Leadership & People
Doer to Leader
Four months into your first management role, Meera asks what you'd do. You could fix it in one call. That's exactly what Sandhya warned you against.
WHAT’S HARD
The brief is short. The conversation isn’t.
Four months into your first management role. Meera asks what you'd do.
You could fix it in one call. Sandhya warned you about exactly that.
HOW A SESSION WORKS
Four steps. About twenty minutes.
- 1°
Read the brief
The context, your role, and who you’re about to meet. No framework recap.
- 2°
Have the conversation
The other person pushes back, holds things back, and reacts to how you actually behave.
- 3°
Get the coaching debrief
What you did, what it cost you, and the specific move to change next time.
- 4°
Keep the evidence
Transcripts and cohort patterns your programme can actually show a sponsor.
BEFORE YOU START
Two things people ask.
Who am I in this conversation?
You're the Engineering Manager, four months in. Meera Iyer is on your team and stuck on a problem she could use help thinking through. You get the full brief after you sign in.
Do I need engineering management experience to practise this?
No. The brief describes the situation on her plate. You're practising coaching when solving it yourself is faster and wrong.
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