Erik de Haan is the director of the Ashridge Centre for Coaching, Hult International Business School, and professor of organisation development and coaching at VU University Amsterdam. He has an MSc in theoretical physics, an MA in psychodynamic psychotherapy, and a PhD in psychophysics, and specialises in team coaching and one-to-one coaching for executives.

Dorothee Stoffels is an experienced Team and Executive Coach and Organisation Development (OD) practitioner. Originally trained in systemic psychotherapy, she takes a keen interest in how organisations function as systems. Her interventions focus on the relational aspects of interactions and change. She is a founding member and director of the Ashridge Team Coaching Programme.

Introduction to relational team coaching Part A: Ways of framing relational team coaching 1. Why relational? 2. Gestalt perspectives on relational team coaching 3. Systemic perspectives on relational team coaching 4. A systems psychodynamic perspective on relational team coaching Part B: Ways of working as a relational team coach 5. Working with the past in team coaching 6. In the present- Working with the team in the here and now 7. For the future: Working with the team's objectives Part C: Ways of stepping up as a relational team coach 8. Contracting as a container for relational team coaching 9. Discovering what needs attention: The inner and outer world of the team 10. Working at relational depth: Skills in relational team coaching 11. Working with power, derailment, and top teams 12. Working with equity, diversity, and inclusion in teams 13. Ending well as a team coach 14. The future of team coaching: An epilogue by all contributors References Index