Coachability Notes
Please check out the latest on the science and practical application of leadership coachability
Opportune or Uncertain: Navigating Feedback Dilemmas
Coaching and feedback can either strike us as Opportune or Uncertain. What’s the difference and how create a safe harbor when reflecting.
Six Ways To Find Your Truth-Teller
We’ve all had them: the moment when someone sits us down, shows us a blind spot that is getting in the way, and helps us be better. Those truth-tellers and trusted advisors provide ‘teachable moments’ that help us stay coachable. They encourage us, point out our talents and remind us what’s important.
Dancing the Two-Step to Start
Building coachability habits is a little like learning to dance. Rob is a senior talent leader at Gap Inc. He’s also a dance instructor who teaches Country Western Two-Step to novices. Over dinner one evening, Rob shared how he works with beginners by telling them they won’t really learn by being a wallflower and sitting
Facing Feedback: Getting to a Better Balance of Give and Take
One of my newsfeed settings on my daily research on coachability is anything published on ‘feedback’. In a typical month or so, the great majority of feedback articles are aimed at sending feedback, with titles such as “Three ways to give feedback your employees will accept” and “Five tips on giving feedback that actually changes