Group Coaching Core Essentials - 7 of 18 - Create Group Agreements

This week focuses on the value of creating active and living group coaching agreements to support

building trust and safety in your group programs.

 

Similar to individual coaching, establishing and maintaining agreements in group coaching programs are crucial in ensuring client and program success. 

 

Robust design that includes group-coaching agreements is key to supporting program and client success, minimizing disruptions, and eroding trust. Creating an environment of co-creation and shared ownership from the onset creates cohesiveness amongst members and lays the foundation for program success. 

 

 

Principle – Just as you do in individual coaching, create an active and living group coaching agreement to support trust and safety in the group.

 

 

Action: For example, everybody gets to be right. Each participant will come to the program with varying life experiences, perspectives, and insights. Continue to monitor group cohesiveness to ensure everyone moves towards both group objectives without compromising individual program goals. 

 

This week, consider revisiting your systems and processes around coaching agreements integrating the four core elements of coaching: Goal setting, Accountability, Action, and Awareness in your programming. Consider the following questions: 

 

 

*How are you ensuring everyone is involved in creating and adhering to agreements? 

 

*What exercises or activities can you include to satisfy both group and individual goals?

 

*What processes do you have to ensure participants receive value from the group process?

 

*How are you monitoring group cohesiveness to ensure participants receive value from the group process?

 

*How are you supporting participants to identify what success looks like at a session and program level? 

 

*What activities can you add to your program to build trust, safety, and connection in your group program?

 

*What strategies do you have to deal with tricky issues with technology and participant interactions, both for virtual and live programs? 

 

Enjoy the conversations!

 

Jennifer Britton and Evana Valle 

(This week's post was written by Evana Valle our Team Lead for Group Coaching - Thanks Evana!)

 

 

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