Senior Team Development and Coaching

Why do senior teams seek development or coaching?

Even the most experienced leadership teams can get stuck.

Fast growth, strategic shifts, restructures, underperformance, siloed ways of working, new team members or a lack of trust – all can disrupt how a team functions. When the stakes are high and the demands complex, unspoken tensions, clashing priorities, or simply a lack of time to think together can erode collaboration, decision-making, and confidence.

Senior team development creates the space to pause, reflect and reset. It’s a chance to address the behaviours, relationships and patterns that may be holding the team back – and build the clarity, cohesion and strategic focus needed to move forward.

What is team development and coaching and what are its benefits?

Team development and coaching is a powerful process that supports leadership teams to work more effectively together – not just on tasks, but in the way they collaborate, communicate, and lead.

It helps leadership teams:

  • Strengthen relationships and trust

  • Improve communication and decision-making

  • Think and act more strategically

  • Align around shared goals

  • Solve problems and manage conflict constructively

How does it work?

The process begins with an assessment to understand your team's current dynamics, challenges and goals. This may involve one-on-one interviews, group discussions, and tools such as Team Connect 360® or psychometrics to gain insight into how the team is operating.

From there, a tailored plan is created in partnership with you. This could involve a one-off session or a series of workshops and coaching interventions, depending on your needs.

Sessions are interactive and iterative. Through safe, honest dialogue and practical activities, teams surface underlying issues, reset how they work together, and embed new ways of collaborating. With clear objectives, accountability and space for reflection, insights translate into meaningful change.

In complex and fast-changing environments, team coaching builds the behaviours and mindsets needed to:

  • Deliver business results

  • Develop and align strategy

  • Build psychological safety and accountability

  • Have candid conversations with confidence

  • Improve collaboration and influence

  • Understand and live shared values

  • Drive change and lead with purpose

  • Strengthen resilience and adaptability

Who I work with:

  • Executive Committees and Boards

  • Senior Leadership Teams

  • Teams navigating performance issues, change, lack of direction or strained relationships

Typical outcomes:

  • A clearer shared purpose and aligned ways of working

  • Increased psychological safety and stronger relationships

  • Greater openness, accountability and strategic alignment

  • Renewed focus on how the team works together – not just what it delivers

  • Improve team performance

What our clients say...

Ready to strengthen your senior team?

If your leadership team is facing challenges, change, or simply needs time to refocus, let’s talk.

Contact me to find a convenient time or Schedule a 15 mins meeting.

Kate Jennings Executive Coaching