<aside> 💡 Google's manager research revealed that one of the most important behaviors of the highest scoring managers was that they were effective coaches. This is seen in other professions, as well. For example, in sports, many former athletes can tell stories about how a coach changed their life by identifying strengths, unlocking their potential, and encouraging them to persevere (source).

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📖 Reading

• The Leader as Coach | Harvard Business Review (9 mins)
• Coaching for Change | Harvard Business Review (5 mins)
• Coaching For Everyone? It Really Can Be Done! | Corporate Rebels (5 mins)
• The Surprising Power of Peer Coaching | Harvard Business Review (3 mins)
• Every Leader Can Benefit From Coaching. Here’s Why | Forbes (3 mins)
• Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn | Harvard Business Review (5 mins)

👂Listening

• What Great Coaching Looks Like | Harvard Business Review Ideacast (25 mins)

🧰 Models

• SOON Coaching Questions | LifeLabs Learning

  Rapidly improve your skills with this bank of LifeLabs Learning favourite questions, and use the SOON model to help others to develop insights and solutions.

• The GROW Model | by Alexander, Fine, and Whitmore

  A simple structure that helps a coachee to identify what they want, what’s happening now, what they could do in order to work toward their goal, and what they will do.

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<aside> 🚀 The New Ways of Working Playbook is brought to you by WorkPulse, the ways of working, culture, and engagement diagnostic for progressive organisations.

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