CHAPTER 7
Your Path to Becoming an Anytime Coach
“To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping.”
—CHINESE PROVERB
Why become an anytime coach? Quite simply, because today’s workplace demands it. Every work-related conversation you have with your colleagues, your managers, or your employees is an opportunity to show interest in others’ views, clarify assignments, and create a work environment that promotes collegiality, mutual respect, and performance. Technological advances, challenges to work-life balance, the presence of multiple generations in the workplace, and a greater focus on results have all changed the workplace and work itself. These factors also exert pressure on managers ...