Red Team Coaching

Coach your clients to be MORE effective leaders by harnessing the power of critical thinking.

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8 hrs of Live
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6 hrsof Live
Practice Sessions

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23.5 ICFCCEUs

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Critical thinking and problem solving are two of the most sought-after skills in today’s workplace, and corporations say they’re the hardest to find.

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Increasingly, leaders outsource their decision making. Rather than utilize their own experience and employees, they hire expensive consultants to extract insights.

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Navigating our complex world represents a serious challenge for today’s leaders. To be successful, they must make good decisions quickly, and that requires effective critical thinking.

Now there is a way to help your clients challenge their assumptions, stress-test their strategies, and create resilient plans that are ready for whatever tomorrow brings.

INTRODUCING

Red Team
Coaching

with Bryce Hoffman & Marcus Dimbleby

Red Team Coaching is completely unlike any other coaching approach.

It is based on a revolutionary set of tools and techniques first developed by the military and intelligence agencies, then evolved to help business executives cope with complexity and make decisions. Tested on the battlefield and proven in the boardroom, Red Team Coaching will teach you how to use these same techniques to make your clients more effective and successful leaders.

Join Red Team Coaching to learn how to help your clients think more critically, lead more effectively, and make better decisions in their complex world.

5Modules in
Total

8 hrs of Live
Learning Content

6 hrsof Live
Practice Sessions

7Tools

23.5 ICFCCEUs

This live course includes a variety of learning methods, including 120-minute Content Sessions with Bryce and Marcus, 90-minute Practicum Sessions, and 60-minute Q&As to ensure you receive the clarity and feedback you need to be a successful Red Team Practitioner.

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Become a Red Team
Practitioner to set yourself
apart from others.

Empower yourself and enhance your coaching by offering this proven and powerful approach to your clients. Become the coach leaders count on to develop their strategic thinking, diversity of thought, and distributed decision making.

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Learn From Red
Teaming Experts

Red Team Coaching will be delivered by Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby, Bestselling Business Author and Vice President of Red Team Thinking®️.

Bryce G. Hoffman is a bestselling author, a top-rated leadership speaker, and an unconsultant – as well as the founder and president of Red Team Thinking. He was the first civilian to graduate from the U.S. Army’s Red Team Leader Course, and he is the author of both Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything and American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company. Bryce has lectured at the University of California's Haas School of Business, the National University of Singapore, and the U.S. Army War College.

Marcus Dimbleby is a former senior military officer and red teamer who has been sharing these tools and techniques with corporations in the U.K. and around the world since he retired from the Royal Air Force in 2013. As an executive coach, business transformation leader, and former Head of Agile at Lloyds Banking Group, Marcus has first-hand experience of helping businesses and individuals succeed, blending his military and business background to help his clients make better decisions faster.

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Learn From Red
Teaming Experts

Expertise in critical thinking and a deep understanding of the threats to good decision making - so you can help clients identify and avoid them!

Strategies you can teach your clients to ensure every member of their team is heard in the decision-making process and all ideas are assessed objectively.

Mastery of a range of simple-yet-powerful techniques designed to help clients think more strategically and create resilient plans that are ready for whatever tomorrow brings.

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Red Team Coaching is full of practicums! You will learn and practice everything you need to succeed as a Red Team Practitioner.

  • Coaching with a leader 1:1
  • Coaching with a team member 1:1
  • Red teaming your own coaching practice
  • Red teaming your own business development

Participants will be assigned to small learning cohorts based on their coaching experience so that they can work with peers to practice these techniques and learn from each other.

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Unlock your potential with the guidance of coaching demos!

  • Each demo will be led by the Red Team Coaching faculty
  • You'll experience the efficacy of Red Team Thinking tools in real time and have the opportunity to see different use cases in action

As part of each Content Session you’ll have the opportunity to watch Bryce, Marcus and other coaches demonstrate how the tools work in a real-time session. Witness how these experts put their techniques into action so you can begin to use them immediately.

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As a Red Team Practitioner, you’ll be
equipped to help your clients:

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Avoid cognitive bias and
overcome groupthink.

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Identify unseen threats and missed
opportunities.

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Better understand the challenges they face and meet them with confidence.

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Create more resilient plans and
flexible strategies.

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Make better decisions faster in
today's complex world.

“Red Teaming provides the specific tools and a reliable process to continuously improve your management system and business plan to adapt and thrive in our rapidly changing world.”

Alan Mulally

Red Teaming

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Here’s What Coaches
Are Saying

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“What I love is the way Bryce and Marcus coach us while we're doing practice sessions.They are very compassionate with our mistakes and they make it easy for us to contribute and to speak up, without feeling concerned about whether what we are saying is right or wrong."

