I sat in on a coaching session last year that made me flinch. A well-intentioned manager was coaching a 24-year-old analyst using the exact same approach I watched him use with a 50-year-old director the week before. Same questions. Same feedback style. […]
Let me tell you about a conversation that changed how I think about coaching forever. I was sitting across from a VP of technology at a mid-sized investment firm, and she looked genuinely puzzled. “Patrick,” she said, “I can see my managers coaching. It’s […]
Most leaders don’t struggle to set goals—they struggle to set goals that actually lead to performance. That’s where the SMART Goal-Setting Template for Coaching comes in. It isn’t just about ticking off boxes or framing tasks with tidy acronyms. It’s about building […]