Team Coaching

Program Overview

 

The OLC Team Coaching Certification (74 hours) is a comprehensive, supervision-supported professional training for coaches who aspire to earn the ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) or strengthen their competency in working with intact teams.

 

Rooted in the methodologies of:

• David Clutterbuck – systemic team coaching, cohesion and maturity models

• Peter Hawkins – Five Disciplines, the Seven-Eyed Model applied to team coaching

• Damian Goldvarg – reflective practice + supervision competency application

• Hawkins & Shohet – systemic and relational lenses

• Goldberg, Wotruba, Britton, Thornton – contemporary ICF-aligned team coaching models

 

The OLC design emphasizes evidence-informed practice, reflective competence, supervision, and ethical systemic engagement.

 

What Team Coaching Is and What It Is Not

 

Team Coaching IS:

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• A systemic, co-creative process supporting a team to improve collective awareness, collective performance, and relational intelligence.

• Facilitated learning that unlocks the team’s ability to think together, solve complex problems, build trust, and align around a common purpose.

• A long-term engagement rather than a single event.

• A practice centered around the team as the client, not the individuals in the team.

• A process where the coach works with the whole system, including stakeholders, culture, and environment.

 

Team Coaching IS NOT:

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• Team building (activities for bonding)

• Team training (teaching skills)

• Team facilitation (running meetings)

• Team consulting (giving solutions)

• Group coaching (individual coaching in a group setting)

• A process where the coach solves team problems or provides advice

 

Team coaching is distinguished by collective accountability, collective performance, and collective reflection—the hallmarks of ICF team coaching philosophy.

 

Program Requirements and Structure

 

Total Instructional Hours: 74

Component                                                                                   Hours

Live Zoom Instruction (Thursdays)                                             48 hours

Four Saturday Intensives (4 hours each)                                   16 hours

Team Coaching Supervision (Mentor Coaching)                       10 hours

Practicum: Live Team Coaching Sessions (outside class).         4 hours

Reading + Homework                                                                  6 hours

Total                                                                                            74 hours

 

Certification Pathway (ICF)

 

This program fulfills the training education components for:

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• ICF Team Coaching Education Hours (TCEs) required for the ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC).

• The required Supervision Hours (10).

• Four (4) documented team coaching experience hours required for the ACTC experiential component.

 

Students completing this program will have:

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1. A complete portfolio of team coaching tools

2. A minimum of 10 hours of team coaching supervision

3. A minimum of 4 hours of real team coaching practice

4. Demonstrated competence through evaluation

5. A certification of completion documenting 74 hours

 

ICF Team Coaching Competencies Addressed

 

This 74-hour course directly addresses all ICF Team Coaching Competencies, including:

 

Domain 1: Team Coaching Foundations

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• 1.1 Ethical Guidelines

• 1.2 Contracting for teams

• 1.3 Systemic perspective

 

Domain 2: Co-Creating the Relationship With the Team

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• 2.1 Psychological safety

• 2.2 Shared leadership

• 2.3 Team agreements

 

Domain 3: Coaching the Team

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• 3.1 Facilitating team dialogue

• 3.2 Leveraging conflict

• 3.3 Developing collective team intelligence

• 3.4 Partnering with stakeholders

 

Domain 4: Supporting Team Learning & Growth

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• 4.1 Feedback loops

• 4.2 Collective performance outcomes

• 4.3 System-wide reflection

 

Plus full integration of:

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• ICF 8 Core Competencies

• Global Team Coaching Institute (GTCI) models

• Peter Hawkins’ Five Disciplines

• Clutterbuck’s CID-CLEAR Team Maturity Path

• The Seven-Eyed Model for Team Coaching

• OLC’s proprietary systemic frameworks

 

Program Delivery Format (5 Months)

 

Two hours every Thursday evening + Four Saturday intensives

A. Weekly Thursday Sessions (48 Hours Total)

24 sessions × 2 hours each

 

Below is the outline of all 24 classes.

