Practicum in Coaching and Facilitating Team Development (2007~Ongoing)

Dr. Bill Wilkinsky
This course provides a semester-long, hands-on experience coaching small teams of undergraduate students as they go through a team development process. Skills in diagnosis, planning, intervention implementation, team facilitation, and team coaching are central to the content of this course. Participation in this project-based course requires previous completion of DYNM 637 (Coaching and Facilitating Teams) OR permission of the professor.

Supporting a Healthcare Coaching Culture Project (2007-2008)

Collaborator: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Dr. Bill Wilkinsky
Students: Karen Chance, Deb Denis, Vanessa Kraus, Linda Pennington, Kim Perry
The Penn Coaching Program at CHOP was designed to assist The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in its efforts to develop and sustain a coaching culture within its healthcare system. Five Senior Organizational Dynamics coaching graduate students have provided faculty-supervised coaching to middle managers of CHOP between January and October, 2008. The coaches followed guidelines established in the Organizational Coaching coursework, built on the principles of client-centered coaching and using a comprehensive methodology that assisted the clients in establishing a career enhancing development goal, gathering data, developing and implementing an action plan. Outcomes are reflected in the following comments from Madeline Bell, COO, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: "The true measure of success of our coaching program is in the outcome, and I can say that I am overwhelmed by the outcome! If you recall, we were initially unsure if we should include one of the candidates, but we took a chance by allowing one of the Penn coaches to work with the person, and did it pay off! Now this person is a high performer and slated for accelerated development in our leadership development talent mapping. Another case was a person on an accelerated development path. I do not believe that promotion would have been in the cards without the coaching support. So, from my vantage point, the Penn Coaching Program at CHOP has been a tremendous success. Coaching is very much a part of our leadership development plan and I hope that we can continue the Penn relationship."