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Transition from manager to leader: Coaching story, cultivating relationships
From the course: Transitioning from Manager to Leader
Transition from manager to leader: Coaching story, cultivating relationships
- I'd like to share with you a story of a client I recently worked with named Carl. He was a manager selected to participate in a leadership development course with a 360 assessment, a tool for gathering anonymous feedback from his colleagues and direct reports. Let's just say, after the 360 assessment, Carl got results he did not expect. He had rated himself higher on the dimension of leading others than everyone else did, so he contacted me for help to find the disconnect. As I reviewed his assessment, I asked Carl, "What do you think the term leading others means?" He said, "You know, delegating assignments, "checking work for accuracy, keeping people "in the loop, and providing performance feedback." I said, "Okay, all those are valid, but what do you think "the impact of those actions are on your team?" He said, "Well, they help the team stay accountable, "informed, they help to reduce errors, "and everybody knows where…
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