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Being Coached: Group and Team Coaching From the Inside Kindle Edition

by Ann Deaton (Author), Holly Williams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Have you ever been coached? In a group or in a team? If you could observe a group coaching session, would you get the full picture? Being Coached is not a how-to manual, nor is it narrowly focused on the role of the coach. In fact, the coach’s touch is light. Breakthroughs occur when leaders are in the middle of leading, engaging in peer coaching, or even in quiet reflection. Written from the multiple viewpoints of eight leaders in a group coaching program and six executives on a leadership team, Being Coached illustrates how creating a learning community promotes growth by making space for vulnerability and risk-taking. Simply put, it answers the question, “What is being coached like?”
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"I love this book! I love the honesty, humor, and reality of the dialogue, the situations, the challenges, and the approach. I love the progression of the story--from start to ending. I love that this book positions group coaching for a leader--and will help leaders who are unsure what group coaching is see how it can benefit them. Of course, I love that the characters reveal their truths and that they, indeed, are the 'curers' of their team ills AND that the coach is simply the mirror and catalyst for conversation. A beautiful and powerful handbook for coaches, and the executive leaders they serve."
--Kristin Kaufman, PCC, CLC, Author of Is This Seat Taken?
"This book is very timely; many coaches have talked about group coaching, but there is very little written about the subject and I haven't found anyone who can explain it well. The style, relating a story of a (typically) dysfunctional leadership team and management, is engaging and thought provoking. I was immediately captured and couldn't wait to see what happened next. The coaching world will benefit greatly from a book that so clearly demonstrates how group and team coaching can benefit leadership teams and especially middle managers."
--Kathy Harman, CSC, MCC, Agile Team Coach and Author of PRISM Teams

About the Author

Ann V. Deaton, PhD, PCC, earned her coaching certification from the Newfield Network in 2003. She has long appreciated the power of groups, and has coached for over a decade with executive teams and diverse groups. Ann serves on the faculty for The University of Texas at Dallas Executive Coaching Certificate program and Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business.


Holly Williams, MBA, PCC, has been coaching executives, teams, and groups for over 15 years. She is on the faculty at Georgetown University's Institute for Transformational Leadership, where she completed her leadership coach training in 2006.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K0J34YK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MAGUS Group (April 27, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1849 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 194 pages
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  1. Ann V Deaton

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    Ann V. Deaton, PhD, PCC is a Leadership and Team Coach. Her goal when she writes is to offer actionable wisdom on group and team coaching, and creating a coaching culture. Ann accomplishes this by telling stories of fictional leaders and teams as they deal with their individual, team and organizational challenges. The story helps paint a picture, and stays with the reader. The notes and additional material at the end provide options for next steps. Ann is author of two books on group and team coaching: her first book Being Coached: Group and Team Coaching from the Inside (2014, co-authored with Holly Williams) and, in 2018, VUCA Tools for a VUCA World: Developing Leaders and Teams for Sustainable Results . Both are based on the team of leaders at Tech Environments, and how they learn to embody coaching skills, self-reflection, and engaging diverse perspectives. Like all of us, Ann's leaders are flawed, AND they are striving to grow and get better.

    How does Ann's experience make her a credible author? Prior to becoming a leadership coach, Ann's first career was in health care as a clinical neuropsychologist, and area head. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology, with specializations in health and neuropsychology. Ann has always appreciated the power of groups, both as a psychologist doing group therapy early in her career and for the past 15+ years as a coach working with groups and teams. Ann earned her leadership coaching certification from the Newfield Network in 2003. She founded DaVinci Resources in 2003 and joined The Bounce Collective leadership and team development in 2009. In her work with health care, corporate, government, and not-for-profit clients, Ann has coached hundreds (thousands?) of individuals, teams, and groups as they navigate significant change and growth. She facilitates leadership development sessions for an array of senior and mid-career leaders in varied organizations. Ann's strengths are in creating the kinds of rich and open conversations that expand perspectives and understanding - then holding people accountable for taking action to realize their goals.

    In addition to writing, Ann enjoys having a ripple effect in the world through serving as a mentor coach, and teaching a coaching approach to leaders and managers.

    You can reach Ann via email at: ann@wecanbounce.com

    Visit her websites at: www.wecanbounce.com and www.vucatools.net

    View Ann's LinkedIn profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anndeaton

    Check out Ann's Pinterest boards on group coaching and VUCA Tools at: https://www.pinterest.com/anndeaton/vuca-tools-tm/ and http://www.pinterest.com/anndeaton/group-coaching/

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    Holly's background includes leadership in a Fortune 50 technology firm, as well as setting up business training programs for a Virginia community college and business development for a tech firm. For over 15 years, her company, MAGUS Group Coaching, has coached executives and leaders to develop their leadership capacity in business and government. She took her MBA at George Washington University, completed the Georgetown coaching program in 2006, and joined its faculty in 2011. She coaches in financial services such as Capital One, Freddie Mac, National Cooperative Bank, and SWIFT. Besides group and team coaching, her current interests include narrative intelligence (archetypes) and personal branding, and adult development theory.

