The Coaching Skill Nobody Knew to Teach Me
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Someone comes to you stuck and you can feel the pressure to say the perfect thing. You reach for advice, a pep talk, or a quick solution, and somehow it still doesn’t help. We name what’s really happening: you’re not failing because you don’t care enough or because you “aren’t confident.” You’re missing a repeatable coaching skill for hard conversations, and most of us were never trained to build it.
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Why Your Team Won’t Be Truthful
Here’s why employees remain silent despite open-door policies. The issue isn't about trusting your intentions—it's about fearing the consequences of honesty. People learn that candid feedback comes with a cost, and how leaders must actively work to unteach this learned behavior.
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The Coaching Skill Nobody Knew to Teach Me
Send us Fan Mail Someone comes to you stuck and you can feel the pressure to say the perfect thing. You reach for advice, a pep talk, or a quick solution, and somehow it still doesn’t help. We name what’s really happening: you’re not failing because you don’t care enough or because you “aren’t confident.” You’re missing a repeatable coaching skill for hard conversations, and most of us were never trained to build it. Marc unpacks what “winging it” looks like from the inside and why, under st…
Why You Don’t Trust Yourself
Our communication skills often falter when it matters most—in high-stakes, emotionally charged moments. Here’s why we second-guess ourselves, wing it, and replay conversations afterward. Bridging the gap between who we are and how we show up during difficult situations is actually a learnable skill that requires intentional practice.
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What Would You Do?
Here’s what to do when someone on your team shuts down during a conversation. Most leaders either push harder and make things worse, or back off and miss the opportunity entirely. There’s a third option that requires a specific skill most leaders never learn.
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The Gap Between Caring and Helping
Caring deeply about the people you lead is essential, but it's not enough on its own. Without a proper framework, caring can lead to absorbing others' problems or giving advice that doesn't resonate. Caring is just the starting point of leadership. You need additional skills to truly make an impact.
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The Conversation You’re Avoiding
Putting off difficult conversations with people we lead quietly shapes the culture around us .Avoidance isn't a neutral choice. It impacts more than we realize, even when we've rehearsed what we want to say a dozen times.
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The Hidden Cost of Being Strong
Becoming the strong one early in life can teach us to prioritize everyone else's needs over our own, leaving us disconnected from what we actually need. This survivor's role, while protective, isn't true strength. Here’s how we can learn to finally put it down.
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The Belief You Mistake For a Fact
Deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves—like “I'm just not the kind of person who”... “or people like me don't get to”.. feel like reality but are actually self-imposed limitations. These aren't facts, but rather invisible boxes we create that trap us from reaching our potential.
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Why You Feel Exhausted
Pretending to be fine—hiding anger, suppressing what bothers us—is one of the most exhausting things we can do as humans. Avoiding the truth about our feelings prevents real change and why examining what we're actually experiencing is so important.
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