Tuesday, September 20, 2011

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIVING ORDERS AND TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO GET THINGS DONE

I love this passage from the book "Execution" though I would replace the word coaching with teaching:

Coaching is the single most important part of expanding others’ capabilities. You’ve surely heard the saying, “Give a man a fish, and you’ll feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish, and you’ll feed him for a lifetime.” That’s coaching. It’s the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Good leaders regard every encounter as an opportunity to coach.

From "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done" by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan