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The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 6: Conversion

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The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 6: Transformation

7 Aug 2023

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Great coaching is about developing care and trust with those you lead, but also pushing them--hard--towards greatness. It's a difficult balance, but when done right it leads to transformation.

00:00 Players often say the great coaches are the ones who have transformed them. 00:47 Challenging and supporting at the same time 02:15 Getting to really know your team members 03:42 Putting this into a business context

Hosted by Ranjay Gulati, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of "Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies".

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