Teams Transformed
Teams Transformed is a podcast for coaches, leaders, and anyone interested in unlocking the potential of teams. Hosted by Georgina Woudstra and Allard De Jong, it explores transformational insights on coaching teams with presence, depth, and emergence. The podcast is brought to you by Team Coaching Studio, a leading academy for team coaching.
Episodes
The Final Review: What’s in the Bank and What’s Still Unsaid?
Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team CoachingIn the final episode of this series The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard reach the end of the first six-month coaching cycle with the executive team at Acme Inc. Their final review asks a deceptively simple question: is this really the end, or just a pause? As they take stock of what
Live-Action Coaching: From Off the Pitch to On the Pitch
Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team CoachingIn this episode, Georgina and Allard explore live-action coaching and take us behind the scenes of a real-time coaching session with the leadership team at Acme Inc. Unlike traditional coaching away from the workplace, live-action coaching happens where the team actually works, creating an opportunity to see whether le
The Power of the Check-In: Building a Team That Connects
Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team CoachingIn this episode, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of their first two-day team coaching session with the executive team at Acme Inc. As they debrief the experience, they explore how the real work of team coaching begins—not by following a fixed agenda, but by helping the team discover what matters mo
Everyone or No-One: The Role of One-to-One Coaching Sessions in Team Coaching
Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team CoachingToday, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the one-to-one coaching phase with the executive team at Acme Inc. As they debrief their individual coaching conversations, they explore how one-to-one sessions can accelerate team development—when they remain firmly in service of the team's collective
The Team Launch: Creating the Conditions for Change
Download our FREE e-book Beyond the Blueprint: A Guide to Emergent Team CoachingIn this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the team launch with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the discovery phase and individual stakeholder conversations, they debrief the first full team workshop, exploring how an emergent
Something New Emerges – but can too much data change the story?
Download our FREE guide here!In this episode of The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard continue their work with the executive team at Acme Inc. Following the engagement session, they move into the discovery phase of the coaching journey—gathering additional data, conducting interviews, and making sense of what they're learning about the team and the wider syst
The Engagement Session: Building Trust from Day One
Today, Georgina and Allard take listeners behind the scenes of the early stages of a team coaching engagement session. Following their initial conversations with HR sponsor Sarah, they debrief their first meeting with the executive team at the fictional organisation, Acme Inc. and begin making sense of what they're noticing.A strong sense of urgency runs through the team, alongside a genuine
The First Clues when Coaching a Team: The journey starts here
In the first episode of series 3 The Team Coaching Journey – Where Teams Come Alive, Georgina and Allard begin their work with Acme Incorporated, a fictional organisation inspired by real-world team coaching experiences. The journey starts with a familiar scenario: an email from Sarah, Acme's Head of HR, asking for help to support the executive team in becoming "one" and working tog
Where Teams Come Alive: Introducing series 3 of the Teams Transformed podcast
What really happens inside a team coaching journey—and what can we learn when we step behind the scenes?In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard introduce series 3 of the podcast: Where Teams Come Alive. Building on the rich conversations from their Moments of Emergence series, this next chapter takes listeners deeper into the lived reality of team coaching through the lens of a c
Contact First: Creating the Conditions for Transformation with Matthew Broderick
Georgina and Allard are joined by Matthew Broderick, a coaching psychologist with RocheMartin who works with leaders and teams across Europe, the US, Africa, and the Middle East. With a passion for emotional intelligence and behaviour change, Matthew brings a deeply relational perspective to the conversation.Together, they explore the significance of contact and how genuine connection shapes coach
Letting the Moment Lead: Coaching Beyond the Agenda with Caroline Souto
In this episode, Georgina is joined by Caroline Souto, a PCC and ACTC-certified coach with over 15 years’ experience in leadership, innovation, and team development across 14 countries. Based in Brazil and a faculty member and global partner with TCS, Caroline brings a rich, global perspective to emergent coaching—grounded in deep presence, observation, and trust.Together, they explore small momen
This Might Not Go Well: The reality of coaching through change with Jason Leunberger
Georgina and Allard are joined by Jason Leunberger, sharing his powerful insights from a six-month team coaching engagement within a large, complex organisation. At the heart of his story are key learnings about subgroups, the courage to experiment at different levels of the system, and the time it takes for a team to truly come together as one. We also explore the value of co-coaching in navigati
Kantor to the Rescue: What to do when teams get stuck with special guests Nick Regan and Henrik Herrmann
In this episode of Teams Transformed, Allard is joined by Nick Regan and Henrik Herrmann to explore how holding models and frameworks lightly can enable skillful, in-the-moment interventions. Reflecting on a workshop with a newly formed executive team, they share how they navigated uncertainty when plans fell short and the group got stuck in repetitive patterns.Nick Regan, an ICF-certified leaders
Charged Moments: When tension becomes the turning point with special guest Jen Campion
In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by Jen Campion, an Executive and Team Coach with a background in strategy and organisational change. Working across public and private sectors, Jen supports leaders and teams navigating complexity and change. Her practice is grounded in Gestalt—slowing down, paying attention, and creating the conditions for honest dialogue and me
Making the Invisible Visible with special guest Emma Pugh
