Team Coaching
Healthy teams do not happen by accident. They are built through clarity, candor, shared language, and disciplined follow-through.
At Rockridge Executive Coaching, I partner with leadership teams who want more than surface harmony. You want alignment that shows up in decisions, culture, and results. My role is to create the kind of space where honest conversations happen, real issues get named, and direction becomes clear.
This work is grounded in coaching, but it is practical. I facilitate dialogue, surface patterns, offer frameworks, and guide the team toward commitments they own. I ask strong questions first. I also offer direct observations and structure when it serves the work. The goal is not dependence on a consultant. The goal is a team that can lead itself well.
what team coaching with rockridge looks like
Clarity and Alignment
We identify what is not working, where friction lives, and what matters most right now. When priorities are clear, execution gets cleaner and conflict becomes more productive.
Stronger Leadership Together
We strengthen trust, improve communication, and clarify roles so decisions do not stall in ambiguity.
Practical Frameworks
Depending on your needs, we may draw from tools such as:
CliftonStrengths (StrengthsFinder) for strengths-based leadership and team contribution
DiSC for communication and behavioral insight
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for understanding personality differences
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team model to build trust, accountability, and results
Assessments are never the end goal. They are lenses. We use them to accelerate understanding and move toward better leadership habits.
Appreciative inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry is a distinctive part of my approach. It was the focus of my doctoral research, and I have seen firsthand how powerful it can be for organizations in transition or growth.
Instead of beginning with “What is wrong?” we ask, “When have we been at our best?” and “What strengths already exist here that we can build on?”
By identifying peak experiences, shared values, and proven capacities, teams tap into their own history of success. This approach builds momentum, renews confidence, and creates a clear picture of a preferred future. It does not ignore problems. It reframes them through the lens of what is strong, working, and worth amplifying.
For teams navigating change, fatigue, or cultural drift, this can reset the emotional tone and unlock fresh energy.
Ongoing partnership
After initial traction, many teams choose to continue through a retainer partnership. In this longer-term agreement, I walk alongside you and your team over time. That may include:
Joining leadership meetings
Supporting senior staff dynamics
Advising during seasons of tension or transition
Helping set priorities and maintain focus
Strengthening the systems that sustain your culture
This is steady, long-term work. Not a series of disconnected sessions, but a consistent partnership aimed at durable change inside the organization.
The outcome
Team coaching is a strategic investment.
When alignment increases, friction decreases. Decisions get made faster. Priorities stop competing. Leaders spend less time revisiting issues, worrying if their business goals will be achieved and more time executing.
You can expect:
Cleaner Decisions Clear roles and shared direction reduce bottlenecks and stalled initiatives.
Stronger Accountability Commitments are owned. Follow-through improves. Healthy work culture thrives.
Better Retention High performers stay where trust, clarity, and growth are real.
Productive Conflict Disagreement moves to the table, not the hallway. Energy shifts from politics to progress.
The payoff is measurable, stronger execution, healthier culture, and a leadership team that performs, not just meets.
Engagement details, customized to your needs, are shared after an initial chemistry conversation to ensure mutual fit and shared expectations.
Workshops and retreats
For some teams, a focused offsite or workshop creates the breakthrough moment. These experiences are tailored to your context and can include:
Trust-building intensives
Strategic alignment sessions
Conflict and communication workshops
Strengths-based team development
Culture clarification and values integration
Every engagement is designed around your real-world challenges, not generic content. The aim is practical traction, not inspiration alone.
Speaking Engagements
Sunday Guest Preacher
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Thoughtful, Scripture-rooted preaching shaped by decades in the pulpit and real pastoral leadership. Messages are theologically grounded, culturally aware, and designed to engage, encourage, challenge and inspire the whole congregation.
Half-Day Leadership Workshop (Staff or Company)
2
Interactive, practical sessions that sharpen clarity, alignment, and decision-making under pressure. Drawing from executive coaching, organizational leadership, and lived experience, these workshops give teams tools they can use immediately.
Retreat Keynote
3
A focused, reflective talk that sets the tone for deeper listening, renewal, and honest conversation. Ideal for leadership teams or organizations needing space to step back, reset priorities, and reconnect purpose with practice.
Conference Breakout Session
4
High-engagement sessions that combine insight, story, and applied leadership frameworks. Designed to meet people where they are and send them back with one or two ideas that actually change how they lead next week.
Client Reviews
Rev. Eugene Terpay
Founding Pastor Mercy Church, Renton, WA
Bringing a wealth of leadership experience, Pete knows which questions to ask, drawing attention to what matters most, and bringing much needed clarity and perspective in the fog of leadership.
Pete brings to every conversation a rare combination of wisdom from decades in ministry and the loving encouragement of someone who’s truly in your corner. I’ve been a better pastor as a result.
Rev. Dr. Jace Broadhurst
Senior Pastor St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia, SC
My church is working with Pete because this is a guy who knows churches and knows groups. He has the ability to bring unity and progress by asking the right questions and not simply telling us what to do. But he also has decades of experience as a Senior Pastor and his hybrid model (coach and consultant) means he can suggest helpful ideas as needed. I can say this for sure: my church is transforming and he is helping.