What Would You Do? Team and Group Coaching Scenarios

Earlier this week I was a guest expert on Coaching Impact Radio. They are doing a series on Coaching here.

http://coachingimpactradio.com/

Scenarios and I spoke on a couple of different situations we may face as group and team coaches.. I wanted to share with you the link to this podcast on Team and Group Coaching Scenarios which runs about 33 minutes. You can link to the podcast

New and experienced coaches will enjoy listening into these weekly podcasts - be sure to check them out!

On a related note, for those looking for more extensive virtual training on group and team coaching, I will be leading a 30 hour group and team coaching training program online starting on Monday September 30th at 1:30 pm ET through Impact Coaching Academy. You may be interested in checking it out. More info here.

Have a great weekend,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton
Author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010) and From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching (Jossey-Bass, 2013)
Upcoming September programs include the Mentor Coaching Group for ACC Renewals and ACC/PCC portfolio routes starting September 12 (Fridays 9-10am ET) or September 29 (Mondays at 10 or 11 am ET) as well as the Group Coaching Essentials teleseminar (starting Friday Sept 12 at 10:15 am ET - 6.75 CCEs)

Reminder - Fall Community Call Friday at 12 noon ET

A quick reminder that I will be hosting the Fall Group Coaching Community call tomorrow, Friday October 26th from 12 - 12:45 pm ET. The topic will be on Sharpening Your Skills in Team and Group Coaching.

This fall I will be moving to a new delivery platform. In addition to an audio dial in, you will also be able to view a presentation online during our call. You can access the call by following these instructions:

1. Please join my meeting on Friday October 26 at 12 noon ET:
https://www.freescreensharing.com/meetings/282-229-972

2. Join the conference call:
Dial: (559)546-1200
and enter the
Meeting ID: 282-229-972
followed by the # key.


Additional Help:

Joining the Conference - At the scheduled date and time of the online meeting, dial into the conference line and when prompted enter the access code followed by the pound key.

Joining the Meeting - Click on the provided meeting link listed above. On the next page fill out your name and email address in the Join Meeting box. Once filled in, click on the Join Meeting button.

OR

Go to https://www.freescreensharing.com/ and fill in your name, email address and meeting ID (listed under Meeting ID above) fields in the Join Meeting login box.  Once filled in, click on the Join Meeting button.

You can listen into some of our past calls here by clicking this link.

Note that the audio portion of tomorrow's call will be recorded only. You will not be able to access the screensharing or chat function after the call.

I look forward to having you join us!

Warm regards.
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC
Author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
Email: info{at}potentialsrealized{dot}com
Phone: (416)996-8326 
Upcoming programs include: Group Coaching Essentials - 6.75 CCEs starting Thurs Nov 1st, Mentor Coaching Group for ACC Renewals starting November 2nd, and the Group Coaching Intensive (Toronto, Nov 10-11, 2012) 

CSTD A Trainers Essential Coaching Toolkit Follow up

Thanks to all CSTD Conference participants who joined me for yesterday's session "A Trainers Essential Coaching Toolkit". The slides from the presentation should be available to you through the CSTD Conference Website - you'll notice a small change in order, but not content. If you would like another copy, please feel free to reach out to me.

I hope that when you get back to the office you make note of the one action step you had committed to with your coaching partner.

I had promised to post the quiz results - here they are:

1. T
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. F
7. T
8. T
9. T
10. T
11. T
12 F
13. T
14. T
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I'll be hosting my 8th Annual Year End Group Programs call on Friday December 2nd from 12 - 12:30 pm Eastern. Please feel free to join me for this call at 1-218-862-1300, access 503003. There is no cost to participate other than your own long distance charges.

For many more tips, tools and ideas around group coaching, please check out this blog, as well as our Facebook, YouTube and other social media sites (listed below). You may also want to check out the Twitter feed from @dscohen64 who captured some of the key points of the presentation. Thanks!

If you have any questions about coaching skills training please follow this link. You'll find some case studies of coaching skills training design and delivery work I've done with UNICEF and the Cooperators National Training Team here in Canada. It may give you some ideas of possible starting points for coaching skills training within your organization/team.

