
THE ANSWER IS A QUESTION232
The primary outcome was to assess the proportion of time during an
average working day that the manager spends using a coaching style
of management (coaching others) as opposed to leading, managing or
doing the work themselves.
The timing of the research was set by BEIS and covered a period of
significant economic and political turmoil which included the UK’s
Brexit planning and execution, a general election and the COVID-
19 pandemic. This was possibly the most challenging period to
conduct research that would be looking for evidence of changes in
productivity.
Despite the havoc and turmoil that the pandemic and nationa ...