Team coaching for adaptive performance
A 2-day intensive + 90-day coaching program grounded in doctoral research proving that team coaching is the strongest predictor of adaptive performance in VUCA environments.
The Reality
Your teams aren’t failing because they lack talent.
Execution stalls under pressure
Teams that perform well in steady state fracture when complexity rises — and in high-stakes environments, it always rises.
Coaching is ad hoc, not systemic
Leadership invests in individual coaching but never addresses the team as a system. Individual upgrades don’t fix collective dysfunction.
Resilience is treated as a buzzword
Organizations talk about resilience without measuring it, building it, or understanding that it’s a collective capacity — not an individual trait.
Agile rituals replaced agile thinking
Teams run sprints and retros on autopilot. The ceremonies continue. The adaptability doesn’t. What analysts call “Zombie Scrum” has become the norm.
Most team development interventions — training, team building, facilitation — are episodic, surface-level, and disconnected from how teams actually perform under pressure.
This program is different. It’s built on peer-reviewed research demonstrating exactly how team coaching drives adaptive performance — and the specific mechanisms (resilience, goal commitment, learning agility) through which it works.
This isn’t theory. It’s evidence from a structural equation model demonstrating how coaching actually drives team performance under the exact conditions your organization is facing.
THE SCIENCE
Three findings that change how you coach teams.
From the first study to test team coaching, resilience, learning agility, and adaptive performance in a single integrated model.
Team coaching is the strongest predictor
Among all variables tested, team coaching emerged as the single most powerful predictor of team adaptive performance. Not resilience. Not learning agility. Coaching.
THE PROGRAM
2-day intensive + 90-day follow-up coaching.
Structured around Team Coaching Theory — the optimal timing of interventions during task performance — integrated with Conservation of Resources, Social Cognitive, and Goal-Setting theories.
Diagnostic & framework
DAY 1 — VIRTUAL OR ON-SITE
- Team assessment debrief: where your team sits on the coaching-resilience-agility pathway
- The integrated theoretical framework: four theories, one model
- Identifying your team’s VUCA profile and primary adaptive challenges
- Calibrating coaching intensity based on your team’s learning agility level
Applied coaching & simulation
DAY 2 — EXPERIENTIAL
- Practicing three coaching dimensions: preparative, active, and supportive
- VUCA simulation exercises customized to your industry
- Live team coaching demonstration and debrief
- Building your 90-Day Team Coaching Action Plan
Follow-up coaching
90 Days — VIRTUAL OR ON-SITE
- Week 2 & 4: Group coaching sessions — applying the framework to real situations
- Week 6: Individual deep-dive on your specific team context
- Week 10: Progress review through the Conservation of Resources lens
- Week 13: Re-assessment, pre-post comparison, and sustainability plan
INVESTMENT
Three ways to engage.
Every option includes the full 90-day follow-up coaching program, pre/post diagnostic assessments, and a digital toolkit grounded in the research.
Option A
Virtual
Open enrollment
$2500
per participant
Best for: Individual leaders & coaches from multiple organizations
- 2-day intensive as 4 half-day virtual sessions
- Cohort of 12–16 participants
- Pre-workshop team diagnostic assessment
- 4 group coaching sessions over 90 days
- 2 individual coaching sessions (45 min each)
- Post-program re-assessment & progress report
Option B
Hybrid
Enterprise
starting @ $20K
total engagement (up to 12 participants) + expenses
Best for: Intact teams seeking maximum impact
- Day 1 virtual: diagnostic debrief & framework
- Day 2 on-site: experiential simulations & live coaching
- Customized VUCA scenarios for your industry
- Full 90-day virtual follow-up coaching program
- Executive sponsor debrief & impact report
- Post-program re-assessment with pre/post data
- Only one travel day required
Option C
In-Person
Enterprise
starting @ $15K
2-Day intensive + $2000/person follow-up + expenses
Best for: Teams wanting a full immersive experience
- 2-day on-site intensive at your location
- Customized VUCA scenarios for your context
- Live team coaching demonstration with your team
- 90-day virtual follow-up coaching program
- Executive debrief with sponsor/leadership
- Post-program re-assessment & impact report
- Client provides venue; travel billed separately
Your facilitator
Dr. Devon Morris
Ph.D., Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Walden University, 2025 — Dissertation: Impact of Team Coaching, Team Resilience, and Team Learning Agility on Team Adaptive Performance in VUCA Environments
Board Certified Coach (BCC)
Center for Credentialing & Education — Bridging coaching practice and psychological science
Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)
Scrum Alliance — One of the few CSTs globally with doctoral-level team science credentials
Enterprise Agile Coach
Experience across technology, healthcare, finance, and government — the same sectors validated in the research
“Team coaching served as a powerful enabler of resilience, learning agility, and adaptability, equipping teams to sustain performance and thrive in the face of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.”
Dissertation: Impact of Team Coaching, Team Resilience, and Team Learning Agility on Team Adaptive Performance in VUCA Environments
Next Step
Ready to build teams that adapt under pressure?
The conversation starts with understanding your context. No pitch decks. No generic proposals. Just a focused discussion about what your teams need and whether this program is the right fit.