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Troubleshooting Agile

Working With Eeyore

Apr 10, 2024
Join Squirrel and Jeffrey as they tackle the challenge of helping pessimistic team members, likened to 'Eeyore'. They discuss navigating personality traits, behavior change, and team dynamics with empathy and understanding.
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Quick takeaways

  • Coaching Eeyore-type colleagues involves balancing between mitigating negative effects and seeking transformative solutions.
  • Motivational interviewing emphasizes understanding personal benefits before suggesting behavioral changes, promoting intrinsic motivation for transformation.

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Coaching Dilemma: Working with an Eeyore-Type Colleague

The podcast discusses a coaching dilemma where the speaker, coaching a colleague, encounters challenges in helping an 'Eeyore-type' colleague. Despite the colleague being functional, they exhibit a generally pessimistic outlook, similar to the character Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. The speaker's coaching advice to focus on mitigating the negative effects of the colleague's behavior is met with criticism as the client desires a more transformative solution. The fundamental question revolves around whether to change the colleague's inherent nature or adapt team strategies to accommodate the colleague's outlook.

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