From the course: Connecting with Peers in the Workplace (2014)

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Sharing insights and opportunities

Sharing insights and opportunities

- Often times, building better rapport and connection is simply about sharing useful things with others that they didn't know. Some might be based on your expertise, which leads to different types of insights you might share with someone. Others might be actual bits of data you've become privy to that others simply don't know about. Whether it's based on your experience or your access to certain types of information, I can think of several things you might want to share with others. The first is the classic idea of coaching. This refers to your use of observation and advice to help someone improve themselves professionally. Here's my advice for coaching. Always be looking for coaching moments but remember that overall, less is more. If you want your short, private coaching moments to have impact, they need to be thoughtful and infrequent. If you feel compelled to coach frequently, the recipient is either someone who needs too much help, and maybe shouldn't be in their current role, or…

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