Theodosia Southern

Executive Coach for the Center for Executive Leadership

“Red teaming has sparked so many creative ideas that are directly helping our Dale Carnegie business right now.”

Joe Hart

CEO of Dale Carnegie & Associates

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Who should participate in
Red Team Coaching?

Red Team Coaching is for coaches who:

  • Want to help their clients become the disruptors, not the disrupted.
  • Seek proven approaches rooted in the latest cognitive science.
  • Understand that the world is only getting more complex and uncertain.
  • Have clients that aspire to become more successful leaders.
  • Want to help clients create alignment and nurture creativity in their teams.
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Modules Overview:

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Module 1

Red Team Coaching Boot Camp

Red Team Coaching Boot Camp

This 90-minute live session will discuss the origins of Red Team Thinking, the science and psychology behind this revolutionary methodology, and how you can use it to help clients lead more effectively, make better decisions, and better navigate their complex world. In addition, you will learn two RTT techniques you can start using right away to help clients lead more productive meetings and make better strategic decisions. There are 12 available dates you can register for and discover how to apply Red Team Thinking® to your coaching practice with Bryce G. Hoffman & Marcus Dimbleby here.

Learning Objectives: (90 minutes)

  • Understanding of Red Team Thinking®️ as a methodology, where it comes from, and how it works.
  • Understanding the science and psychology behind Red Team Thinking®️
  • Competence in using the Think-Write-Share & Six Strategic Questions™ tools
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You can see the entire schedule here.

Tools:

  • Think Write Share
  • Six Strategic Questions
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Module 2

Overcoming Cognitive Biases & Groupthink

Overcoming Cognitive Biases & Groupthink

April 3, 2023

11:00 AM ET

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April 4, 2023

3:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this session, we’ll dive deeper into the cognitive biases and heuristics that skew our thinking in ways we are not aware of, discuss how these biases impact our decision making, and talk about how to overcome them. We will also discuss groupthink, satisficing and other impediments to good decision making in organizations. In the final part of the session coaches will witness a demo on how to use the tool in an individual coach-client setting, showing them how to introduce the tool to the client and navigate the conversation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Knowledge of the most common cognitive biases and heuristics.
  • Understanding of groupthink and other threats to good decision making in organizations.
  • How to identify all of the above in your work with coaching clients.

Practicum

April 6, 2023

11:00 AM or 3:00 PM or 10:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this practicum, coaches will play Bias Bingo™ to deepen their understanding of cognitive biases, hone their identification skills and role-play working with their clients to make them aware of cognitive biases in their own thinking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • The ability to easily identify common cognitive biases and other threats to good decision making.
  • Confidence in drawing out biases in coaching conversations.

You can see the entire schedule here.

Tools:

  • Cognitive Biases
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Module 3

How to Stress-test Assumptions

How to Stress-test Assumptions

April 10, 2023

11:00 AM ET

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April 11, 2023

3:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In the content part of the session, you will learn about the difference between facts and assumptions, and gain understanding on how weak assumptions can undermine plans and strategies. You will discover how to identify stated and unstated assumptions, how to rank assumptions based on the risk they pose to the strategy or plan, and finally a powerful red teaming technique for identifying and challenging assumptions. Besides the Assumptions Challenge tool, you will also learn the Triple-filter method used for prioritizing red teaming analysis.

Learning Objectives:

  • The difference between facts and assumptions and between stated and unstated assumptions
  • How untested or weak assumptions can undermine a strategy or plan - and how challenging assumptions can lead to more resilient plans that are more likely to succeed.
  • Assumptions Challenge and the Triple-filter Method - powerful tools for stress-testing assumptions.

Practicum

April 13, 2023

11:00 AM or 3:00 PM or 10:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this practicum, you will use the Triple-filter Method and Assumptions Challenge to identify and challenge the assumptions in a simple strategy, and practice how to use this technique with your clients.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Confidence in using the Triple-filter Method.
  • Confidence in using the Assumptions Challenge tool.

You can see the entire schedule here.

Tools:

  • Assumptions Challenge
  • Triple-filter Method
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Ask me Anything #1

Ask me Anything #1

April 17, 2023

11:00 AM ET

OR

April 18, 2023

3:00 PM ET

Learning Objectives::

  • Discover additional insights on the concepts and techniques.
  • Hear real-world coaching challenges your peers have.
  • Gain different perspectives and experiences from other coaches using the tools.

You can see the entire schedule here.

