Choosing the right team coaching course is a personal decision—what works for one coach might not be the right fit for another. Accreditation and frameworks are important but the real question is: what do you need to grow as both a practitioner and a business?

Besides being a direct reference to one of Marcia Reynolds’ books, “coach the team, not the problem” is a powerful reminder that true transformation in teams doesn’t lie in chasing symptoms but in addressing the root—the team itself.

When we, as team coaches, encounter challenging situations—moments where a team won’t engage, stalls, or actively resists progress—the instinctive reaction can often be to reach for tools, techniques, or predesigned activities.

Choosing the right team coaching course is a personal decision—what works for one coach might not be the right fit for another. Accreditation and frameworks are important but the real question is: what do you need to grow as both a practitioner and a business?

Choosing the right team coaching course is a personal decision—what works for one coach might not be the right fit for another. Accreditation and frameworks are important but the real question is: what do you need to grow as both a practitioner and a business?

When we, as team coaches, encounter challenging situations—moments where a team won’t engage, stalls, or actively resists progress—the instinctive reaction can often be to reach for tools, techniques, or predesigned activities. These interventions, though effective in some cases, come from memory, from the past. In doing so, we unconsciously pull away from the present moment, relying on what has worked before or what we were taught along the way.