The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

Coaching Team Members   Coaching has been wildly misinterpreted in Japan.  It should be there to motivate and encourage people in their work but these current generations of Middle Managers have corrupted the idea.  Mistakenly they imagine that blasting out orders like a mad pirate captain is coaching.  Or that telling their people they are wrong is helping to correct them to fly straight. They are fault finders extraordinaire, never giving any praise.  Or if they do manage to break the mould and give some praise, it falls on stony ground and is totally ineffective, never believed.   When we criticise, condemn or complain about others, what are their reactions?  Do they dive deep into contemplation and self reflection? No, they go straight into justification of their position and become dogged and ideological or they spiral down into depression.  When we tell our staff that their idea is wrong or their opinion is wrong, do they bow before the boss’s greater experience, knowledge and capability? No. They whine