Coaching - Is There Something Good About That Person?

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If you have a person on your team who's aggressive and intransigent, fire them. But the outcome isn't a team without an aggressive person. You're missing the larger picture. What great coaches do is they're able to step out of the like amphathy which is really important. And instead of empathizing so much with the person that you take on their problems, you empathize with the situation,. Then you step back and go, what's the bigger picture here? WhatA dynamic? What's going on? And how do i help them address it? So one of the things I've been struggling with in my career is this idea of re-framing what

Peter Bregman is an author and the CEO of Bregman Partners. Peter is recognized as the #1 executive coach by Leading Global Coaches.

Howie Jacobson, PhD, is Director of Coaching at Bregman Partners and Head Coach at the Healthy Minds Initiative. He is the host of the Plant Yourself podcast, and contributing author of the New York Times bestseller Whole.

Peter and Howie's book is available now: You Can Change Other People: The Four Steps to Help Your Colleagues, Employees—Even Family—Up Their Game.

Read more about Peter and Howie at: bregmanpartners.com.

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