Coder, Coach, Catalyst - using questions to make people grow
summary
Claims a single skill and a five-question formula let senior engineers stop being the bottleneck and make others learn; the core skill is active listening with concrete moves like paraphrase, silence and the prompt and what else? The five questions are five questions: initiation, excavation, focus, options and action, applied across three formats — formal, impromptu and team coaching. Example walkthrough has a tech lead and developer produce the action "sync priorities with product" by end of day, showing the method generates a concrete, accountable next step.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 3:57The people work problem
- 7:53Bottleneck and growth issues
- 11:24What coaching really means
- 14:30Active listening as foundation
- 21:36Coaching formats explained
- 26:59Five questions framework
- 33:17Focus and options questions
- 37:30Action and accountability
- 41:00Coaching for decisions
- 44:57Coaching up and sideways
- 47:47Watch outs and pitfalls
- 51:18Summary and closing
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