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Module 4

Helping Clients Solve the Right Problem

Helping Clients Solve the Right Problem

April 24, 2023

11:00 AM ET

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April 25, 2023

3:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this session, you will learn about the need to understand problems before trying to solve them, how to help your clients do that, and the Cynefin Framework – a powerful model for understanding the nature of problems and how to solve them.

Learning Objectives:

  • Why we rush to solve problems and why that can create more problems in the long run.
  • Problem Restatement - a simple technique that you can use to help clients better understand problems and ensure they are solving the correct ones.
  • Facility with the Cynefin Framework, a sense-making tool that you and your clients can use to understand the type of problem they are dealing with and how best to solve it.

Practicum

April 27, 2023

11:00 AM or 3:00 PM or 10:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this practicum, you will practice using Problem Restatement and using the Cynefin Framework.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Confidence in using the Problem Restatement tool.
  • Confidence in using the Cynefin Framework.

You can see the entire schedule here.

Tools:

  • Problem Restatement
  • The Cynefin Framework
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Module 5

Contemplating Failure to Ensure Success

Contemplating Failure to Ensure Success

May 1, 2023

11:00 AM ET

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May 2, 2023

3:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this session, you will learn why plans fail and how to use a tool called the Pre-Mortem Analysis to help clients identify potential causes of failure before they happen so that they can ensure their plans succeed.

Learning Objectives::

  • Why plans fail.
  • How to identify potential causes of failure using Pre-Mortem Analysis.
  • How to create resilient plans with optionality.

Practicum

May 4, 2023

11:00 AM or 3:00 PM or 10:00 PM ET

Session Description:

In this session, you will be given a sample scenario involving a hypothetical client and practice using Pre-Mortem Analysis to help that client figure out potential pitfalls and avoid them.

Learning Outcomes:

  • How to use Pre-Mortem Analysis.

You can see the entire schedule here.

Tools:

  • Pre-Mortem Analysis
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Ask me Anything #2

Ask me Anything #2

May 8, 2023

11:00 AM ET

Learning Objectives:

  • Discover additional insights on the concepts and techniques.
  • Hear real-world coaching challenges your peers have.
  • Gain different perspectives and experiences from other coaches using the tools.

You can see the entire schedule here.

“Red Teaming is a vital way for leaders to get the honest answers and alternative perspectives they need to plan better, and make their strategies succeed.”

Marshall Goldsmith

Ranked #1 Executive Coach in the World
and New York Times #1 Bestseller

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“Using these tools, I've seen breakthrough discoveries and insights with my clients that have led to an unexpected but profound difference in their actions.”

Louise Taylor Green

Coach & Former CEO of HRPA

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“In short I can only say that I was thrilled with how quickly I was able to implement the skills and tool set that I learned in Red Team coaching.”

Jeff Quinn

Executive Coach

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“This program definitely equipped me with the Swiss army knife that was missing in my coaching toolkit, and it will add tremendous value to my coaching engagements!”

Aparna Arvind

Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant

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Frequently Asked Questions

If your question isn’t answered in the list below, please feel free to email us at support@coaching.com

1. What is the Red Team Coaching schedule?

You can see the entire schedule here.

2. What are the prerequisites for joining the Red Team Coaching course?

The only prerequisite for joining the Red Team Coaching course is that you’ve attended or watched the Red Team Coaching Boot Camp.

If you haven’t already, you can register for one of the remaining live sessions here.

In the case that you can’t attend a live session, a recording will be released on Mar 16th, 2023

3. What does the Red Team Coaching course include?

Red Team Coaching is a 6-week course which includes a total of:

  • 23.5 learning hours
  • 23.5 ICF CCEUs, EMCC CPDs & SHRM PDCs
  • 7 immediately applicable tools
  • 5 Content Sessions
  • 5 Practice Sessions
  • 2 Ask Me Anything sessions
4. How much time will I need to invest to be successful in the course?

The course will run for 6 weeks, from Apr 3-May 9, 2023, for a total of 22 learning hours

The course consists of both synchronous Content Sessions and Practicum Sessions as well as asynchronous work that you will need to complete on your own.

Starting with Module 2, each module will consist of:

  • Pre-work (60-min)
  • 1 Content Session (120-min)
  • 1 Practicum Session (90-min)

In addition, in Week 3 and Week 6, there will be a 60-min Ask Me Anything session for addressing questions and sharing experiences and insights.

5. Who will be leading/hosting the Red Team Coaching course?

The Red Team Coaching course will be hosted by Bryce Hoffman and Marcus Dimbleby.

