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SessionOne011

Coaching, Growing Your Team
���Jerry Weinberg, Pat Medvick

1/low/high/Puzzlers:
Good:
coach : organized, encouraged
team : organized around patterns, tocused on area needing methods, strategy edge, divided up task, individual coaching
Poor:
coach : very little teaching
team : communication around direction

2a/high/high/Poketeam:
Good:
coach : beginning organized, piece-type teach, focus tasks, praised throughout, tried for fun
team : reinforced small success, positive feed back, structure/process
Poor:
coach : stopped coaching & became participant (danger of technical coach)
team :gave one method and discouraged others, took more time putting together, patronized for success, quiet at change point which resulted in a change in team posture
Jerry comment: define a specific way or find a way that works for them?

2b/low/low/Sparklers
Good:
Coach: asked questions, let people sho knew task do it, observed process
and agreement, tried to help some
Team: asked questions to find out what works, expertise determined where to help
Poor:
Coach: showed frustration
Team: asked team what she could do to help, showing frustration matched
the internal state & thus reinforced frustration of other non-expert, wanting to coach coach
Jerry comment: coach�s greatest strength is also greatest weakness Importance of team name �MORASS� �CCRAP�

4a/high/low/TeamFun
Good:
Coach: objective and scope set at the beginning, set up scope, asked for goal, instilled team spirit, high 5�s, pause at success
Team: set objectives, reward accomplishments/done well, very good introduction, obtainint consensus, rewarding successes, setting objective: accomplished, rewards, own decisions & self tasking
Poor:
Coach: participated too much
Team: waited too long to get started, parallel working would have helped, spped not getting started, too involved in puzzle at end, speed to get started

4b/High/Low/PokePoke
(2coaches)
Good:
Coach: encouraged, �at a boys�, got started on boarders
Team: lots of directions and focus, lots of encouragement, not doing anything-team gave task, let find jobs wanted to do, let talents to do work & cleared working area, checking supplies & got through point of frustration (impossible)
Poor:
Coach: no direction � totally on their expertise (left alone), jumped in to help
Team: lack of direction, not up front guide, did not defend team (small size)
Jerry: not enough resources, did ask, got scowl (always get scowl), must be persistent, ccrative possibilities, ask what do you need

Second puzzle:
Results: last place team became first place, Jerry & Pat were requested & added to the team, Jerry provided process tips:
1) stop when getting in each others way (reset) Internal team language: as names of colors results in isolation of teams & need to integrate new team members
2) different procedures, implemented different strategies 5-6 times

second team: more important ideas, more checking was OK, more fun, more teaching,
What�s your objective? Short team versus long term effects, win versus experience, future effects:: different kind of puzzle, looked for alternatives, experienced sorting Examples/ sort by abilities

Start new way but not enough training so wasted time, communication was more important, Process of coachee

Ideal coach: notes here pictures after conference

Intelligent, smart, people oriented, proactive, flexible, good listener, good observer, good leader, good teacher, give direction

Enthusiasm, ideas generated, cheer leader camaraderie, all types, risk taking, give direction, conceptual level focus

Eyes what issues, ears listen, arms to guide, heart, integrate, congruent, honest, pull team together, scale honesty/justice

Mr Potato Head See, hear, look at closely, ax, boot, heart ideas, flexible

Open mind, ear to the ground and sky, nose for problems, heart, balance, teaching