Teams Unleashed: How to Release the Power and Human Potential of Work Teams

by Phillip Sandahl, Alexis Phillips

FROM THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER, Co-Active Coaching, Fourth The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life

Teams Unleashed provides a map and compass for engaged, sustainable, and improved team performance. This practical approach uses the everyday language of teams to highlight what's working, and uncover what's not, and gives teams the tools to to incorporate new practices that build team effectiveness. This is an approach proven in the real world of teams since 2005 and used by thousands of teams worldwide.

The steps outlined are based on the fundamentals of coaching-a powerful, repeatable process to support and empower change that makes a difference. Teams Unleashed introduces the five core competencies for working effectively with teams, describes the essential team coaching skills and provides exercises and activities to generate the important conversations that lead to new understanding and new team norms.

This is a book for those who work with and lead team and executive coaches, internal HR, OD and L&D professionals, and team leaders. This is an approach that gives teams a way to get clear "We are here"; the tools to design "Where we go from here"; and the structure and accountability to stay on track for team success.

Genres: Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 8, 2019

Reviews

[Karen ⊰✿ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book details the model used by the authors to assess team performance and the coaching strategies to improve.
I personally found it a little 'academic' in the style of writing and not something a leader could pick up and grab some tips to implement. I think the best audience would be coaches or OD professionals who enjoy keeping up to date with different models and methods.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

[K Saju · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a leader of diverse teams I keep on reading and executing the best methods and processes which are suggested by the leaders in their field. In 'Teams Unleashed' by Phillip Sandahl, Alexis Phillips I was more than pleasantly surprised to see the rich plethora of information on building a high performance team. The book closlely looks at the dimensions which goes in building a high performance team and then breaks it down to a model where with coaching this model can be replicated again and again. Make no mistake this is a coaching book but what makes it unique is the step by step process and method which has been outlined along with the pracical use case and real life scenarios encountered by the authors. This is the bible for coaches who work with teams and any executive interested in building a powerful team that consistently delivers should make note of the model explained in this book and set about replicating it in their environment.
This book is definitely one which I would keep on recommending to my peers and I sincerely hope that they get as much good advice as I have received by reading this book.

[Fran Cormack · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book that really gets to the heart of coaching, at both a team, and an individual level. Well researched, and back up with data, every coach, aspiring, and experienced will learn a lot from this book.

[Khan Ashraf Alif · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title should add "guide for being a team coach"

[Yehor Kachanov · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books about Team Coaching, especially part 2 of the book.