 

Full 74-Hour Course Outline

 

Module 1 — Foundations of Team Coaching (10 hours)

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Week 1–2 (4 hrs)

   Class 1: What Team Coaching Is / Is Not
   Class 2: Distinctions: Consulting, Facilitation, Training, Team Building, Group Coaching

Week 3–4 (4 hrs)

   Class 3: ICF Team Coaching Competencies & ACTC Requirements
   Class 4: Overview of Clutterbuck, Hawkins, Goldvarg, & OLC Systemic Models

Saturday Intensive #1 (2 hrs from Module 1 + 2 hrs Module 2)

   Team Identity, Purpose, and Contracting
   Stakeholder Mapping (Hawkins Discipline 1)

 

Module 2 — Systemic Contracting & Team Diagnostics (12 Hours)

 

Week 5–6 (4 hrs)

   Class 5: Contracting with Sponsors vs. Contracting with the Team
   Class 6: Psychological Safety & Relational Trust Mapping

Week 7–8 (4 hrs)

   Class 7: DIAGNOSTICS—Clutterbuck Team Maturity Index
   Class 8: DIAGNOSTICS—Hawkins Systemic Team Coaching Wheel

Saturday Intensive #2 (4 hrs)

   Real-play: Team Contracting + Diagnostic Practice

 

Module 3 — Team Dialog, Conflict, Alignment (12 hours)

 

Week 9–10 (4 hrs)

   Class 9: Conversational Intelligence for Teams
   Class 10: Facilitating Systemic Dialogue

Week 11–12 (4 hrs)

   Class 11: Conflict as Data (Perls / Gestalt + team conflict models)
   Class 12: Boundary Management & Roles (Belbin + OLC Structures)

Saturday Intensive #3 (4 hrs)

   Facilitation Lab: Dialogue, Conflict Surfacing, Team Awareness

 

Module 4 — Team Learning, Performance, & Culture (10 hours)

 

Week 13–14 (4 hrs)

   Class 13: Building Collective Intelligence
   Class 14: From Individual Goals to Collective Performance Goals

Week 15–16 (4 hrs)

   Class 15: Culture Work – Norms, Agreements, Rituals
   Class 16: Feedback Systems & Learning Loops

Saturday Intensive #4 (4 hrs)

   Team Performance Simulation + Supervisor-Observed Practicum

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Module 5 — Supervision Integration & ACTC Preparation (20 hours)

 

Week 17–22 (12 hrs)

   Class 17: Supervision Eye 1–3 for Teams
   Class 18: Parallel Process in Team Coaching
   Class 19: Supervisor as Systemic Interpreter
   Class 20: Ethics in Team Coaching
   Class 21: ACTC Exam Preparation
   Class 22: Final Reflection + Portfolio Completion

 

Supervision Requirement: 10 Hours (ICF-Required)

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Delivered through:

• Five 1-hour group supervision sessions (5 hours)

• Five 1-hour individual/team supervision sessions (5 hours)

 

Practicum Requirement: 4 Hours

 

Participants conduct real team coaching (1–2 teams), documented for ACTC.

 

Reading + Homework: 6 Hours

 

Acurated reading list featuring:

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• Hawkins & Turner

• Clutterbuck

• Thornton

• Goldvarg & Pérez

• OLC proprietary texts

 

Student Requirements to Graduate

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1. Attend 74 hours of instruction & practice

2. Complete all 10 hours of team coaching supervision

3. Complete 4 hours of documented team coaching practice

4. Submit team coaching reflective assignments

5. Complete team coaching diagnostics and contracting exercises

6. Pass an OLC internal evaluation session

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How This Course Meets ICF ACTC Requirements

 

ACTC Requirement.                                           How OLC Course Meets It

 

Team Coaching Education (60+ hrs)                 74 total hours provided

Supervision (10 hrs)                                           Included—individual + group

Experience Requirement (5+ hrs)                     Students complete 4 hours coaching +                                                                                       evaluation session

Assessment of Competence                              OLC Team Coaching Performance                                                                                              Evaluation

ICF Team Coaching Competencies                    Embedded across all modules

 

Final Summary 

 

The OLC Team Coaching Certification Program is a rigorous, supervision-rich, ICF-aligned training designed to elevate coaches into systemic, relational, and performance-driven practitioners.
 

Through 74 hours of instruction, practice, reflection, and supervision, students gain the skills necessary to effectively coach intact teams, prepare for the ICF ACTC credential, and develop long-term team transformation capabilities.