Podcast: You Can Lead through a Crisis. But Can You Coach through One?
Skip to content
Insight Unpacked Season 3: Can We Still Build a Green Economy? | Listen
A magazine of research and ideas from the
faculty of the Kellogg School of Management
Podcast: You Can Lead through a Crisis. But Can You Coach through One?
itunes download
Leadership Apr 30, 2020

Podcast: You Can Lead through a Crisis. But Can You Coach through One?

On this episode of The Insightful Leader: three ways to help your employees arrive at their own answers to difficult questions.

Based on insights from

Brenda Ellington Booth

Listening: You Can Lead Through a Crisis. But Can You Coach Through One?
download
0:00 Skip back button Play Skip forward button 12:37

As your employees navigate the COVID-19 crisis, they’re grappling with lots of complicated questions. “What’s my biggest priority right now?” “How can I do the right thing amid so much uncertainty?”

Learn more from Brenda Ellington-Booth in Kellogg Executive Education’s Energizing People for Performance program.

For a leader, it can be tempting to try and answer those questions for them. But an executive coach would recommend taking a different approach. “No one is going to grow and develop if you tell them what to do all the time,” says Brenda Ellington Booth, a clinical professor of leadership at Kellogg, and certified executive coach.

By coaching employees through their problems, you can not only glean new insights that make you a more effective manager—you’ll also maintain healthy relationships that can withstand any crisis. Ellington Booth offers three simple ways to incorporate coaching techniques into your next one-on-one.

Note: The Insightful Leader is produced for the ear, and not meant to be read as a transcript. We encourage you to listen to the audio version above. However, a transcript of this episode is available here.

LinkedIn Logo Share Chain Link Link Email Printer Print Republish
Most Popular This Week
  1. Podcast: Why Wall Street Slowed Its Roll on Sustainability
    A few years ago, the stock market was wild about green tech and ESG funds. And then it wasn’t. We look at why in the third episode of “Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?”
  2. Can We Take the Doom Out of Scrolling?
    Today’s social-media feeds elevate toxicity and partisanship. A new algorithm offers hope for a less-hostile, more-enjoyable experience.
  3. Is AI Mastering the Art of Persuasion?
    “If AI continues along even a similar path and speed as we’re seeing now, then this becomes less of a Black Mirror episode and more of reality.”
  4. Does GameStop Signal the End of Short Selling as We Know It?
    A conversation with a prominent short seller about the possible consequences of a wild week on Wall Street.
  5. AI Is Wiping Out Entry-level Jobs. Here’s How to Surf the Wave and Not Get Crushed by It.
    The story is both more hopeful, and more complicated, than the data suggest.
  6. When the Fog Rolls In, Do Leaders Need a Map or a Compass?
    Some moments call for a business plan, while others call for adaptability. Here’s how to know when to lean on one or the other.
  7. What a Legendary Winemaker Can Teach Us about Leadership
    A renowned viticulturist helped turn Portugal’s Douro Valley into one of the world’s great wine regions. His philosophy holds value beyond the vineyard.
  8. Podcast: Does Climate Policy Stand a Chance?
    America passed its biggest-ever climate bill … only to reverse course three years later. In the fourth episode of “Insight Unpacked: Can We Still Build a Green Economy?” experts discuss why policy solutions struggle to stick.
More in Leadership
Take 5: When the Going Gets Tough, Lead
About Us Faculty & Research Research Hub
2211 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
insight@kellogg.northwestern.edu
LinkedIn LinkedIn Substack Substack Substack RSS
© Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy.