In the latest in this series, Allard de Jong explores how to read the room in team coaching

  David Kantor (1927–2021) was a US systems psychologist, organisational consultant and clinical researcher. Those working with teams may be familiar with his Four Player Model (Kantor, 2012) which holds that in all interactions between people, there are only four possible speech acts (or stances): move, follow, oppose and bystand. This core element of Kantor’s work is of tremendous value to the team...