Team Coaching Session Companion – Burns Leadership Consulting

Team Coaching Session Companion

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Before the Session

Clarify team focus, surface what is on people’s minds, and arrive ready to do real work.

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After the Session

Capture insights, lock in team commitments, and set a clear path forward.

Before the Session

Complete individually or as a team lead before the session begins.

Who Is Completing This

Team name or group

Session date

Your name (team lead or submitter)

Your name

Session date

Team name or group

Team Focus

What is the most important thing this team needs to work on in this session?

What would a successful session look like for the team?

Is there anything the team has been avoiding or that needs to be named? (Optional)

Individual Readiness

These questions are for each person to answer honestly. If completing as a team lead, reflect on your own readiness.

How ready are you to engage fully in this session? (1 = not at all, 10 = fully ready)

Not readyFully ready

What is on your mind that could pull your attention away from the team today?

What do you most want to contribute to this session?

Team Dynamics Pulse

Rate how the team is currently functioning in each area. Trust your gut.

Trust & psychological safety

LowHigh

Clarity on priorities

LowHigh

Quality of team communication

LowHigh

Accountability to each other

LowHigh

What is one thing the team is doing well right now?

What is one thing that, if improved, would make the biggest difference?

After the Session

Capture while it is fresh. What the team names here becomes the bridge to next time.

Who Is Completing This

Team name or group

Session date

Your name (team lead or submitter)

Your name

Session date

Team name or group

Key Insights

What was the most significant insight or shift for the team in this session?

What did the team hear itself say that deserves more attention?

Team Commitments

What is the team committing to do differently or consistently before the next session?

How will the team hold itself accountable to these commitments?

Carry Forward

What unfinished work, open questions, or emerging themes should the team bring to the next session?

SMART Team Commitment

Use this section to lock in one high-priority team commitment with the rigor it deserves.

SSpecific action — What exactly will the team do?

MMotivation — How motivated is the team to follow through? (1 = low, 10 = high)

LowHigh

AAbility — How confident is the team that this can be done in the next 3–4 weeks? (1 = low, 10 = high)

LowHigh

RRelevance — Why does this matter to the team right now?

TTracking — How will the team know it followed through?