Category: Coaching

One of the most useful early lessons I learned in coaching was: it’s not about me sharing or recommending what I’d do in a situation, it’s much more helpful to leave my advice out of it and help the client come to their own conclusions. Mentoring, teaching, and other “I have experience in this area”…

Coaching can involve asking a lot of questions — I’ve mentioned several examples already in “A few things about coaching” (where I was surprised by how much people appreciated some wide-open questions when I thought I had nothing useful to say) and in “Coaching: Understanding the options” (including how useful it can be to discuss…

I recently wrote a few things about coaching and said I might start a series of coaching notes. Here we go! In that post I mentioned my early habit of breaking into coaching conversations at every opportunity. While coaching’s often useful, it’s not the answer to every question — and and even if I think…

I’ve been a fan of coaching for years, it can really help people or teams improve how they work. When I was first introduced to this skill there were a few things I didn’t find obvious and took a while to learn. First chance to do some training I’d read about coaching and thought I…