CST Systemic Team Coaching 2

Question 1

In systemic team coaching, what does the term 'system' primarily refer to?

Accepted Answer

The interconnected relationships, patterns, and dynamics within and around the team

Answer

A system in team coaching refers to the web of interdependencies, relationships, and emergent patterns that shape team behavior beyond any single individual.

Question 2

A Scrum Trainer notices that a team always defers to the most senior developer when making technical decisions, even during retrospectives. This is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A systemic pattern that may be suppressing collective intelligence

Answer

Repeated deference to one individual is a systemic pattern — a recurring dynamic that constrains the team's ability to self-organize and tap distributed knowledge.

Question 3

Which coaching stance involves the coach sharing an observation about the team's dynamic without interpreting or judging it?

Accepted Answer

Mirroring

Answer

Mirroring is reflecting what the coach observes — behavior, language, or energy — back to the team without adding evaluation, allowing the team to make its own meaning.

Question 4

A team's velocity has been consistent for six sprints but stakeholders are unsatisfied with outcomes. A systemic team coach would most likely explore:

Accepted Answer

Whether the team's output is aligned with what the broader system actually needs

Answer

Systemic coaching looks beyond internal team metrics to whether the team's work creates value within the larger organizational system.

Question 5

The concept of 'emergence' in systems thinking is most relevant to team coaching because:

Accepted Answer

Team properties and behaviors arise from interactions, not just from individual members' skills

Answer

Emergence means that team-level behavior (culture, trust, performance) arises from the pattern of interactions rather than being predictable from individual attributes alone.

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CST Systemic Team Coaching 2