Category: People Development
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Coaching Without the Theater
Coaching as a practical leadership competence for building clarity, ownership, and growth. Have you ever heard someone dismiss a conversation as “coaching talk”? Or maybe you have done it yourself. I understand the reaction. The word coaching has been used in many ways. Sometimes to describe meaningful development work. Sometimes to describe vague motivation, empty…
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Empathy Is Not Enough
Taking care sometimes means challenging people, not only understanding them. Many people associate care with making things easier. Listening. Giving space. Being patient. Understanding someone’s context. Reducing pressure when things are difficult. All of that matters. But leadership has taught me that care is not always expressed through comfort. There are moments when taking care…
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The Problem Behind the Problem
In software engineering, we often move quickly from symptom to solution. A delivery is late, so we talk about estimation.A bug reaches production, so we talk about testing.A meeting ends without a decision, so we talk about process. Sometimes those explanations are correct. But often, they are only the surface and the real issue is…