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

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 90 ratings

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.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K0J34YK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MAGUS Group (April 27, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1849 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 194 pages
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Customers find the book provides good insights into team coaching from the perspectives of executive team members. They describe it as a great introduction for coaching professionals and leaders, providing useful guidance for designing the flow of a team. The book is described as engaging, informative, and fun to read. Readers appreciate the compelling, authentic stories and narrative. Overall, they find the book an enjoyable and energizing read that helps them improve their performance.

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39 customers mention "Group coaching"39 positive0 negative

Customers find the book provides good insights into team coaching from the perspectives of executive team members. They say it's a great introduction for coaching professionals and leaders who are considering it. The book removes the mystery of coaching through fascinating storytelling. It also provides useful guidance for designing the flow of a team. Readers appreciate the authors' peppered best practices tools and models throughout, as well as numerous references to read more about specific coaching.

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Customers find the book readable and engaging. It provides an informative introduction to group coaching through compelling stories. The book is written in a simple story format that makes it easy to follow along. Readers consider it a worthwhile read for CEOs, HR VPs, and executive coaches.

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Customers find the book's storytelling engaging. They appreciate the clear, uncluttered narrative and authentic stories that unfold examples for the reader. The scenarios presented by the authors are real and ones that their clients experience. The short chapters with key messages drive the book forward effectively.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2014
    Deaton and William's book removes the mystery of coaching, through fascinating storytelling, as seen from the multiple perspectives of an individual coaching client, group, team and sponsoring organization. The book is deceptively simple because it's such an interesting read. It is resource-rich with leadership development examples that will resonate and be eye opening to both clients and coaches. My guess is that most readers will find themselves in at least one of the stories. I particularly appreciate the theme that coaching with a "light touch" is powerful, both when clients are coaching each other, and when the external executive coach is involved. Through the application of coaching, clients help each other and add a generative "coaching approach" to their leadership toolkit. As an executive coach I found myself scribbling in the margins of the book, thinking oh, this is a good idea, and musing about how I can offer this book when appropriate to individual, group and team clients as a helpful introduction to the coaching process.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2014
    "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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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014
    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.
  • Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019
    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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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
    In a fascinating structure, Williams and Deaton take the reader through a group and team coaching experience. Instead of telling the reader how to coach or how to be coached, we hear the thoughts of the participants. As a coach, I have often had people ask me 'Is this what all coaching is like?' 'What do other people work on?' In Being Coached, you get to read it firsthand.

    In addition, I like the approach where individuals are being developed as leaders, focusing on what is working and what they want to grow, as a way to increase the well-being and high functioning of the team. This is in contrast to other approaches that assume the worst (Five Dysfunctions of a Team). As a positive psychology practitioner, there are oodles of research that show when we focus on what works we get more of that (appreciative inquiry being the best example).

    I highly recommend for coaches considering dipping their toe into group/team coaching and leaders who are about to go through the process.
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