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Systemic coaching

Team Dynamics

Teams don't underperform because of bad people. They underperform because of hidden patterns — in roles, loyalty, communication, and unspoken history. We make those visible.

The Problem

Signs of a team with systemic problems

The same conflict resurfaces every few months, regardless of how it was 'resolved'

One or two people carry disproportionate weight — and everyone senses it but no one names it

New hires struggle to integrate in ways that feel cultural but can't be articulated

Leadership has tried team-building before — it helped for a week, then nothing changed

The Methodology

What is Systemic Team Work?

Systemic team dynamics work draws from organizational constellations and systemic coaching — an approach informed by family-systems thinking and adapted for organizational contexts by many practitioners and theorists.

Unlike conventional team-building, this approach views the team as an interconnected system with its own patterns. It surfaces structural forces — role confusion, loyalty conflicts, excluded voices, and historical dynamics — that can sustain problems regardless of the individuals involved. The work is facilitated, practical, and focused on useful change — not what merely looks good in a report.

4–15

A practical group size for facilitated team workshops

Half/full day

Formats are scoped around the team and the question being explored

Follow-up

Leaders receive practical agreements to revisit after the session

How It Compares

Conventional approach vs EKA

Aspect
Typical approach
EKA Balance
Method
Team-building days, icebreakers, communication workshops
Systemic facilitation — surfaces structural dynamics
What it explores
Surface behaviours and social skills
Patterns such as role confusion, loyalty, and unspoken history
Continuity
May stop at the workshop
Includes practical agreements and an optional follow-up
Depth
Often centred on activities
Creates a facilitated space for relevant team patterns
The Process

How a session works

01

Mapping

Understand the current team system: roles, history, relationships, and pain points.

02

Facilitation

Structured session where hidden dynamics are made visible in a safe, contained way.

03

Exploration

Work carefully with what emerges, such as unspoken conflict or role ambiguity.

04

Integration

Create a follow-up framework for leaders to revisit agreed actions.

Delivery Formats

Team Workshop

Half or full day, 4–15 people, facilitated by Elena

Leadership Coaching

1:1 or small group systemic coaching for founders and managers

Conflict Resolution

Focused intensive for teams in acute conflict

Organisation Snapshot

A facilitated session to identify important systemic patterns before they escalate

Interested in this service?

Start with a 30-minute discovery call — no obligation, just a conversation about your team's needs.

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The systemic workshop helped us name a conflict we had been avoiding and agree on a more useful way to continue the conversation.
Anonymised studio leadership client — Barcelona