Hello everyone,

One comment I hear all the time is “I know I should be coaching my team more. I just don’t have the time.”

And I completely understand why. Your diary is full, your to-do list never ends, and adding something new feels like a step too far.

One thing I’ve come to believe after years of working with managers and running coaching sprints with leadership teams: the time problem is real, but it isn’t actually the root cause that stops people. The real issue runs a bit deeper than a busy calendar.

Most of us got to where we are because of our expertise. Our knowledge, our judgement, our ability to spot a a problem and sort it out. That has always been valued, and rightly so. But at a certain point in your leadership journey, the job changes.

Your role is no longer to have all the answers. It’s to make sure your team can find them. And if you never quite make that change, you end up permanently filling gaps, which keeps you up to your eyeballs in work, and your team dependent on you.

The good news is that this is a communication habit. And habits can be changed.

I see it happen in every coaching sprint I run, usually around the halfway point, when people start telling me they’re holding back more, asking instead of answering, and noticing the difference it makes, as they find there team often knows the answer and indeed relish the empowering approach that a coaching style can give.

This week’s video goes into all of this properly. Why the tell habit is so hard to break, what coaching actually does for your time in the long run, to not only develop the capability of your team, but free up your time to focus on the stuff that will make a difference and only you can do.

👉 Watch it here - LINK​

And if you want a practical place to start straight away, my free GROW Coaching Guide is linked below the video. It gives you the framework, the questions, and an eight-week plan for building the habit in real working conditions.

Have a great week.

Helen

P.S. I’m planning out my videos for the summer and I’d love to know what you’d find most useful. If you’ve got 30 seconds, just hit reply and tell me the one leadership challenge you’d most like me to cover. It doesn’t need to be long, a few words is plenty. I read every reply and it genuinely helps me make content that’s worth your time. 🙏