Coaching interprofessional health care improvement teams: the coachee, the coach and the leader perspectives.
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Summary, in English
Aim
To investigate health care improvement team coaching activities from the perspectives of coachees, coaches and unit leaders in two national improvement collaboratives.
Background
Despite numerous methods to improve health care, inconsistencies in success have been attributed to factors that include unengaged staff, absence of supportive improvement resources and organisational inertia.
Methods
Mixed methods sequential exploratory study design, including quantitative and qualitative data from interprofessional improvement teams who received team coaching. The coachees (n = 382), coaches (n = 9) and leaders (n = 30) completed three different data collection tools identifying coaching actions perceived to support improvement activities.
Results
Coachees, coaches and unit leaders in both collaboratives reported generally positive perceptions about team coaching. Four categories of coaching actions were perceived to support improvement work: context, relationships, helping and technical support.
Conclusions
All participants agreed that regardless of who the coach is, emphasis should include the four categories of team coaching actions.
Implications for nursing management
Leaders should reflect on their efforts to support improvement teams and consider the four categories of team coaching actions. A structured team coaching model that offers needed encouragement to keep the team energized, seems to support health care improvement.
To investigate health care improvement team coaching activities from the perspectives of coachees, coaches and unit leaders in two national improvement collaboratives.
Background
Despite numerous methods to improve health care, inconsistencies in success have been attributed to factors that include unengaged staff, absence of supportive improvement resources and organisational inertia.
Methods
Mixed methods sequential exploratory study design, including quantitative and qualitative data from interprofessional improvement teams who received team coaching. The coachees (n = 382), coaches (n = 9) and leaders (n = 30) completed three different data collection tools identifying coaching actions perceived to support improvement activities.
Results
Coachees, coaches and unit leaders in both collaboratives reported generally positive perceptions about team coaching. Four categories of coaching actions were perceived to support improvement work: context, relationships, helping and technical support.
Conclusions
All participants agreed that regardless of who the coach is, emphasis should include the four categories of team coaching actions.
Implications for nursing management
Leaders should reflect on their efforts to support improvement teams and consider the four categories of team coaching actions. A structured team coaching model that offers needed encouragement to keep the team energized, seems to support health care improvement.
Department/s
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Pages
452-464
Publication/Series
Journal of Nursing Management
Volume
22
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Topic
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Keywords
- coaching
- collaboratives
- facilitation
- health care quality improvement
- interprofessional teams
- leadership
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1365-2834