    Reach Holly via email: holly.williams@magusgroup.com;

    Check out her websites at: www.magusgroup.com and www.beingcoached.com;

    Subscribe to her blog here: http://magusgroup.com/blog-31/latest.html

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Jan Day Gravel
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Leaders, Teams, Coaches and Developers of Talent
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2014
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As colleagues of Holly's we have seen the birth and evolution of this book. Being Coached is a culmination of years of first hand experience of both of the authors. They bring their insights and knowledge of how to support teams and leaders in transformational change for themselves as well as those they lead. The authors have peppered their best practices tools and models throughout so it is transparent for the reader to see how the transformation unfolds. We recently provided their book to a team we are supporting and asked them to read it in preparation for a team leadership session. The authors have written the book in such a way that each person could see themselves in one or several of the characters. The discussion allowed for the team to talk about issues they had never been able to before in a safe, supportive way.

Being Coached is useful for talent managers or human resource professionals to gain insights into what the team coaching experience is as well as a concrete resource for those who are involved in a group coaching experience. We found the book useful for this team and will continue to use it in our coaching practices with others.

We express our thanks to Holly and Ann for capturing their insights and experiences and sharing it with the coaching community and those they support. Jan Day Gravel and Lori Ermi
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Belinda Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars What it's like to participate in a group or team coaching experience
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2014
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"Being Coached: Group and Team Coaching From the Inside" provides a unique perspective on coaching by telling the stories of one group and one team as they participate in coaching. The authors explain the difference between team and group coaching, making the point that group coaching is a wonderful, less expensive developmental tool that pays off for the sponsoring organization by building commitment, community, and cross-organizational bonds. Team coaching, while also developmental, focuses on the capacity of an intact team to meet both shared and individual goals despite unexpected challenges . Both use a combination of individual coaching from an executive coach and peer coaching by team/group members. The result is a greatly enhanced capacity for supportive, non-threatening feedback. The individual stories make this process come alive for the reader. As the book progresses, the reader sees each team member become more comfortable with and able to give insightful feedback. The book also provides useful guidance for designing the flow of a team/group coaching engagement along with suggested tools and reading materials for the participants. Deaton and Williams have written a thought-provoking introduction to the art of going beyond individual coaching to developing leadership capacity of a group and creating shared responsibility for a team. It is well-worth reading, not only for coaches, but also for leaders who want to develop their employees and teams.
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HappyM
5.0 out of 5 stars A learner's view
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014
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I read Being Coached from the viewpoint of a rank beginner. I am interested in the concept of coaching, and having heard so much good and bad, I read Williams' and Deaton's book for myself, strictly as a learning experience. My first thought was that the book was engaging. I became involved with the characters and their lives; hence I read on when I might otherwise have stopped after the first 50 pages. More importantly, I learned that true coaching requires active participation, effort and commitment to one's stated goals.

"Accountability" seems to be the one word that for me best describes the process -- and for those involved, from coaches to rank beginner participants, accountability is key to success. What I really liked is that the authors talk about all aspects of life, and the characters drew from coaching experiences to balance their personal lives too, and that is important.

For anyone considering engaging in the coaching process for professional or other reasons, or for anyone considering coaching as a career, this read is a must. Thank you, Authors, for giving a concise, readable blueprint on the subject of "Being Coached" from the classroom to the boardroom and beyond.
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Jeremy Robinson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic book on Group and Team Coaching
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
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This is a solid, basic book on Group and Team Coaching from two very competent coaches who do
this kind of coaching. I'm definitely going to be recommending this book to colleagues and supervisees who are interested in expanding their practices. I thought the section of the book on Group Coaching was clear and compelling.
The end interview in which the authors are interviewed seemed a bit self-serving. If you're writing a book, why do
you need a section in which you're interviewed at the end? Perhaps I'm being picky. It's a good resource
book on Group and Team Coaching.
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Cindy P
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific introduction to group and team coaching
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2019
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This book is a terrific introduction to group and team coaching. It's written as a tale about a fictional company and its employees and walks the reader through multiple aspects of a team and group coaching process. I appreciate the fact that they kept the book to 180 pages (I read it in one evening) although that did require them to simplify the coaching process quite a bit. And yet I think they make up for that by providing numerous references to read more about specific coaching techniques. Clearly the authors are experienced and knowledgeable coaches and I learned a lot while reading the book. It is also written very well which makes any business book a more enjoyable read. I recommend this book for any business coach who wants an introduction to team or group coaching, team coaches who are newer to this work or anyone considering hiring a team coach.
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