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Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not.

Harvard Business Review

In our years studying and working with companies on this topic, we’ve observed that when many executives say “yes,” they’re incorrectly answering the question. First, we asked a group of participants to coach another person on the topic of time management, without further explanation. questioning.

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Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn.

Harvard Business Review

In our years studying and working with companies on this topic, we’ve observed that when many executives say “yes,” they’re ill-equipped to answer the question. For one thing, managers tend to think they’re coaching when they’re actually just telling their employees what to do. questioning.

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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

Yet, according to the Association of Test Publishers, the Society for Human Resources, and the publisher of the Myers-Briggs, these assessments are still administered millions of times per year for personnel selection, executive coaching, team building and conflict resolution. Conflict Managing yourself Organizational culture'

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Strengths-Based Coaching Can Actually Weaken You

Harvard Business Review

This is particularly true in employee and leadership development programs, with strengths having somewhat of a cult-like following among HR and talent management professionals. A Google search for “strengths coaching” yields over 45 million hits. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. Managing Yourself Book.