When Expertise Becomes a Cage
Being good at something can become a surprisingly effective way to stop doing anything else.
Teams are the core engine of modern organisations. The way they collaborate, make decisions, and learn together ultimately shapes what they’re capable of achieving. I’m fascinated by the practices, structures, and conversations that enable teams to do their best work. Here are some reflections on this, along with a few coaching tools I’ve found useful.
Being good at something can become a surprisingly effective way to stop doing anything else.
There’s a difference between gathering context for a conversation and having the conversation on everyone else’s behalf.
Coaching goes beyond simply using particular tools; it is rooted in the strength of the coaching relationship itself. With that in mind, the following is a curated set of coaching tools.