Expert Team Coaching Services for Enhanced Team Performance
In an ideal world, teams would operate seamlessly, each member leveraging their unique strengths, skills, and expertise to achieve shared goals. But in reality, teams are composed of diverse individuals—each with their own experiences, perspectives, and personal challenges. These differences, while a potential strength, often give rise to miscommunication, conflicts, and other obstacles that hinder collaboration and performance.
As Patrick Lencioni aptly states in his book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, “Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome the need for invulnerability.” When trust erodes and dysfunction sets in, productivity plummets, morale dwindles, and goals slip further out of reach. This phenomenon is not unique to any industry or organisation size—it affects startups and corporate giants alike.
The good news? The dysfunction of teams doesn’t have to define your team. With the right guidance and strategies, teams can transform challenges into opportunities for growth. Team coaching offers leaders and managers the tools to rebuild trust, foster collaboration, and navigate the complexities of team dynamics, helping teams move from discord to alignment and from stagnation to success.
What Is Team Coaching?
It is a process where a coach works with an established team to help them reach their goals and create a sustainable environment that cultivates trust, engagement, team health, and success. Through the team coaching process, teams can align around a common purpose, establish inspiring spirit and vision, define clear roles, commit to accountability, and work toward continued high performance and development.
Benefits of Team Coaching
Team coaching provides transformative benefits for both teams and the broader organisation. By fostering psychological safety and cultivating a supportive environment, teams are empowered to openly explore individual and collective objectives. This approach promotes a culture of accountability, where team members take ownership of their actions and outcomes. Research highlights that team coaching delivers the following key benefits:
- Boosts team performance by enhancing focus and effectiveness.
- Cultivates a positive workplace culture, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Enhances team collaboration and builds stronger working relationships.
- Equips teams to manage and resolve conflicts effectively, reducing workplace tensions.
- Improves communication skills, enabling clear and open dialogue.
- Supports coaching team members, helping them unlock their potential and align with team goals.
- Develops collective intelligence, helping teams set goals, establish a shared vision, and build unity.
Ultimately, team coaching empowers organisations to inspire and meaningfully develop their people, creating sustainable success and growth.
Our approach to fully tailored Team Coaching services
Our tailored team coaching services are designed to meet the unique needs of each company and team. We understand that every organisation operates differently, and we believe in personalising our interventions to ensure optimal results.
Using factual data, we thoroughly analyse the specific needs of our clients. This may involve conducting interviews with team members, conducting psychometric testing, or utilising the enneagram to gain deeper insights into individual behaviours and preferences.
Through our customised approach, we help teams develop effective communication skills, improve collaboration, and enhance overall performance. Our team of experienced coaches are skilled in creating a safe and supportive environment where team members can openly share their challenges and work towards achieving their goals.
By tailoring our coaching interventions based on factual data, we can provide targeted strategies and interventions that address your unique team dynamics. We understand that a one-size-fits-all approach simply does not work, and that is why we go the extra mile to ensure our solutions align with the specific needs of our clients.
Choose our tailored coaching solution to unlock the full potential of your team. Experience improved teamwork, increased productivity, and a positive work culture that fosters growth and success. Let us help you build a strong, cohesive team that will thrive in today’s competitive business environment.
Meet Our Expert Team Coaches
Our team coaches are highly skilled professionals with a wealth of experience in transforming teams into cohesive, high-performing units. They bring a deep understanding of team dynamics, communication styles, and conflict resolution, coupled with a passion for unlocking the potential within every team. Certified in leading methodologies and tools, including the Enneagram and other psychometric assessments, our coaches tailor their approach to meet the unique needs of each team.
Whether your team is navigating challenges, striving for better collaboration, or aiming to reach new levels of performance, our coaches are here to guide, inspire, and empower your team to achieve lasting success.
Enneagram coaching is an effective tool for helping teams unlock their potential and build high-performing teams. Coaching can lead to improved communication, effective conflict resolution, improved decision-making, and better strategic planning when used successfully. The Enneagram helps individuals understand their core beliefs and motivations and how they affect their team dynamics, allowing them to recognise the untapped talents of their members. It encourages members to go beyond their roles and understand one another’s strengths, weaknesses, perspectives and values. By deepening their understanding of the Enneagram, teams can reduce judgement and criticism of each other while building trust and interpersonal understanding. Enneagram coaching provides a facilitated group experience which guides participants in discovering their type and learning how to leverage their diversity to create successful outcomes.
