Contracting For

Emergence

A masterclass for

experienced team coaches

Welcome to contracting for emergence

Supervision-flavoured and practice-led, this day long programme centres on live case work, reflective inquiry and honest peer challenge.

Expect space to slow down, examine the harder edges of contracting practice, and connect with a community of practitioners working at depth,


IN A NUTSHELL

Corporate rate: £1197 + VAT.

Self-funded: £797+VAT or £697 early bird if booked before 31st July 2026

Time commitment: Four × 3 hour sessions + one 90 minute follow up

Participants: 6 -12

Format: Live online via Zoom. 4 × 3 hour sessions

CCEUs: Applied for

Why join us in Dublin

Contracting is one of the most technically demanding and relationally complex aspects of team coaching practice and one of the least examined.

We talk about it, we teach it, we reflect on it in supervision. And yet the live reality of it the moment the brief shifts: the team wants something that isn't yours to give, or what's in the room bears little resemblance to what was agreed six weeks ago can still catch even experienced practitioners off guard.

This day creates space to sit with that reality honestly and to do it in the company of people who understand it from the inside.

Drawing on the principles of supervision and reflective practice, Contracting for Emergence brings experienced team coaches together to work with live cases, think alongside skilled peers, and examine the edges of their own practice in a way that is rigorous, relational, and genuinely useful.


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MEET YOUR PROGRAMME LEADERS

This programme is co-designed and delivered by two exceptional practitioners who bring both rigorous research and deep practical experience:

Dr Sebastian Fox, Course Leader for Foundations of Emergence in Team Coaching

  • Dr Sebastian Fox is a practising team coach and researcher. His thesis, “How Teams Find Their Coaching to Be Productive,” demonstrates how emergent team coaching generates the greatest impact for teams. It provides the first rigorous academic evidence for what experienced coaches have long known intuitively but not always been able to clearly explain to clients.

    As Head of Research at Team Coaching Studio, a TCS Diploma alumnus and Lead for the EMCC’s Team Coaching Special Interest Group, Seb bridges the gap between academic rigour and practical application. With 40 years of business experience across corporates and running his own business, he brings both credibility and real-world understanding to this programme.

Emily Jones, Course Leader for Foundations of Emergence in Team Coaching

  • Emily Jones is a member of the TCS Faculty and a practising team coach. She brings warmth and practical wisdom to the research foundations. Emily has worked with over 100 teams across a variety of sectors and loves the messiness and complexity of the work. She particularly enjoys the challenge of working with conflict in teams.  As founder of Turnstone Coaching and an ICF PCC-credentialed coach, Emily excels at translating complex concepts into practical application.

This unique partnership combines cutting-edge research with proven practical expertise, ensuring participants leave the training with both the evidence and the skills to talk with confidence about emergence and the understanding of what they bring to their work with teams.

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  • “I found the Team Coaching Studio course Foundations of Emergence in Team Coaching both thought-provoking and immensely practical. The dynamic duo of co-coaches, Sebastian Fox and Emily Jones, balanced theory and lively discussion beautifully. They created a safe, engaging environment, and the blend of whole-group and small-group sessions was just right. With slides provided in advance and recordings available, it was flexible and accessible. The course struck that perfect balance - challenging without being overwhelming - and the cohort was warm and collaborative. I’d highly recommend it!"

    – Kate Waterfall Hill

  • "If you are interested in working emergently with teams, this programme balances research, theory, self awareness, and practice, and gives ample opportunity for rich discussion and learning from each other. It models adapting to the needs of the group live, challenges team coaching assumptions, and reminds delegates how to be clear on their role as a team coach. Seb and Emily are knowledgeable and generous with their offering to the group, demonstrating live how sometimes we need to adapt in the moment.

    Emily Dean

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • We recommend that delegates set aside 2 hours per week between sessions.

  • Absolutely. So long as you are working with teams, this is for you.

  • The research was a qualitative study which focused on the views and perceptions of team members and team coaches on what they found most helpful from coaching.

  • This programme isn’t an ‘instead of’. It’s an ‘as well as’. Whatever methodologies you’ve been taught or favour in your practice, this programme is designed to complement your existing practice.

  • This programme is not a place to practice coaching a team, this is vertical development for you as a coach. It is about what you bring to and how you interact with a system. If you are interested in practice alongside this, please enquire about our community based Practice in the Arena sessions.

  • Full attendance at all sessions is expected as is arriving on time and distraction free. In exceptional circumstances you can miss up to one session. If you need to miss a session, please notify your hosts in advance. If you do miss a session, you will be asked to watch the recording and submit a short written piece outlining your understanding.
    Our cancellation policy is here.

  • Instalment plans are available but we ask that we have received full payment before the first session. The earlier you book, the more flexibility you have in terms of spreading the cost.

JOIN US ON THE 20th NOVEMBER

To be free to work emergently, we must contract fully and formally upfront and throughout. Join us as we explore this paradox.  

Connect, network and go deeper into your practice, together

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