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The Coaching Continuum: Balancing Between & Moving from Telling to Asking
Moving along the coaching continuum from telling to asking involves shifting from directing and instructing to promoting ownership and critical thinking. While the bias leans towards asking, there are exceptions, especially in high-stakes, low-margin environments like healthcare or defense. In such cases, telling is necessary for precision and efficiency. However, after such scenarios, the focus should shift back to asking through debriefs and learning sessions to avoid creating dependency and learned helplessness.