Lead
Coaching
Helping someone build their own judgment on a real problem, instead of giving them the answer.
What is Coaching?
Helping someone build their own judgment on a real problem, instead of giving them the answer.
What you learn
Ask what the work must achieve before giving your view.
When it helps
people bring you decisions they could make themselves, or depend on you for answers.
Use it at work
- Ask what the work must achieve.
- Ask how they’re weighing the options.
- Add facts they don’t have, not your conclusion.
- Let them decide, and agree what they’ll bring back.
Your output
In your next one-to-one, ask how the person is thinking about a decision before you say what you’d do. Add facts they don’t have, and agree what they’ll bring back.
Watch for
Giving the answer, or a hint that sounds like an instruction.
Related practices
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