387: How to Stop Having the Same Problems, with Corrinne Armour
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Corrinne Armour: Leaders Who Ask
Corrinne is an accredited Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and a certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner. She’s the author and co-author of several leadership books, most recently Leaders Who Ask: Building a Fearless Culture by Telling Less and Asking More*.
Key Points
- You’re not developing your people if you’re constantly giving them all the answers.
- If you don’t have an awareness of something, you can’t change it.
- Ask your reports, “What have you tried so far, and what do you think I’m going to tell you to do?”
Bonus Audio
Resources Mentioned
- Leaders Who Ask: Building a Fearless Culture by Telling Less and Asking More*
- Special book offer for Australian listeners (Use code: COACHINGFORLEADERS)
- Free resources for leaders from Corrinne
- Corrinne’s Leaders Who Ask program
Book Notes
Download my highlights from Leaders Who Ask in PDF format (free membership required).
Related Episodes
- How to Improve Your Coaching Skills, with Tom Henschel (episode 190)
- These Coaching Questions Get Results, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 237)
- The Way to Stop Rescuing People From Their Problems, with Michael Bungay Stanier (episode 284)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Someone comes to you with a problem. You help them, of course. Next week they're back with a related problem. |
| 0:07.0 | A few days later, a very similar issue. |
| 0:10.0 | If you're in this pattern, how do you get people to stop coming back to you with the same problems? |
| 0:15.6 | On this episode, where to start. This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 387. |
| 0:21.6 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. |
| 0:27.0 | Readings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host |
| 0:36.6 | Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader. |
| 0:48.0 | If you've been listening to this show for a while, you may recall an episode that I aired a while back |
| 0:53.4 | back with Michael Bunge Stagner on how to stop rescuing people from their |
| 0:58.3 | problems and it was one of the more popular shows that was aired two years ago, |
| 1:03.5 | and it is a struggle for so many of us as leaders |
| 1:08.8 | of wanting to jump into that rescuer mode and being helpful and yet finding ourselves handling problems |
| 1:16.5 | that probably we shouldn't be handling. |
| 1:19.5 | And today's guest is going to help us to take the very next step on how we can really stop having people |
| 1:26.9 | come back to us with the same problems and being able to tactically ask and answer some of the |
| 1:32.4 | right questions that will get us there, get them |
| 1:36.3 | there and help us to become more effective as leaders. |
| 1:39.4 | I am thrilled to welcome to the show today. |
| 1:41.5 | Corinne Armour. |
| 1:42.6 | She is a well-recognized investigator of change and growth |
| 1:46.0 | and empowers leaders to realize the potential |
| 1:48.5 | in their careers, teams, and organizations. |
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