Team Coaching with the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Tina Blunsdon

A coaching podcast with Tina Blunston and Tobias Weghorn. They get practical about team coaching by tackling “bathroom chatter” (the real conversation that happens after the meeting) and using Patrick Lencioni’s five dysfunctions of a team as a starting point. Tina shares how she builds psychological safety in teams with simple exercises, why she asks the most senior person to go first when it’s about vulnerability (and last when it’s about decisions), and how she creates space for constructive conflict in meetings without it turning personal. You’ll also hear how she uses a DiSC assessment to create a shared language for communication and peer accountability. Key Learnings: Use team coaching to stop “bathroom chatter” by building trust first: run a DiSC assessment, then do quick vulnerability-based prompts (e.g., “a childhood challenge that shaped you”) to set up psychological safety in teams. Spark constructive conflict in meetings with structure: set ground rules, use “five whys,” and add simple voting (fist-to-five or 1–99 + “why”) to surface disagreement without making it about the person. Make accountability stick by co-creating peer rules: have the team define what “holding peers accountable” looks like (including early communication), write it down, and get explicit buy-in so team coaching doesn’t slide back after the workshop. Resources: Tina Blunston’s LinkedIn:   / tina-blunsdon-8a9843127   The 5 Dysfunctions Of A Team (The Table Group): https://www.tablegroup.com/topics-and... Find your Coaching Tool: https://metaFox.eu Try the metaFox Strengths Discovery: https://strengths-discovery.com Connect with Tobi on LinkedIn:   / tobiasweghorn   Episode Chapters: 00:00 Bathroom Chatter And Why Quiet Voices Matter 01:00 Framing The Episode: Team Coaching And The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team 06:55 DiSC Assessment As A First Step In Team Communication 11:00 Building Trust And Psychological Safety In Teams 22:00 Active Listening Drill: Headphones, Observation, And Body Language 25:40 Healthy Rules For Constructive Conflict In Meetings (Five Whys, Baton) 28:00 “Throwing A Grenade”: Facilitating Disagreement With Scaling Votes 38:00 Decision-Making: Senior Vulnerable First, Senior Speaks Last 40:50 Holding Peers Accountable With Team-Written Rules 46:10 Blue, Red, Pause: Do The Work, Then Reflect On Results 50:35 Learn Coaching: How To Start With Team Coaching In Real Companies