Sunday, January 09, 2005

An interesting concept.  Especially since RIGHT NOW I am working on the issue of finding/creating coaches in my shop.  This type of thinking is spot on.  While my focus has been on the behavioral, a techncial coach is just as needed, and probably more welcome by the mentoree's. Coaching. I have several relationships right now with companies where I'm essentially playing coach to the CIO or CTO. That's a nice role and probably the most fun I've had in any of the consulting I've done. I get pulled into all kinds of things. Sometimes, its a quick question about a product and other times its a multi-week session to develop product strategy. I mentioned this sort of thing in a discussion of CIO resolutions for 2005. Many people are in roles where they could use a coach. Coaches aren't necessarily someone who can do the job better and they're certainly not an indication that the person getting coached can't do the job themselves. The value I provide has a couple of components. First, I have perspective because I'm not in the day-to-day work. Second, I have the luxury of keeping current--somethings that's hard to do in any role with operational responsibilities. [Phil Windley's Technometria] comment [] 11:55:06 AM     Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams [Slashdot:] comment [] 11:45:14 AM     Young Cell Users Rack Up Debt, a Message at a Time. In the last two years, text messages have become a rage among teenagers. But text-messaging can be expensive. By By LISA W. FODERARO. [NYT > Technology] comment [] 11:34:06 AM

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