Group Coaching Centre for Excellence

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Group coaching: Practice development and practitioner support

Established in 2025, we exist to advance the clarity, rigour, and professional standards of group coaching worldwide. We deepen the understanding and practice of group coaching by integrating research, reflective inquiry, and practitioner wisdom. Our purpose is to be a communication hub and shape group coaching as a relational, ethical, and human-centered discipline that supports meaningful learning and sustainable development.

We connect group coaching research, practice, and education worldwide. Working with EMCC Global countries and regions, we build an international team that reflects members’ experiences. We talk about what makes group coaching distinct and effective across different contexts.

We define standards and capabilities for group coaching, moving beyond competency checklists to what practitioners actually need. We focus on holding complexity, sensing what groups need, making choices in unpredictable moments, and creating psychological safety over time as groups shift and change.

We help practitioners develop what group coaching requires, not just techniques. We examine ethical practice, digital transformation (including AI), and professional development. We support coaches working with shifting relationships, unpredictable interactions, multiple learning goals, and emergent insights.

Key initiatives

Connect group coaching research, practice, and education globally, working with EMCC Global affiliated countries and regions.
Raise awareness and shape conversations about diverse group coaching practices and experiences worldwide.
Define and advance standards and capabilities for group coaching practice, including what makes it distinct and effective.
Examine implications for ethical practice, digital transformation (including AI), and professional development in group coaching.

Our impact

In 2026 we are focusing on research, practitioner connection, and clarifying what group coaching requires.

Running a panel webinar in early 2026 discussing the why, what, and how of group coaching
Partnering on designing and developing group coaching content at the Global Conference
Producing a meta-analysis of group coaching research by September 2026, and collaborating on new research in early 2027
Writing articles for the Global Platform on group coaching