Teams Transformed

Team Coaching Studio Ltd

Teams Transformed is the podcast for courageous coaches, curious leaders, and anyone passionate about unlocking the true power of teams. Hosted by Georgina Woudstra and Allard De Jong, we explore transformational insights on how to coach teams with presence, depth, and emergence, diving into not just the tools, but the art of team coaching itself. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

  1. 4d ago

    The Team Launch: Creating the Conditions for Change

    Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching In this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the team launch with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the discovery phase and individual stakeholder conversations, they debrief the first full team workshop, exploring how an emergent approach helps a team uncover its own learning agenda rather than imposing one from the outset. As they reflect on the session, Georgina and Allard unpack the delicate balance between structure and emergence. They explore how the team's assessment data provided a useful starting point, but it was the team's interactions in the room that revealed the most important opportunities for growth. Along the way, they discuss the value of helping teams move beyond politeness, take ownership of their development, and begin paying attention not only to what they talk about, but how they work together. You'll discover: What a team launch is—and why it's a critical milestone in the coaching journey.How an emergent approach helps teams discover their own learning agenda.Why process often provides more valuable information than assessment data alone.The importance of balancing structure with responsiveness in a team coaching session.How early signs of politeness and caution can point to deeper developmental work ahead.As the team coaching journey unfolds, they demonstrate how every interaction—from one-to-one conversations to whole-team sessions—helps build a richer understanding of the team and creates the conditions for meaningful, lasting change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team Coaching

  2. Jul 9

    Something New Emerges – but can too much data change the story?

    Download our FREE guide here! In this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard continue their work with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the engagement session, they move into the discovery phase of the coaching journey—gathering additional data, conducting interviews, and making sense of what they're learning about the team and the wider system. As new information emerges, so do new questions. Georgina and Allard reflect on the tension between gathering data and taking action, exploring how easy it can be to become attached to finding the "right" diagnosis before moving forward. Along the way, they uncover fresh insights about the team's dynamics, consider how change unfolds over time, and discuss what it means to coach a team when the picture is constantly evolving. You'll discover: Why team coaching is rarely a linear process.How new data can challenge initial assumptions about a team.The benefits—and potential pitfalls—of extensive discovery and diagnostics.Why meaningful team transformation happens over a series of interventions, not a single session.How coaches make sense of emerging patterns while staying open to what comes next.This episode offers an honest look at the complexity of the discovery phase and the reality that every answer often leads to new questions. As the coaching journey unfolds, Georgina and Allard invite listeners behind the scenes to explore how teams—and coaches—learn to work with uncertainty, emergence, and change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Download our FREE guide here!

  3. Jun 11

    The First Clues when Coaching a Team: The journey starts here

    In the first episode of series 3 The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard begin their work with Acme Incorporated, a fictional organisation inspired by real-world team coaching experiences. The journey starts with a familiar scenario: an email from Sarah, Acme's Head of HR, asking for help to support the executive team in becoming "one" and working together more effectively. As they unpack Sarah's request, Georgina and Allard reveal how the team coaching process begins long before the first team session. From the language used in an email to the expectations of key stakeholders, every interaction offers valuable clues about team culture, organisational dynamics, and what might be happening beneath the surface. You'll discover: Why the first conversation with a sponsor can be one of the richest sources of data in a team coaching engagement. How seemingly small details can reveal important insights about team culture and dynamics. The assumptions, expectations, and pressures that coaches bring into the early stages of an engagement. Why the desire for certainty, structure, and diagnostics can sometimes shape what coaches notice—and what they miss. Questions to consider when preparing for your own stakeholder and engagement conversations. Georgina and Allard take you behind the scenes of their thinking, sharing what they're noticing, the hypotheses they're forming, and the choices they're making as the coaching journey begins. This episode sets the stage for a series that explores what really happens when teams embark on the path toward greater alignment, effectiveness, and transformation. Play along with today’s episode and ask yourself – where would you go from here? Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/ Buy the book: MASTERING THE ART OF TEAM COACHING

  4. Apr 30

    Letting the Moment Lead: Coaching Beyond the Agenda with Caroline Souto

    In this episode, Georgina is joined by Caroline Souto, a PCC and ACTC-certified coach with over 15 years’ experience in leadership, innovation, and team development across 14 countries. Based in Brazil and a faculty member and global partner with TCS, Caroline brings a rich, global perspective to emergent coaching—grounded in deep presence, observation, and trust. Together, they explore small moments of emergence that create big impact, where what’s happening in the here and now shapes the direction of the conversation, rather than a predetermined agenda. Caroline shares how her practice has evolved from diagnosing and fixing to being fully present with teams, allowing real needs (like fatigue or unspoken tension) to surface and guide meaningful dialogue. You’ll discover: How emergence shows up in subtle but powerful moments during team coaching. Why letting go of rigid agendas can unlock deeper connection and insight. How to create the conditions - trust, safety, and awareness - for emergence to unfold. The impact of your way of being as a coach, and how presence itself becomes an intervention. Why observation, patience, and inner work are essential to transformational coaching. This episode is a compelling invitation for team coaches and leaders to trust the process, work with what’s truly happening, and recognise that even the smallest shifts in awareness can lead to profound change. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

  5. Apr 16

    This Might Not Go Well: The reality of coaching through change with Jason Leunberger

    Georgina and Allard are joined by Jason Leunberger, sharing his powerful insights from a six-month team coaching engagement within a large, complex organisation. At the heart of his story are key learnings about subgroups, the courage to experiment at different levels of the system, and the time it takes for a team to truly come together as one. We also explore the value of co-coaching in navigating this journey. Jason, with a background in tech, consulting and leading GRC globally at Starbucks, now coaches leaders and teams through Kinkou. He shares a pivotal moment when a divide between longstanding and newer leaders surfaced, and how facilitating a direct dialogue helped unlock insight and provide a way forward. You’ll discover: How subgroup dynamics can shape (and stall) team effectiveness. Why courageous experimentation at different system levels matters. The importance of staying present when discomfort and division arise. How co-coaching strengthens support during complex interventions. Why patience and timing are essential for lasting team alignment. This episode offers rich, real-world insight for team coaches and leaders working with change and complexity, highlighting that true transformation takes time, courage, and a willingness to stay with what’s emerging, even when it’s uncomfortable.   Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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Teams Transformed is the podcast for courageous coaches, curious leaders, and anyone passionate about unlocking the true power of teams. Hosted by Georgina Woudstra and Allard De Jong, we explore transformational insights on how to coach teams with presence, depth, and emergence, diving into not just the tools, but the art of team coaching itself. Brought to you by Team Coaching Studio - The world’s leading academy for team coaching. To find out more about us visit https://teamcoachingstudio.com/

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