Dyads, groups and teams: the framing of coachings and supervisons

This article examines what impact three different framings of personal oriented consulting interactions - dyads, groups and teams - have on the consulting situation. Intuitively consultants are aware that it makes a difference if a client is consulted in a face-to-face-interaction "under four eyes", in the framework of a group which just started to know each other or in a team which is working together on regular basis. However, what are exactly the mechanisms which are working in the three different settings? And what exactly are their impacts on the consulting situation? This article provides first interpretations.