Coaching as a clever skill
Monday, December 2, 2024 at 5:43PM Great to read that Canva is developing many, many of its managers with the brilliant capability of coaching.
Run via their internal leadership academy, Canva is equipping their people with these skills to help with:
1️⃣ delivering actionable feedback
2️⃣ managing hybrid teams, and
3️⃣ building trust among staffers.
What a wonderful opportunity for managers who may have had little or no formalised experience with coaching - except being on the receiving end of it, and it not being that great!
The 5000 strong company is often seen as unstoppable in its market valuation, growth, innovation and adaptability.
Now, what impact will this capability have across all staff, teams, projects and units? It will be great to watch how the effects roll out and lift teams from here... to there.
Watch and learn at Canva's in-house leadership academy, the 12 week course in coaching, and the focused nature of the content.
Some skills - like coaching - can be dismissed as 'we don't really need it', or 'we're focussing on technical capabilities' or 'we're doing OK without it thanks' but so many situations, challenges and issues across businesses could be resolved with a manager's capability to have a better interaction, conversation and problem solving discussion.
Read more in this Fortune piece by Emma Burleigh and Brit Morse
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