Go From Coaching Individuals to Coaching the Teams Behind Them

Team Development Essentials is designed to give you a strong, practical foundation to begin working with team leaders to better support their teams.

Many participants start applying what they learn during the program, using the frameworks, tools, and practicum experience to support real client work. You’ll learn how to structure conversations, work with team dynamics, and begin engaging teams more confidently.

The Practitioner level builds on this by teaching you to coach alongside teams, going deeper into complex team systems and longer-term engagements.

If your goal is to get started and build confidence, Essentials is enough. If you want to work at a more advanced, organizational level over time, the full certification pathway through Practitioner supports that progression.

This program is most valuable when you’re at a point where you want to expand your impact beyond individual coaching or leadership development.

Many coaches join when they notice a pattern: leaders grow, but the same challenges persist at the team level. Others join when clients begin asking for support with teams, and they want a structured way to respond.

If you’re starting to think more systemically about your clients or recognize this impact this can have, it’s usually the right time.

You can apply systemic team coaching across a wide range of teams, including leadership teams, non profit teams, cross-functional teams, and smaller business teams.

The approach is designed to work in real organizational contexts, so whether you’re an internal coach working within a company or an external coach working with clients, it can be applied directly to the teams you already support.

Many coaches begin by working with coaching the leaders of teams they already have access to, such as leadership groups, project teams, or stakeholder groups, and then expand from there.

What matters most is not the size or type of team, but the challenges they are facing, such as alignment, decision-making, accountability, and stakeholder relationships.

The return on team development is typically tied to how you apply it in your current work.

Some participants begin using elements of the approach immediately with existing clients, which can shift the scope and depth of their engagements. Others use the certification to reposition their practice toward team-level work over time. Many of our coaches also begin co coaching and cross referring each other to expand their opportunities and practice. 

Team coaching engagements are often broader in scope than individual coaching, which can lead to longer-term and higher-value contracts when positioned effectively.

Rather than requiring more clients, the shift is usually toward deeper work with fewer, more strategic engagements. You can also learn more about the experience of our graduates and their return on investment here: https://pages.coaching.com/team-coaching-testimonials  

Yes, especially if you’re looking to bring more structure, depth, and consistency to your work with teams.

Many experienced coaches and consultants come into the program having worked with teams informally. What they often gain is a clearer methodology, stronger contracting language, and a more systemic way of understanding team performance.

This allows them to move from facilitating sessions or advising leaders to working more deliberately with the team as a system over time.

For experienced practitioners, the value is often less about learning something entirely new, and more about strengthening, refining, and elevating how they already work.

You can view results from many course graduates and see how they are applying this work to coach teams on this page. You can also book a consultation with a graduate on our team here.

You can view the course schedule here. This course consists of:

• 6 self-paced modules: Each module is dedicated to a specific topic in team coaching, offering in-depth theoretical knowledge and practical insights. They are released on a specific schedule, and set up linearly, meaning you need to complete them before you can access the following modules.
• 6 live facilitated Practicum sessions: Following each module you will experience an interactive practicum for hands-on coaching experience offered at various times.
• 2 live Q&A Sessions with Prof. Hawkins and Dr. Carr: Two live Q&A sessions allow direct interaction with the instructors, as they address yours and others most common questions from the exclusive community.

In the Team Development Essentials, we started coaching leaders to better enable their teams, coach the team through the team leader, or how to start with the team.

In the Systemic Team Coaching® Practitioner you will learn how to effectively convey “why team coaching” to a potential client partner, how to expand your practice by coaching a team using the Five Disciplines of high-value creating teams, and SIDER, a model for scoping, contracting, and delivering team coaching work. 

You will expand your range of approaches you can use when coaching teams, and the authority, presence, and impact required to be a successful team coach.

After engaging with Systemic Team Coaching® Practitioner, you will gain the ability to coach teams, deliver off-site workshops, and carry out structured team diagnostics.

The Team Development Essentials course, leading to the "Certified in Team Development Essentials" qualification offers a dynamic, live online learning environment that's both flexible and engaging.

