A Collaboration Coach is different than an Executive or Life coach. While using similar tools and techniques, a Collaboration Coach guides leaders of large teams and can simultaneously sit as a facilitator to an entire group of collaborators. A wide range of skills are utilized in this work such as executive development, transformational leadership, interpersonal, and conflict resolution. A Collaboration Coach holds space for an entire collaborative team as it works to accomplish their goals and face difficult conversations and uncomfortable situations head on. Most importantly, having a Collaboration Coach on your team allows time to slow down and places responsibility of the work movement on the coach. This creates accountability for the client while they find their feet, work through the uncomfortable, and align conversations about their shared goals.
A Collaboration Coach first learns about what the collaboration is and what the intended goals are of that work. Next, they assess how the collaboration is being operated and what actors are both directly and indirectly involved. Through conversations, the Collaboration Coach will offer different ways to increase impact of the work while ensuring it is most effective.
Collaboration Cohorts are a six month intensive that focus on becoming the most equipped to design, lead, maneuver, and model effective and impactful collaborations.