In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by experienced team coach and learning and development professional, Emma Pugh. Emma works with teams who can’t unsee their impact on people and the planet, helping them strengthen how they lead together through coaching and transformative programmes.Emma shares two powerful stories of moments of emergence. In one, a leader’s pub
Surrendering to Moments of Emergence with special guest Zoe Egerickx
In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard are joined by Zoe Egerickx, an Accredited Executive and Team Coach who works with purpose-driven leaders and teams, particularly in health and social care. Grounded in trust, psychological safety, authentic connection, and purposeful action, Zoe brings a deeply relational approach—“it’s all about the relationships.”Zoe shares real-world sto
Trusting yourself and the process with special guest Mary Morand
In this episode, Georgina and Allard are joined by Mary Morand, an executive coach who helps leaders and teams uncover new ways of being and working. Together, they explore moments of emergence and the subtle shifts that create genuine connection.Mary shares a powerful story of a team moving from humour and deflection to real contact—sparked by a simple collective deep breath. The conversation hig
Travelling Light: Letting go of rigid agendas with special guest Caroline Duffy
Caroline Duffy joins Georgina and Allard to share a defining moment in her journey from facilitator to emergent team coach. Working with senior leadership teams, Caroline reflects on how naming her own frustration and inviting real-time reflection unlocked deeper engagement and learning.Together, they explore the courage and vulnerability required to work emergently, the importance of trust and cl
How Moments of Emergence Shape Team Coaching: with special guests Emily Jones and Dr Sebastian Fox
In this episode, Georgina and Allard are joined by fellow team coaches and TCS Diploma alumni Emily Jones and Dr Sebastian Fox for a rich, candid exploration of emergence in action. Emily shares an early-career experience of holding steady in the midst of team conflict—learning to stay present, trust the process, and allow the tension itself to become a catalyst for meaningful change. Seb reflects
Emergence: The Key to Real Transformation - HIGHLIGHTS
In this final episode of 2025, we recap Georgina and Allard's most powerful insights on emergent work, spotlighting the core capacities — self-awareness, presence, empathy, and attunement — that help coaches read the room, surface what truly matters, and create the conditions for real trust, connection and transformation.We also look ahead to 2026 and share what’s coming next, including an in
Moments of Emergence: the next series from the Teams Transformed podcast
What if the most powerful shifts in team coaching happen not through planning, but through the unexpected moments that move us?In this episode of Teams Transformed, Allard and Georgina kick off a brand-new series exploring emergence in team coaching—what it really is, what makes it possible, and why it’s becoming essential in today’s organisational landscape. Building on strong feedback from liste
Are We Ever Ready? The Team Coaching Journey Continues
Are we ever truly ready for the next step in our coaching journey - or is growth something that unfolds as we go?In this reflective episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard look back on the evolution of the series and their own paths as team coaches. They explore the deep personal work that underpins effective coaching - how family dynamics shape our styles, and why real mastery goes far
Coaching Through the Stages of Team Development
Every team moves through distinct stages of growth - but how can coaches skillfully guide them through each one?In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard explore a refreshingly simple yet powerful model of team development, inspired by Gestalt theory and the work of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. Moving beyond the familiar Tuckman framework, they introduce a three-phase approa
The 3 Metaskills: A Technology for Change
What if the real technology for change in team coaching isn’t found in new tools or frameworks—but in the meta skills you bring to the room?In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard introduce the three core meta skills that underpin powerful, transformational work with teams: presence, use of self, and active experiments.You’ll discover:Why these higher-order skills are the foundat
Dancing With Uncertainty
What happens when coaches and teams stop trying to control the process and start leaning into uncertainty instead?In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard explore the challenges and profound opportunities that emerge when we let go of rigid agendas and embrace present-moment work. Through vivid metaphors, personal stories, and research, they reveal how uncertainty isn’t something
Contact: are you ON or OFF?
When it comes to team coaching, the difference between being ON or OFF can make or break a connection. In this episode of Teams Transformed, Georgina and Allard explore what it really means to work emergently with teams—an approach that relies on presence, contact, and responsiveness rather than rigid agendas.You’ll discover:Why principles like contact, the here and now, and field theory are game-
Structures for Emergence: The Art of Balancing Structure With Spontaneity
In this episode, Georgina and Allard dive into the real-world challenge of launching team coaching engagements—where structure meets spontaneity. They explore how to lay the groundwork for deep transformation by creating psychological safety, building a strong container, and gradually shifting ownership to the team. With candid stories and hands-on tools, they reveal how meaningful progress unfold
You're a Magician: How Coach Presence and Stance Create Transformation
In this compelling episode, Georgina Woudstra recounts a transformative team coaching moment so powerful, she was dubbed a 'magician.' Joined by Allard, she unpacks the origin and deeper meaning of that phrase in the context of team coaching. Together, they dive into what it really takes to guide teams through conflict and into breakthrough: courage, conviction, and a deep trust in the p
Why 80% of Teams Fail and What Real Transformation Looks Like
Kicking off the series with energy and insight, hosts Allard and Georgina trace the roots and rapid evolution of team coaching. Together, they unpack the movement away from conventional facilitation and training, diving into what makes modern team coaching truly transformative. From harnessing the power of collective learning to embracing the unpredictable, this conversation reveals how the coach’
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The podcast for anyone interested in the theories and methodologies of Team Coaching. Listen now for a taste of what's to come, with your hosts Georgina Woudstra and Allard de Jong. And remember - subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode.
