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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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