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RANKINGS MAGAZINE NEWSLETTERS PODCASTS MORE SEARCH SIGN IN Subscribe Now COMMENTARY ·CAREERS A company replaced all of its managers with coaches. Employees became 20% more productive–and much happier
Fortune ^ | June 5, 2023 | Barnaby Lashbrooke

Posted on 06/12/2023 7:20:53 PM PDT by anthropocene_x

There’s a crisis developing in workplaces everywhere. According to an annual survey by Gallup, employee engagement dropped to a seven-year low in 2022. Only a third of workers reported feeling engaged at work, while almost a fifth (18%) described themselves as “actively disengaged.”

One popular solution amid the rise of remote and hybrid working has been for employers to experiment with surveillance software. This kind of micromanagement breeds resentment, with 43% of employees saying it’s a violation of trust, and almost 60% reporting feeling stress and anxiety as a result, according to one survey.

At my company, the virtual assistant platform Time Etc, we took a decidedly different approach, after we started asking the people we were hiring what they needed from a manager.

What stood out was how the list they gave us–goal-setting, feedback, personal and professional development opportunities, autonomy–sounded much more like they needed a coach, rather than a manager.

So we listened to them: Our managers were all replaced with coaches, with a ratio of one coach per six employees.

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: economy; jobs

1 posted on 06/12/2023 7:20:53 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
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To: anthropocene_x

Apologize for the extra cut and paste in the title


2 posted on 06/12/2023 7:22:16 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
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To: anthropocene_x

We’ve embedded a culture of self-improvement deep into our way of working. Staff have a monthly allowance to spend on Udemy courses or books, and coaches will recommend reading material from our well-stocked library of self-growth books.


I would propose this is the Hawthorne effect rather than any real change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect


3 posted on 06/12/2023 7:26:48 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: anthropocene_x

We use to go to happy hour several times per week. Best way for employees to bond.


4 posted on 06/12/2023 7:50:21 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: anthropocene_x
What stood out was how the list they gave us–goal-setting, feedback, personal and professional development opportunities, autonomy–sounded much more like they needed a coach, rather than a manager.

Big step in the right direction.

5 posted on 06/12/2023 8:00:32 PM PDT by GOPJ (Target, Busch and Disney support sexual mutilation and sterilization of children. Boycott )
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To: anthropocene_x
> Apologize for the extra cut and paste in the title

You can click the "Report Abuse" button on your own post, and ask the Admin Moderator to correct the title for you.

6 posted on 06/12/2023 8:06:44 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: anthropocene_x

Worst. headline. EVER.


7 posted on 06/12/2023 8:09:02 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive (Not your guinea pig dot com)
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

“Worst. headline. EVER.”True. I thought it was about a magazine that now offers podcasts. Oh well. It’s true. Young people need role models and coaches, just like everyone else.


8 posted on 06/12/2023 9:47:02 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: peggybac

My place of employment is always trying activities at work. Problem is they are always ladies planning the activities. Painting in the park, things like that. Not many men want to do that stuff…


9 posted on 06/12/2023 11:27:31 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: GOPJ

I have had many managers in my life.

The good ones knew when to coach.

The bad ones used, I am the boss that is why.

The good ones caused more work to be done.

The bad one caused less work to be done


10 posted on 06/13/2023 3:22:13 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: vpintheak

Can’t blame them! Young kids expect so much and it drives me crazy. I’m old school. You get a job and for doing that job you get a paycheck. Don’t like the job or boss? Get a new job. A good manager will keep his employees without all the coaches, etc.


11 posted on 06/13/2023 5:49:22 AM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: anthropocene_x

https://fortune.com/2023/06/05/company-replaced-managers-coaches-employee-productivity-much-happier-work-careers/#

This works...


12 posted on 06/13/2023 2:19:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (Target, Busch and Disney support sexual mutilation and sterilization of children. Boycott )
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To: peggybac

Same here.


13 posted on 06/13/2023 9:20:27 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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