Please feel free to email or call me with any questions you may have, or coaching resources you are looking for.

I look forward to keeping in touch!

Warm regards
Jennifer Britton

Potentials Realized | GroupCoachingEssentials.com
Author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010)
2012 Group Coaching Intensive Training Programs (Toronto and Muskoka)

Connect with Us:
Facebook - EffectiveGroupCoaching page
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/jennbritton
YouTube - Effective Group Coaching Tips
Phone: 416.996.8326
Email: info{at}potentialsrealized{dot}com

Join Me Thursday at 3 pm(ET) when I speak to the Group Coaching SIG

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope that 2010 will be a great year for you, your business and your loved ones.

I want to invite you to join me at 3 pm (EST) this Thursday January 7th when I join the ICF Group Coaching SIG (Special Interest Group) as their Guest Speaker. My presentation is entitled: Group Coaching: Tried and Tested Tips and Tools.

Here's the description:
Join author of Effective Group Coaching (Wiley, 2010) Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC for an engaging session on Tried and Tested Tips and Tools for Group Coaching our January ICF Group Coaching SIG call. Jennifer will be covering at several foundational tips to support you in creating powerful group coaching programs this year including:
· 1 tool for designing powerful programs
· 2 must-have resources
· 3 questions every coach needs to ask when focusing on their marketing of group coaching
· 4 Best Practices of Great Group Coaches

The tips will cover the realm of design, implementation, client support and marketing. The call will shed light on a number of practical nuts and bolts issues, as well as several core pieces to make your programs stand out.

The call will be of interest to coaches who are new, and experienced in group coaching.

Call In Details:

Bridge Number: 1-712-421-7401 pin1234#, Back up Bridge Number: 1-407-649-8983

Even if you are not a member of the ICF, you can attend this call as a guest. I hope that you will join us.

I'll also be making a special announcement on Thursday about my book launch. It won't be avaialble until next week - January 15th at Amazon - but a number of copies will be available through my site, with bonuses, later this week. Please stay tuned.

Warm regards,

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC

Group Coaching Essentials

Phone: 416.996.8326

Email: info{at}potentialsrealized{dot}com

PS - Just a reminder that the Group Coaching Essentials class which starts tomorrow - Tuesday Jan 5th at 10:30 am (ET). Take action right away on making your vision for group coaching real. We'll be meeting on Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 and Feb 16/2010. Calls are recorded if you can't make a call. Click here for more info or to register.

About Jennifer: Jennifer Britton has led the Group Coaching Essentials™ program, an ICF CCE accredited program, since January 2006. A group facilitator since 1988, Jennifer has refined her own unique approach to group coaching over the last seven years. She offers programs for the public including the 90 Day BizSuccess™ program, as well as for corporate and non-profit groups. Originally trained and certified by CTI, Jennifer is a PCC with the ICF. Jennifer’s book – Effective Group Coaching – is published by John Wiley and Sons and is due out this month. It can be purchased at her website: www.groupcoachingessentials.com or at Amazon.com at http://bit.ly//7PDpn2 .

12 Tips for Engaging Your Virtual Audience

Keeping Your Clients Engaged Virtually is a key consideration when leading phone, or web based programs. Without the visual cues of the face to face world, it's difficult to know what participants are "up to" throughout the process.

As more and more trainers, coaches and speakers move to the virtual environment, as well as professionals leading meetings in their virtual environment, it's important to give thought about the envrionment you are creatin virtually. Here are 12 quick tips to keep your virtual audience more engaged.

12 Key Ways to engage participants in the virtual world:
- Start your call with a check –in so everyone is heard
- Take a pause every 7-10 minutes and see how everyone is doing
- Vary your approach in delivery – ask questions, provide a mini-lecture/teach piece
- Ask participants questions
- Complete short exercises by phone (i.e. Mindmapping, vision question, drawing)
- Note who is contributing and who is not
- Check in regularly with how the pulse of the group is going
- Start on time and end on time. Creating an environment where you see that your time is valued, helps to keep people on track
- Provide a clear direction of where you are going
- Create ground rules at start
- Encourage everyone to be off mute and engaged throughout the call
- Look at different roles group members can take (time keeper, scribe etc)


What additional tips or approaches do you have for keeping people engaged during phone based, or web-based, calls?