The course is grounded in the latest global research in team dynamics and coaching, and it stands out as one of the first to be accredited against international standards specifically for team coaching. By synthesizing a diverse array of approaches, the course is designed to equip coaches, managers, leaders and HRs with both the confidence and competence necessary to address a variety of common team challenges. Additionally, it encourages you to acknowledge the boundaries of their current skills and formulate a personal learning plan for growth within the team coach role.

A significant emphasis of the course is on systemic approaches to team coaching. This perspective equips participants with a broader range of responses and strategies, moving beyond typical linear models. It invites participants to challenge conventional assumptions about teams and team coaching, fostering the development of a unique, evidence-based practice.

Our goal is to offer the highest quality training, shaping participants into team coaches who can create meaningful impacts not only for their clients and teams but also in the broader social context.

While prior coaching experience can enhance your learning, a background in team development is not required, as the course is thoughtfully designed to cater to both newcomers and those with some experience in the field.

Those with more extensive team coaching experience may reach out to support@coaching.com to see if they qualify to move straight to the Practitioner level. 

To graduate from the course and receive your designation Certified in Team Development Essentials, you must meet the following criteria:

• Complete all asynchronous activities for the six modules.

• Attend at least 5 out of 6 Practicums live. 

If you miss a Practicum, there is a Missed Practicum process to make up for your attendance. 

Note this can only be used once toward meeting your graduation requirements.

Optional, but highly recommended in addition to graduation requirements:

• Q&A Sessions: Attendance is optional but highly recommended for a richer learning experience.

• Journaling: Engage in self-reflection through journal writing, to be completed after each module.

Upon completing the course requirements, you’ll receive access to a special section of the Resource Library called Graduation. There, you will find a personalized digital certificate, marketing materials, and a copy of your CCEU, CPD or PDC credits depending which organization you are member of, ICF, EMCC or SHRM, respectively.

Upon completing the graduation requirements, you will receive the title of Certified in Team Development Essentials.

The graduation requirements are:

• Complete all asynchronous activities for the six modules.

• Attend at least 5 out of 6 Practicums live. 

If you miss a Practicum, you can use the Missed Practicum process to make up for your attendance. 

Note this can only be used once toward meeting your graduation requirements.

Upon completing the course requirements, you’ll receive access to a personalized digital certificate, marketing materials, and a copy of your CCEU, CPD or PDC credits depending which organization you are a member of ICF, EMCC or SHRM, respectively.

The Practicum sessions are structured to blend theoretical learning with practical application, providing a comprehensive and interactive experience. At the beginning of the course, you will be asked to select and join one of the Practicum Groups, depending on which time suits you the most. Each group is made up of 25 participants. As part of your first Practicum session, you will be randomly broken into Learning Groups of 8. This will be your Team for the rest of the course.

Each session begins with an introduction, followed by a core activity, and concludes with a plenary session for sharing insights and reflections. These sessions are designed to be interactive, fostering a deep engagement with the material and peers, ensuring that participants not only learn the concepts but also apply them effectively in their team coaching endeavors.

The Practicum Leader, along with the assistant, will guide the session to ensure everyone has the opportunity to voice their questions, share their experiences, and receive feedback from the group. 

You can learn more by reviewing the Practicum Guidelines.

After your purchase, you can login to your Learning Center at https://systemicteam.coaching.com/. Please use the same email you purchase with to login. You’ll also receive an email from support@go.coaching.com with all the details on how to access your course materials and the steps to get started. Be sure to check your inbox and spam folder for this important information. 

Yes! The course is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) with a Continuing Coach Education (CCE) accreditation with 26 CCE Units. The number of CCEUs depends on the attendance, and completion of graduation requirements.  

CCE Units can be used towards renewing one of ICF's individual credentials - ACC, PCC or MCC. Please visit the ICF website to learn more about the individual accreditation process: coachingfederation.org/credentials-and-standards/renew-credential 

Furthermore, if you opt for the Team Development Essentials and Practitioner course bundle, you will have the opportunity to deploy the learning and supervision hours towards the Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) offered by the ICF. Additional fees may apply, please visit ICFs site to learn more.