From the course: Having Career Conversations with Your Team
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Avoid problem solving in career conversations
From the course: Having Career Conversations with Your Team
Avoid problem solving in career conversations
- When wondering what's next, many go-getters and proactive problem solvers jump straight to asking, what's out there? They start scanning job boards and talking to others about options, completely skipping the best resources and insights. This is one of the biggest pivot pitfalls, frequently leaving people in a state of analysis paralysis or compare and despair. As a manger, mentor, or coach holding career conversations, it will be just as tempting for you to jump straight into giving advice and diving into problem-solving mode. After all, those skills are part of the reason you're in this role, right? Take the pressure off of yourself to be responsible for the outcome. When you give advice, you are modeling that yes, I am the expert. I know better than you. Instead of your coachee feeling empowered to solve their own career conundrums, they're just going to keep coming back to you. By not giving the answer right…
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