Team Coaching with the Solution Circle

Daniel Meier is an experienced coach who specialises in working with teams. He is co-founder of SolutionSurfers, an association of professional coaches in his native Switzerland.

Applying the positive power of Solutions Focus to working with teams, Daniel Meier shows how to apply Solutions Focus methods with groups and teams, and how to become an effective team coach either as a manager or as an external resource.

Foreword By Ben Furman; Chapter 1 Introducing the SolutionCircle; Chapter 2 Four Basic Principles; Focusing on Solutions; Building on Success; Illuminating Resources; Finding New Perspectives; Chapter 3 Helpful Attitudes; Chapter 4 The SolutionCircle Step by Step; An Overview of the Steps; Preparing the Ground; Expectations and Goals; Hot Topics; Highlights; Future Perfect; Scaling Dance; Steps; Personal Mission; Chapter 5 Setting Up a Workshop with the SolutionCircle; Chapter 6 Dealing with Strong Personalities; Chapter 7 A Look in the Toolbox; Solution Finding Questions; Pausing for Reflection; Silence and Attentive Awareness; Illuminating Small Successes; Chapter 8 Keeping Things Going; Celebrating Progress; A Survey as Additional Reinforcement; The Follow-up Workshop; SolutionSurfing in the Team's Daily Life; Basic Structure of Team Coaching; Chapter 9 External Consultants; Using External Consultants: The Manager's Perspective; From Contact to Contract: The External Consultant's Perspective; Postscript... Thanks... and a Little Game; Bibliography; About the Author.