For Enneagram coaching, we use the Integrative Enneagram tests. Each individual needs to complete the test, and they will receive a comprehensive individual report. Once every individual completes the questionnaire, the Team Enneagram report will be generated.
Every individual will get a comprehensive 44-page report covering topics of his or her type:
- Overview of the 9 Types
- Three centres of expression
- Wings to Enneagram type
- Stretch & Release
- Contextual strain
- Levels of integration
- Communication style
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Dealing with conflict
- Decision-making
- Leadership & Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Team behaviour
The IEQ9 Enneagram team report provides team-specific information and the Enneagram team map:
- Primary style
- Secondary and underdeveloped styles
- Team development stages
- Strain profile
- Instincts
- Interaction and conflict styles
- Team leader style
The information covered in the reports will be utilised during the individual and team coaching sessions.
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Team Coaching - FAQ
The best team coaching services are those that transform teams into aligned, high-performing units through a blend of psychological insight, strategic facilitation, and leadership development. At Esterhuizen Coaching and Consulting (ECCSA), we offer:
Purpose-driven team coaching based on the Enneagram and leadership science,
Customised team development programs tailored to your culture and business goals,
Access to a registered industrial psychologist and credentialed team coaches.
We specialise in Enneagram-informed team coaching, high-performance alignment, and coaching that connects people, purpose, and performance. Learn more at: esterhuizenconsulting.co.za/team-coaching-services
Business team coaching is a structured intervention that helps teams in SMEs and organisations work better together. It focuses on:
Clarifying roles, goals, and behaviours,
Improving communication and collaboration,
Building team accountability and performance.
ECCSA’s business team coaching services are grounded in evidence-based methods and psychological models that help teams become more strategic, adaptable, and unified.
Corporate team coaching is designed for leadership, executive, and cross-functional teams in larger organisations. It addresses:
Strategic alignment,
Role clarity and conflict resolution,
Leadership effectiveness and collective accountability.
At ECCSA, we work with corporates and government departments across South Africa to help teams navigate complexity, embrace diversity, and deliver on their mandates with purpose and cohesion.
Enneagram team coaching uses the Integrative Enneagram framework to uncover individual and team personality dynamics. This approach helps teams:
Understand different communication styles and motivators,
Identify blind spots, conflict patterns, and potential growth areas,
Cultivate empathy, psychological safety, and resilience.
ECCSA is an experienced provider of Enneagram coaching for teams, combining deep personality insights with practical leadership development to enhance team cohesion and performance. Learn more here: esterhuizenconsulting.co.za/enneagram-team-coaching
ECCSA provides Enneagram team coaching in Centurion, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and the Free State, with both in-person and virtual options available. Our associate network allows us to offer Enneagram-based coaching solutions across South Africa for corporates, SMEs, and government departments.
Executive team coaching helps senior leadership teams become more aligned, strategic, and emotionally intelligent. It focuses on:
Enhancing trust and collaboration,
Navigating complexity and change,
Driving organisational culture from the top down.
At ECCSA, our executive coaching is delivered by registered psychologists and experienced coaches who specialise in leadership team dynamics and performance.
Group or team coaching involves working with multiple individuals collectively to enhance self-awareness, collaboration, and shared purpose. Unlike training, coaching is a facilitated discovery process that:
Addresses real-time challenges,
Encourages peer accountability,
Develops collective emotional intelligence and trust.
Whether it’s a small leadership team or a larger departmental unit, ECCSA creates safe coaching spaces that lead to meaningful change.
High-performance team coaching is a focused process that elevates a team's ability to consistently deliver exceptional results. It goes beyond team building and targets:
Shared leadership and accountability,
Agile collaboration and psychological safety,
Strategic execution aligned to business outcomes.
ECCSA’s approach integrates the Enneagram, neuroscience, and behavioural psychology to help teams thrive under pressure and lead through change.
Individual and team coaching combines one-on-one coaching for team members with group sessions. This blended approach allows individuals to:
Explore personal blind spots or growth areas privately,
Bring those insights into a team setting to enhance trust, communication, and alignment.
ECCSA often recommends this method for leadership teams undergoing culture change, restructuring, or performance transformation.
Benefits of team coaching with ECCSA include:
Increased trust, cohesion, and communication,
Better decision-making and problem-solving as a team,
Stronger accountability and shared leadership,
Enhanced performance and adaptability in dynamic environments,
Insight into personality dynamics through the Enneagram and other psychometric tools.
Our clients often report not only improved team outcomes, but also a more engaged, empowered, and resilient workforce.