Have a great start to the week!

Warm regards,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC, CHRP
Potentials Realized
Group Coaching Essentials
Phone: (416) 996-TEAM (8326)
Email: info{at}potentialsrealized{dot}com

Join Me in Toronto on October 21st

I hope that you may join me here in Toronto on October 21st at 2 pm, when I will be presenting
Group Coaching: A Method to Support Organizational Performance at this year's CSTD/IFTIDO Annual Conference.

I will be co-presenting with colleague, Maureen Clarke. In addition to a very interactive session where you will be getting to explore how you can use group coaching to support your organizational performance, I will also be sharing some insights from how group coaching is impacting organizations across North America. Maureen will also be sharing some of her own research around how group coaching has impacted organizations.

Many of you will know that I was busy this summer writing Effective Group Coaching which will be published by Pfeiffer-Wiley in January 2010. I will be sharing some of the insights gathered from my research during my presentation next month. I hope that you can join me!

For more information on this year's CSTD/IFTDO conference, please visit http://www.cstd.ca. More information will be coming soon about pre-launch book information. Stay tuned!

Warm regards,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC, CPT
Potentials Realized
Group Coaching Essentials
Email: info{at}potentialsrealized{dot}com
Phone: (416) 996-TEAM (8326)

Avoiding Death By Powerpoint

I have been doing a lot of design work recently in preparation for some corporate engagements. Many clients have asked for very experiential programs, whereas others have wanted more of a focus on the "teach" piece, which has necessitated the development of some new Power Point presentations.

I came across this wonderful, humourous PowerPoint presentation by Alexei Kapterev on Death By Powerpoint. You can access the Powerpoint here.

Coaching Challenge:
What steps will you take in your next presentation to avoid Death by Powerpoint?

Have a great week!

Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CHRP
Potentials Realized
Group Coaching Essentials
Toll Free: 1-866-217-1960
Email: info{at}potentialsrealized {dot}com

Group Facilitation Tip - Death By Powerpoint

How are you avoiding Death By Powerpoint in your group programs? PowerPoint is something I try to use very sparingly and only when I am speaking to larger audiences or when there really is a training component.

For those of you who have to use PowerPoint and do a lot of presentations, I wanted to share a post I wrote a few weeks ago over at my sister blog Biz Toolkit. Here it is - I hope that you enjoy:

Are you looking for some great resources to amp up your next presentation? Did you know that speaking in front of a large audience is one of business professionals' greatest fears?

Here are some great sites to get pointers from, to boost the impact of your next presentation.

1. Presentation Zen: Garr Reynolds Presentation Zen site is chock full of amazing insights, recommendations and tools for making your presentations sizzle. He walks his talk and shares personal insights in such a juicy way.

Check out Presentation Zen for some amazing resources including a post on three strategic questions you should answer at the start of any presentation:
Who are You?
What do you do?
and Why does it matter?
These are an extension of a story from Brand Gap regarding a consultant who started every meeting with a client using these three questions.Who are you? What do you do? Why does it matter? - So simple, yet so powerful.
Read his post on: Why does it matter and What's your contribution here.

2. Powerful Presentation Techniques from Paul Gibler, the Web Chef, CONNECTINGDOTS. Paul has over 200 blog posts at his PPT site...dig around there's some great stuff!

3. The PowerPoint and OfficeArt Team Blog from Microsoft -- this is not an extensive blog, but there are some neat pointers on how to leverage your powerpoint!

4. Fortify Your Oasis also has some fantastic postings on Presentation tips. Click on over to Rowan Manahan's blog. He's also got a lot of great stuff related to career management and working life.

What specific questions do you have about being able to make your presentations sizzle? Feel free to post them here and I can respond to them in future blog posts.

Have a wonderful week,
Jennifer

Jennifer Britton, PCC, CPCC, CHRP, CPT
Email: jennifer[at]potentialsrealized[dot]com
Potentials Realized
Group Coaching Essentials - The next Group Coaching Essentials program starts Tuesday July 17th. Are you ready to move forward with your group coaching ideas and are looking for some tips and tools and not wanting to re-invent the wheel?