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Alicia Johnston February 24, 2021 at 07:07 PM

@kristencraft I’d love to dig in to building high performance teams! How do you strike the right balance of providing direction and coaching, while also encouraging folks to step outside their comfort zone and take a more independent approach to problem-solving?

kristencraft February 24, 2021 at 07:17 PM

I'm going to cheat a little and share the article that we discussed earlier today as a whole team: https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-leader-as-coach

kristencraft February 24, 2021 at 07:18 PM

I tend to think that the best leaders and coaches guide others through questions. Ie it's not my job to solve your question/problem for you, but rather, to help support and elevate your thinking so that you can solve it.

Alicia Johnston February 24, 2021 at 07:19 PM

Thanks @kristencraft! Excited to dig into this article.

kristencraft February 24, 2021 at 07:19 PM

what we've been discussing lately is how we can foster this mindset in all of our managers (and even during informal leadership moments)