What Great Coaching Looks Like

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Harvard Business Review

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🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Richard Boyatzis, professor at Case Western Reserve University, says that every professional can benefit from having a coach — and serving as one for someone else. He says that a coaching relationship moves beyond mentoring or sponsoring in that it focuses on long-term values and aspirations. The best coaches encourage a positive mindset and ask probing questions to help people make the best choices, not only in their careers but also in their personal lives. Boyatzis is coauthor of the HBR article "Coaching for Change."

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0:18.6	Just search new here. Welcome to the HBR Ideacast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard. Throughout our careers, we all need to contemplate big decisions and changes.
0:50.3	Maybe it's picking between two job offers or considering an international move or feeling so stagnant in your career that you want to quit.
0:58.0	When we're in these situations, we naturally turn to others for advice.
1:02.0	I typically go to a few people. My husband Scott, my
1:04.9	fellow journalist friend Rebecca, and my HBR colleague and work brother Dan.
1:08.8	They've steered me pretty straight so far and when I worked on an article with our guest today, I began
1:14.7	to understand why.
1:16.4	They recognize when I'm struggling or conflicted about something.
1:20.3	They understand my core values and what I really want out of my career in personal life.
1:25.0	They know my strengths and weaknesses.
1:27.0	They ask good questions. They make good suggestions and they are always there.
1:32.0	Richard Boyatzas, a professor at Case W. and they are always there.
1:33.0	Richard Boyatzus, a professor at Case Western Reserve University,
1:36.0	would call them compassionate coaches.
1:39.0	He's spent decades studying what really motivates people to make
1:42.0	smart personal and
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