Bryce G. Hoffman is a bestselling author, a top-rated leadership speaker, and an unconsultant – as well as the founder and president of Red Team Thinking. He was the first civilian to graduate from the U.S. Army’s Red Team Leader Course, and he is the author of Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything. He has lectured at the University of California’s Haas School of Business, the National University of Singapore, and the U.S. Army War College. 

Marcus Dimbleby is a former senior military officer and red teamer who has been sharing these tools and techniques with corporations in the U.K. and around the world since he retired from the Royal Air Force in 2013. As an executive coach, business transformation leader, and former Head of Agile at Lloyds Banking Group, Marcus has first-hand experience of helping businesses and individuals succeed, blending his military and business background to help his clients make better decisions faster.

6. How is the Red Team Coaching course different from other courses?

This course is different from what’s already out there because it is based on the latest cognitive science. It was developed by the intelligence community and military into a set of battle-tested and business-proven tools and techniques that are specifically designed to teach clients to engage their own critical thinking skills, enable distributed decision making, and encourage diversity of thought. 

Coaches can also use these same techniques to help their clients develop powerful insights into their own businesses, uncovering both unseen threats and new opportunities.

Each individual tool is:

  • Easy to learn
  • Instantly applicable
  • Quick to share
  • Immediately effective
7. Can I expect a return in investment (ROI) from this course? How will this help me grow my coaching business and stand out as a coach?

In our complex world, leaders require specific skills to navigate change; make flexible, functional plans; and respond to crises by harnessing all available resources. Red Team Coaching is designed to achieve exactly that. 

As a Red Team Practitioner, you stand out in a crowded coaching marketplace because you have a proven toolbox of techniques designed to create the leaders that today’s market needs. This will help you attract new clients who want to engage their critical thinking skills to make better decisions, more efficiently. 

For the best possible return on your investment, enroll early! This will ensure you enjoy a 50% discount on the usual course price.

8. Who is the Red Team Coaching course for?

An ideal Red Team Coaching student is a coach who understands that today’s world needs a new and improved way of thinking. It’s ideal for any coach that:

  • Wants to help their clients become one of the disruptors, not the disrupted
  • Seeks proven approaches rooted in the latest cognitive science
  • Wants to help their clients make better decisions, more efficiently
  • Has clients that aspire to become more successful leaders
  • Wants to help clients create alignment and nurture creativity in their teams.
9. I am a novice/new/experienced coach. Will this course work for me?

Yes! This course works well for new or experienced coaches who are looking to elevate their skills. 

The fundamental premise of this course is to develop exceptional coaches who meet the demands of the modern workplace. In today’s fast paced world, clients require specific skills to navigate change; make flexible, functional plans; and respond to crises by harnessing all available resources. Red Team Coaching is designed to equip coaches so they can help clients achieve exactly that. 

As a Red Team Practitioner, you will stand out in a crowded coaching marketplace because you’ll possess a proven toolbox of techniques designed to nurture the leaders that today’s market needs. This will help you attract new clients who want to engage their critical thinking skills to make better decisions, more efficiently.

10. Is this course for external or internal coaches?

Both! Whether you’re working with corporate clients externally or internally, you will benefit from the transformative techniques shared in this course. The course will enhance your ability to use the best possible tool in either context. No matter who your clients may be, they will benefit from your ability to help them:

  • Create alignment within their teams;
  • Avoid creating “collateral damage” with their plans;
  • Think more strategically;
  • Build more flexible and resilient plans and strategies;
  • Make better decisions faster in today’s complex world.
11. Does the course apply to team coaching?

Many of the techniques shared in this course work equally well in team coaching. In particular, you will learn about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, groupthink, and other threats to good collective decision making. 

You will also discover and experiment with simple yet powerful techniques that you can use with clients to help them conduct more effective meetings and surface the best ideas from their teams. You will gain access to tools that you can use to help clients identify and stress-test their assumptions, create alignment within their teams, and make better decisions faster.

Afterwards, you’ll be able to help clients have a broader understanding of how a more inclusive and equitable culture can yield a competitive advantage for organizations. This will allow you to support your clients to create high-performing, diverse teams.

12. I’m so busy right now. When will this be offered again?

That’s very understandable!  Most coaches who participate in this course will have hectic schedules just like you. 

At this time, we do not have another firm date for when we will be offering the Red Team Coaching course again. However, if the content resonates with you and you would like to speak to our team about the time commitment in more detail, they’d be delighted to chat with you. Simply call +415 228 6857.

13. Is it possible to speak to a team member?

Absolutely. Please call +415 228 6857 to speak with a team member about Red Team Coaching.

You can also speak with a program graduate by booking a call here.

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