lasting transformation, by staying present, responsive, and open to emergence. Remember to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

How Moments of Emergence Shape Team Coaching: with special guests Emily Jones and Dr Sebastian Fox

In this episode, Georgina and Allard are joined by fellow team coaches and TCS Diploma alumni Emily Jones and Dr Sebastian Fox for a rich, candid exploration of emergence in action. Emily shares an early-career experience of holding steady in the midst of team conflict—learning to stay present, trust the process, and allow the tension itself to become a catalyst for meaningful change. Seb reflects on both successful and challenging moments, offering insights into the delicate balance between structure and spaciousness, psychological safety and productive discomfort, intervention and silence. You’ll discover: How coaches navigate conflict and uncertainty while staying grounded and connected. Why psychological safety and structure matter, but also have limits. The art of knowing when to step in and when to let silence do the work. The unique power of co-coaching, from shared presence to multiple perspectives and deeper reflection. Throughout the conversation, the group highlights the real nature of emergence; imperfect, unscripted, and full of possibility. Their stories affirm that the most transformative moments often arise when coaches stay present, trust the field, and allow situations to unfold. Remember to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

Emergence: The Key to Real Transformation - HIGHLIGHTS

In this final episode of 2025, we recap Georgina and Allard's most powerful insights on emergent work, spotlighting the core capacities — self-awareness, presence, empathy, and attunement — that help coaches read the room, surface what truly matters, and create the conditions for real trust, connection and transformation. We also look ahead to 2026 and share what’s coming next, including an invitation for team coaches to get involved in future episodes and bring their own experiences of emergence to help grow a bold, evolving community of practice. If that's you and you want to be involved, email hello@teamcoachingstudio.com for more details. Remember to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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Moments of Emergence: the next series from the Teams Transformed podcast

What if the most powerful shifts in team coaching happen not through planning, but through the unexpected moments that move us? In this episode of Teams Transformed, Allard and Georgina kick off a brand-new series exploring emergence in team coaching—what it really is, what makes it possible, and why it’s becoming essential in today’s organisational landscape. Building on strong feedback from listeners, they unpack the conditions that allow emergent work to thrive: heightened awareness, deep contact, empathy, and a focus on process over content. You’ll discover: Why presence and attunement are foundational for working emergently. How tuning into a team’s energy opens space for deeper learning and connection. The value of slowing down to notice what’s unfolding beneath the surface. Early insights into a growing movement toward deeper, more transformative work in organisations. Allard and Georgina also share their excitement for the journey ahead, announcing plans to invite fellow practitioners to contribute their own stories of emergence. This episode sets the stage for a series designed to inspire coaches, leaders, and teams to embrace what arises in the moment—and to trust that real transformation often begins there. Remember to follow or subscribe so you never miss an episode! Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/