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The bugle blast of evaluation can drown out the quieter melodies of coaching and evaluation.
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In fact, sometimes even the giver doesn’t realize that their coaching comes primarily from their own anxiety or frustration.
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While identity is easily triggered by evaluation, it is far less threatened by coaching. It’s almost like getting a free pass.
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As feedback conversations get more emotional or the stakes grow higher, it gets easier to hear evaluation, and tougher to hear the coaching.
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…coaching your coach – discussing the process of what helps you and why – is one of the most powerful ways to accelerate your learning.
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It’s best to have a coach who is well insulated from your compensation and career decisions.
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Workers who seek out negative feedback – coaching on what they can improve – tend to receive higher performance ratings.
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…coaching is a relationship, not a meeting. Coach and coaches need ongoing discussion of what the coaches can work on in light of organizational needs and individual competencies.
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People who have impossibly high standards for themselves can also hold impossibly high standards for others, resulting in a steady stream of coaching and negative evaluation, and a conspicuous silence around appreciation.
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Any coach or athlete will tell you, consistency of effort over the long run is everything.
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